Residential building and occupant vulnerability to pyroclastic density currents in explosive eruptions
A major hazard during the eruption of explosive volcanoes is the formation of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs). Casualties and physical building damage from PDCs are caused by the temperature, pressure, and particle load of the flow. This paper examines the vulnerability of buildings and occupant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/7/219/2007/nhess-7-219-2007.pdf |