Publication detail

Modelling Flood Losses to Buildings: Relationship between Room Dimensions and Depth of Flooding

TUSCHER, M. HANÁK, T.

Original Title

Modelling Flood Losses to Buildings: Relationship between Room Dimensions and Depth of Flooding

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper discusses the evaluation of flood losses to buildings using loss curves. The objective of the research was to ascertain whether there is a relationship between the depth of flooding and the amount of unit loss set with regard to the impact of room dimensions. The research was conducted on a sample of 154 model situations for two different room shapes. The results confirm that the depth of flooding, considered in the context of the impact of room dimensions, has an influence over the accuracy of setting the amount of loss, and that the significance of this influence increases with increasing depth. These results can help achieve a more accurate evaluation of flood losses using loss curves or indicators when settling, for example, insurance claims filed in consequence of large-scale flooding.

Keywords

flood, loss, building, room dimension

Authors

TUSCHER, M.; HANÁK, T.

RIV year

2015

Released

1. 9. 2015

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Location

Velká Británie

ISBN

1757-8981

Periodical

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Year of study

96

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

6

Pages count

6

URL

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/96/1/012036

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/137193

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT118437,
  author="Martin {Tuscher} and Tomáš {Hanák}",
  title="Modelling Flood Losses to Buildings: Relationship between Room Dimensions and Depth of Flooding",
  booktitle="IOP Conference Series-Materials Science and Engineering",
  year="2015",
  journal="IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering",
  volume="96",
  number="1",
  pages="1--6",
  publisher="IOP Publishing",
  address="Velká Británie",
  doi="10.1088/1757-899X/96/1/012036",
  issn="1757-8981",
  url="http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/96/1/012036"
}