Abstract
Increases in the frequency and severity of extreme rainfall might cause catastrophic submergence of underground spaces. Therefore, it is essential to predict the flood risk for proactive design. This study presents the methodology of acquiring risk level considering both flood intensity and evacuation difficulty. The flood momentum was computed by a 2D hydraulic flow model, and the flood intensity (FI) was employed to evaluate the consequence of flooding. To investigate the level of evacuation difficulty, the spatial layout of rooms, together with walking speed, were considered in the risk analysis process. If stormwater runoff enters an underground space, zones far away from the inlet usually have low risk levels. However, when the level of evacuation difficulty was considered, the risk level was dependent on the evacuation distance and location of the inlet and exit. If people are in zones with a risk level of 4 or 5, a rapid evacuation is necessary for preventing human casualties. The proposed methodology incorporated with the inundation model can be applied to any underground space regardless of the location of stairs, the number of exits, shape of rooms, or layout of the floor. Consequently, it will contribute to mitigating flood damage in an underground space.
Highlights
With increasingly fast-paced industrialization, sudden climate change has been underway across the globe
Following-up research of [5], this study presented the methodology of acquiring risk level considering both flood intensity and evacuation difficulty
We introduced the concept of the level of evacuation difficulty in defining the risk probability
Summary
With increasingly fast-paced industrialization, sudden climate change has been underway across the globe. This leads to an increase in the intensity and the frequency of heavy rainfall. As the number of buildings in urban centers are reaching saturation, underground space is being increasingly utilized for underground facilities, such as subways, shopping malls, substations, parking lots, and many others, which are densely distributed underneath the urban area. As such complex facilities increase, covering more and more ground, impervious surfaces continue to increase. The size of the impervious layer in Seoul was 7.8% in 1962, but rose to 47.7% in
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have