Development and Case Study of DEM Based Evacuation Simulation Program in Consideration of Vulnerable People

Abstract

A DEM based tsunami evacuation simulation model is developed. This model has new two functions as people requiring assistance activity and evacuation by car. The DEM based simulation model can evaluate the force between elements. This paper presents the detail of these models, their verification and case study of Nakanishi region, Minami-Awaji-shi, Hyogo-ken. According to the result of the case study, planning evacuation time in the existed evacuation plan is too short to evacuate.