Development of Simulation System for Tsunami Evacuation Using Virtual Reality Technology

This paper presents a simulation system for tsunami evacuation using virtual reality technology. The system can be classified into two parts: simulation part and visualization part. For the simulation part, the simulation of tsunami wave considering the collapse of building is carried by the Boussinesq equation using finite element method. Then the simulation of evacuation based on multi-agent model is performed. For the visualization part, the simulation results are visualized by the stereoscopic view using virtual reality technology. The present system is applied to the evacuation analysis by the tsunami waves at studied area is shown to be a useful tool to investigate the damage of building and human being by tsunami waves.