VU - A SIMULATION COMPUTER LANGUAGE AND ITS USAGES IN SIMULATING EMERGENCY EVENTS CASE-STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF A TREMOR ON A STRUCTURE

This paper depicts the advances made by our team in the fields of comp uter science, mainly computer compiler writing and interpreter writing , to define a computer language oriented to solving problems in the fi eld of emergency simulation, database management, interprocess communi cation and network programming In this paper, we present a simple mode l of a structure being subjected to the various effects of a tremor. I n the case study presented here, the building is designed to withstand a certain force beyond which a partial or total destruction will occu r. The computer model developed in this paper will show at which point the structure will start to collapse as well as the evaluation of the casualties that may result from such destruction. The result may be u sed by a professional team of experts in various fields in order to st udy the various scenarios that may occur if a tremor hits the structur e. Evacuation or emergency response operations could be planned in adv ance. Other emergency situations such as mass migration of population due to other natural disasters such as foods, tornados, and fire cart be studied and stimulated.