Toward the characterization of building occupancies for fire safety engineering: Capability of disabled people to negotiate doors

Fire Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-78

  Boyce, K E ^a   Shields, T J ^a   Silcock, G W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization; Closing forces; Disabled; Doors; Time required

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; FIRE; HUMAN FACTOR; SAFETY;

EID: 0032809208     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015391217275     Document Type: Article

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