A granular dynamic method for modelling the egress pattern at an exit

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Lin, P ^a   Lo, S M ^a   Yuen, K K ^a   Huang, H C ^a   Liang, J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contracted boundary; Crowd flow; Granular dynamic model

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; STADIUMS;

EGRESS PATTERNS; GRANULAR DYNAMIC METHOD; GRANULAR DYNAMIC MODELS;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 34250346972     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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