Questioning the linear relationship between doorway width and achievable flow rate

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-87

  Gwynne, S M V ^a   Kuligowski, E D ^b   Kratchman, J ^b   Milke, J A ^c  

^a JENSEN HUGHES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Door; Doorway; Effective width; Egress analysis; Egress models; Egress simulation; Engineering analysis; Exit; Flow rate; Means of egress

Indexed keywords

DOORS;

'CURRENT; DOORWAY; EFFECTIVE WIDTH; EGRESS ANALYSE; EGRESS MODEL; EGRESS SIMULATION; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; EXIT; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MEAN OF EGRESS;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 55949116654     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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