Modelling the evacuation of a high-rise office building in Istanbul

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Oven, V A ^a   Cakici, N ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BuildingEXODUS; Evacuation models; Fire safety; High rise office buildings

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FLOORS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGEXODUS; COMPUTER MODELS; EVACUATION MODELS; EVACUATION PROBLEMS; EVACUATION PROCESS; FIRE CONDITION; FIRE SAFETY; HIGH-RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS; IN-BUILDINGS; ISTANBUL;

FIRES;

EID: 55949137214     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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