Staircase evacuation modeling and its comparison with an egress drill

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1039-1046

  Xu, Xuan ^a   Song, Weiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Egress drill; Evacuation; Multi grid model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; DRILLS; MODEL STRUCTURES; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TURNING;

BODY SIZES; BUFFER AREAS; DISCRETIZATION; EGRESS DRILL; EVACUATION; EVACUATION PROCESS; GRID MODELING; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; KEY SIZES; MULTI-GRID MODEL; SIMULATION RESULTS; TURNING POINTS; WALKING SPEEDS;

STAIRS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FIRE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SIMULATION;

EID: 58749113991     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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