The effect of occupant characteristics on crawling speed in evacuation

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-457

  Kady, Rani A ^a   Davis, Jerry ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Crawling speed; Evacuation models; Gender; Occupant characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX; CRAWLING SPEED; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVACUATION MODELS; GENDER; KEY ELEMENTS; MASS INDEX; OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS;

SPEED;

EID: 63449109799     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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