Constructal design for pedestrian movement in living spaces: Evacuation configurations

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lui, C H ^a   Fong, N K ^a   Lorente, S ^a,b   Bejan, A ^a,c   Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; EVACUATION TIME; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; INHABITED AREAS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTIMAL VALUES; PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

PHYSICS;

EID: 84858966767     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3689771     Document Type: Article

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