Experimental study on an ultra high-rise building evacuation in China

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1665-1674

  Ma, J ^a,b,c   Song, W G ^b   Tian, W ^d   Lo, S M ^c   Liao, G X ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d China Ship Development and Design Center   (China)

Author keywords

Experiments; Queuing and overtaking; Speed; Ultra high rise building evacuation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGNERS; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; EVACUATION PROCESS; EVACUATION STRATEGY; EVACUATION TIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GROUND FLOOR; HIGH RISE BUILDING; MOVEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; QUEUING AND OVERTAKING; TIME CHARACTERISTICS;

EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; SPEED; STAIRS; TALL BUILDINGS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BUILDING; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EVACUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAIR DESCENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84861201277     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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