Experimental studies to investigate merging behaviour in a staircase

Fire and Materials

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 383-398

  Boyce, Karen E ^a   Purser, David A ^b   Shields, T Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Hartford Environmental Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deference behaviour; flow; merging; stairs

Indexed keywords

DEFERENCE BEHAVIOUR; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; ESCAPE ROUTE; EVACUATION MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW; HIGH RISE BUILDING; OCCUPANT CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FLOORS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; TALL BUILDINGS;

STAIRS;

EID: 84865487379     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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