Constructal design of evacuation from a three-dimensional living space

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 422, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-57

  Lui, C H ^a   Fong, N K ^a   Lorente, S ^b   Bejan, 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

Architecture; Constructal law; Evacuation; Pedestrian movement; Safety; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARCHITECTURE; ASPECT RATIO; FLOORS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; CONSTRUCTAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTAL LAW; EVACUATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT; URBAN DESIGN;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84919935164     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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