- Author
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Galea, E. R.
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Sharp, G.
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Lawrence, P. J.
- Title
- Investigating the Representation of Merging Behavior at the Floor-Stair Interface in Computer Simulations of Multi-Floor Building Evacuations.
- Coporate
- Greenwich Univ., London, England
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Protection Engineering,
Vol. 18,
No. 4,
291-316,
November 2008
- Keywords
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evacuation
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human behavior
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floors
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stairwells
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stairways
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computer simulation
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high rise buildings
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people movement
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occupants
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tests
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geometry
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time
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human response
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human performance
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flow rate
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experiments
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data analysis
- Identifiers
- buildingEXODUS; High-rise Evacuation Evaluation Database (HEED); deference behavior; stair merging behavior; merging process at the floor-stair interface; people-people; people-structure; people-fire interactions; junction between two streams of flow which then continues in a single stream onto an exit; floor-stair interface and represents a landing with dogleg stairs; relevant population parameters for numerical test case; equal drives; range of drives; different range of drives in each stream; predicted flow rates in the merger region; nature of the observed general trends of the merging behavior