- Author
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Purser, D.
- Title
- Dependence of Modeled Evacuation Times on Key Parameters and Interactions.
- Coporate
- Hartford Environmental Research, Hertfordshire, UK
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Karlsruhe, Germany,
Karlsson, B., Editors,
353-364 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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fire safety
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fire science
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evacuation time
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evacuation
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human behavior
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human factors engineering
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human response
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egress
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computer simulation
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office buildings
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shopping centers
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high rise buildings
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people movement
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sensitivity analysis
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validation
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stairways
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computation
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flow rate
- Identifiers
- performance-based design; response patterns; merge ratio; Pre Travel Activity Time (PTAT); single rectangular retail enclosure; multi-enclosure building (up to 10-storeys served office building); sensitivity analysis for single enclosure case; 99th percentile evacuation time predictions using three methods; multi-enclosure building evacuation simulations; movement on stairs and merging behavior in GridFlow