- Author
- Coelho, A. L.
- Title
- Analysis to the Fire Risk in Buildings.
- Coporate
- Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisboa, Portugal
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 5th International Conference. Proceedings. October 6-8, 2004, Luxembourg, Almand, K.; Attlan, J. M.; D'Hoop, J. M.; Gordon, J.; Jonsson, R.; Kruppa, J., Editors, 250-261 p., 2004
- Keywords
- performance building codes | fire coces | fire safety | building codes | fire risk | evacuation | people movement | occupants | visibility | human behavior | decision making
- Identifiers
- model describing the building; criteria to determine the paths followed by users; microscopic vs. macroscopic analysis; number of users and their location; speeds considered by the model; time intervals in analysis; blockage of evacuation routes; general aspects referring to users' displacement; minimising the changes in direction during evacuation