- Author
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Charters, D. A.
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Smith, D. A.
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Chitty, R.
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Fraser-Mitchell, J.
- Title
- Effects Of Using Passenger Lifts and Escalators for the Evacuation of Building Occupants in Fire and Other Emergencies in High Rise Buildings and Underground Complexes.
- Coporate
- Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford, Herts, WD25 9XX
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008,
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD,
Auckland, New Zealand,
193-204 p.,
2008
- Keywords
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peformance based codes
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fire safety
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safety engineering
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regulations
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elevators (lifts)
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escalators
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evacuation
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occupants
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emergencies
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high rise buildings
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stairways
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design applications
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management systems
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human factors engineering
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people movement
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evacuation time
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office buildings
- Identifiers
- lifts and/or escalators; underground stations; current methods/modes of operation; number of storeys against vertical movement capacity (for an office building); population against vertical movement capacity; detailed evacuation analysis; 3D view of high rise building and detail of central core; correlation between the time each occupant leaves the building, their starting location (level), and whether they used stairs or lifts; design features and/or management measures