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Author
Korhonen, T. | Hostikka, S. | Heliovaara, S. | Ehtamo, H. | Matikainen, K.
Title
FDS+EVAC: Evacuation Module for Fire Dynamics Simulator.
Coporate
VTT-Technical Research Center of Finland, Espoo Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Report
Volume 2,
Book or Conf
Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1443-1448 p., 2007
Keywords
evacuation | egress | verification | validation | fire simulation | human beings | equations | human behavior | decision making
Identifiers
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS); modeling of high crowd density situations; interaction between evacuation simulations and state-of-the-art fire simulations; body dimensions; unimpeded walking velocities; motive force parameters; physical contact force between persons; specific flows through doors and the geometry used in the calculation; specific flow in a corridor as a function of the human density; definitions of the human body dimensions and the concept of 'social' force used in the model