- Author
- Galea, E. R. | Sharp, G. | Lawrence, P. J. | Dixon, A.
- Title
- Investigating the Impact of Occupant Response Time on Computer Simulations of the WTC North Tower Evacuation.
- Coporate
- Greenwich Univ., London, England
- Report
- Volume 2,
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 2. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 1435-1442 p., 2007
- Keywords
- evacuation | egress | occupants | response time | computer simulations | high rise buildings | World Trade Center | time | computer models | geometry | scenarios
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; impact of response time distributions on high-rise building evacuation; interviews of evacuees from the WTC North Tower evacuation of 11 September 2001; buildingEXODUS evacuation model; response time distributions; instant response; skewed - 2 minute response time distribution referred to as Engineering Based; response time distribution based on data appearing in the public domain referred to as BDAG Based; distribution based on data derived from interviews with evacuees from WTC1 referred to as Interview Based; distribution based on a combination of the BDAG and Interview data; population was distributed only on the rented floors; summary of results (average across 50 repeat simulations)