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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)