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Author
Zhao, D. L. | Yang, L. Z. | Li, J. | Zhu, Y. | Zou, L.
Title
Relationship Between Performance-Based Design of Building Exits and State Transition of Pedestrian Flow During Occupant Evacuation.
Coporate
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province
Journal
Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 4, 283-309, November 2006
Keywords
evacuation | occupants | exit signs | people movement | building design | equations | fire investigations | simulation
Identifiers
cellular automata; pedestrian flow; performance-based design of building fire; single exit; two exits; optimal exit separation; critical point of state transition in the case of two exits; linear fit in two segments of flux per unit width vs. the exit width in the case of two exits