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Author
Notake, H. | Ebihara, M. | Yashiro, Y.
Title
Assessment of Legibility of Egress Route in a Building From the Viewpoint of Evacuation Behavior.
Coporate
Shimizu Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Book or Conf
Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998, Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Shields, J., Editors, 553-562 p., 1998
Keywords
human behavior | performance based codes | fire safety | egress | evacuation | occupants | evaluation
Identifiers
performance-based design in Japan; concept of assessment of legibility of escape route; concept of physical measure of legibility; network modeling of egress route; legibility of egress route; effect of number and layout of exit on travel distance; effect of number and layout of end point on travel distance; effect of probability of backward motion