- Author
- Boyce, K. E. | Purser, D. | Shields, J.
- Title
- Experimental Studies to Investigate Merging Behavior in a Staircase.
- Coporate
- Ulster Univ., Jordanstown, Northern Ireland Hartford Environmental Research, UK
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 111-122 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation | evacuation time | high rise buildings | human response | stairways | people movement | escape means | scenarios | stairwells | time
- Identifiers
- merging flows; deference behavior; factors that influence evacuee merging behavior; Required Safe Egress Time (RSET); Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); results of three evacuation studies to consider merging on stairs; first evacuation was conducted in the University of Ulster's Jordanstown Campus; Jordanstown campus stair evacuation scenario - merging occurs at 5 different levels; merge patterns and observations by time period; second evacuation was conducted in the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), University of Ulster Magee Campus; third evacuation study was conducted in Lisburn Health Centre