- Author
- Purser, D. A. | Boyce, K.
- Title
- Implications of Modeling and Experimental Studies of Evacuation Behavior on Stairs for Multistorey Building Design.
- Coporate
- Hartford Environmental Research, UK Ulster Univ., Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 147-160 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation | evacuation time | high rise buildings | human response | multistorey buildings | building design | stairways | stairwlls | office buildings | simulation | flow rate | people movement | time | experiments | occupants | validation | occupant response
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; Available Safe Egress Time (ASET); set; GridFlow computer evacuation simulations; England; Wales; prescriptive guidance on stair widths for buildings; representation of stairs, movement on stairs and merging behavior in GridFlow; time to clear selected floors during simultaneous evacuation; comparison of storey exit and stair widths; maximum unrestricted specific flow rates at exits and on stairs; occupant densities on stairs; maximum standing capacities and occupant densities; merge ratios between stair and storey exits on landings