- Author
- Okada, N. | Hasemi, Y. | Moriyama, S. | Hirakawa, K. | Takemori, K. | Hebiishi, T. | Lu, Y.
- Title
- Feasibility of Upward Evacuation by Escalator: An Experimental Study.
- Coporate
- Waseda University, Japan
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 161-172 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | World Trade Center | evacuation time | evacuation | high rise buildings | human response | escalators | experiments | people movement | velocity | planning | stairways | subways | scenarios
- Identifiers
- experiments on evacuation using escalators with 50 subjects; clarify aspects of group evacuation by escalator; large conventional facility in downtown Tokyo; groups walking; walking velocity; flow coefficient at the entrance; walking velocity on an escalator; man-flow behavior at the entrance of an escalator; overtaking behavior on an escalator; average upward walking velocity (m/s); solo pedestrians; individuals in a group; comparison between still escalator and stairway; group evacuation