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Author
vandeLeur, P. | Janse, E.
Title
Egress Provisions and the Dutch Buildings Decree.
Coporate
DGMR Consulting Engineers, The Hague, The Netherlands Lichtveld Buis and Partners Consulting Engineers, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Report
Volume 1,
Book or Conf
Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 1. July 5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building Research Establishment; National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland, 425-434 p., 2004
Keywords
fire science | fire safety | performance based codes | egress | regulations | simulation | occupants | compartments | smoke | evacuation | people movement | stairways | high rise buildings
Identifiers
safe egress in the Dutch fire safety regulations; Dutch Building Code; SIMULEX; EXODUS - prototype egress model designed to simulate the evacuation of large numbers of individuals from an enclosure; occupant density classes, class boundaries and reference values; relationship between occupation density and required exit width, horizontal movement; simultaneous rules for occupied areas and smoke compartments, horizontal movement; technical details of the regulations: vertical movement in staircases; practical issues in applying advanced evacuation models