- Author
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Takeichi, N.
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Yoshida, Y.
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Sano, T.
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Kimura, T.
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Watanabe, H.
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Ohmiya, Y.
- Title
- Characteristics of Merging Occupants in a Staircase.
- Coporate
- Takenaka Corp., Tokyo, 136-0075, Japan
Waseda Univ., Japan
Tokyo University of Science, Japan
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005,
Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA,
Beijing, China,
Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors,
591-598 p.,
2005
- Keywords
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fire research
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fire safety
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fire science
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evacuation
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stairways
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methodology
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density effects
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experiments
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statistics
- Identifiers
- effects of merges on crowds in a staircase; ease of merging with variations; merging is easier at lower population density; merging is easier if the direction of the merging crowd is same as the direction of the crowd in the staircase; merging is easier if the door is initially opened; evacuation speed is decreased by 30% when the door is initially closed; first group descended from the upper floor; second group merged with the first group from a hallway through a door