- Author
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Yoshida, Y.
- Title
- Study of Evacuation Behavior in the World Trade Center Explosion.
- Coporate
- Takenaka Corp., Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 32,
No. 2,
174-189,
April/May 1996
- Keywords
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evacuation
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high rise buildings
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explosions
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human behavior
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garages
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egress
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stairways
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elevators (lifts)
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smoke
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time
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elevator shafts
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occupants
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World Trade Center
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center Plaza, Manhattan, New York, February 26, 1993; in the parking garage on the B3 level; outline of testimonies from five witnesses; on the 95th floor in Tower 1; on the 79th floor in Tower 1; on the 48th to 50th floors in Tower 1; on the 79th to 82nd floors in Tower 2; estimating the number of evacuees; occupants awareness and knowledge of the emergency; reverse flow of evacuees; elevator system and openings on its shafts; assumed smoke route through elevator shafts and sky lobbies; time used for egress; transference of stairways on the 82nd floor; assumed smoke movement in the stairway (modified section); egress time table of four witnesses