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Author
Galea, E. R. | Togher, M. | Lawrence, P. J.
Title
Investigating the Impact of Exit Availability on Egress Time Using Computer Based Evacuation Simulation.
Coporate
University of Greenwich, London, England
Report
Paper No. 07/IM/135, October 2007,
Book or Conf
International Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference, 5th Triennial. Proceedings. October 29-November 1, 2007, Atlantic City, NJ, 1-18 p., 2007
Keywords
fire safety | safety engineering | fire science | egress | evacuation | simulation | impact | computers | evacuation time | aircraft certification | computer simulation | tests | databases | geometry | scenarios | flow rate | aircraft compartments
Identifiers
AASK database; airEXODUS evacuation model; evacuation certification trial (FAR 25.803); availability of exits inplanned and unplanned emergency evacuations; proportion of exit availability in terms of generalised exit positions for three-exit pair aircraft; average flow rates achieved for each exit in all scenarios