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Author
Kennedy, W. D. | Harvey, N. A. | Li, S. K.
Title
Comparison of NFPA 130 Station Emergency Exiting Calculations With SIMULEX Emergency Exiting Software.
Coporate
Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA
Book or Conf
Tunnel Fires and Escape From Tunnels, 3rd International Conference. Organised and Sponsored by Tunnel Management International. Proceedings. October 9-11, 2001, Washington, DC, 413-420 p., 2001
Keywords
tunnels | fire safety | NFPA 130 | passenger trains | computer programs | simulation | occupants | time | people movement | evacuation | railroad terminals
Identifiers
SIMULEX: simulates the emergency exiting of people from large, geometrically complex building space to a point of safety; station mezzanine and platform as modeled in SIMULEX; exiting time for NFPA 130 simulations; relationship of occupant velocity vs inter-person distance