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Author
Purser, D. A. | Gwynne, S. M. V.
Title
Identifying Critical Evacuation Factors and the Application of Egress Models.
Coporate
Hartford Environmental Research, UK Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Report
Volume 1
Book or Conf
Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 1. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 203-214 p., 2007
Keywords
egress | evacuation | escape means | human behavior | occupants | scenarios | evaluation | people movement | flow rate | stairways | stairwells
Identifiers
performance-based design and forensic analyses of escape behavior; evacuation behaviors and escape times (Required Safe Escape Time (RSET); parameters (especially behavioural parameters); parameters amenable to calculations; warning and pre-travel activity time (PTAT) distributions; design behavioural scenarios and occupancy types; travel-PTAT interactions; factors affecting travel and flow into and through escape routes; stair capacity; merge ratios at storey exits