- Author
- R0900992 | Nilsson, D. | Johansson, M. | Frantzich, H.
- Title
- Evacuation Experiment in a Road Tunnel: A Study of Human Behavior and Technical Installations.
- Coporate
- Lund Univ., Sweden
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, No. 5, 458-468, May 2009
- Keywords
- tunnels | evacuation | experiments | human behavior | signals | emergencies | lighting equipment | cameras | questionnaires | psychology | color | data analysis | accidents | human response | human performance | psychological effects | wayfinding
- Identifiers
- pre-recorded alarm; information signs; green flashing lights; social influence; emotional state; participants' answers to the question relating to their reasons for leaving the vehicle; participants' estimation of the audibility of the pre-recorded alarm in the tunnel and the vehicle according to a five-grade scale; participants' estimations of how frequently they had used road tunnels in the last month; participants' previous experience of fire and tunnels; participants' mean values and standard deviation for the four dimensions of the basic emotional process before the experiment; differences in the basic emotional process between participants; differences in the participants' basic emotional process due to social influence during the evacuation