- Author
- Nara, M. | Ohshima, Y. | Watanabe, M.
- Title
- Walking Speed of People in Refuge - Walk on the Stair.
- Coporate
- Bunka Shutter Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Science University of Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
- Bulletin of Japanese Association of Fire Science and Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 1/2, 11-17, 1996
- Keywords
- refuge | people movement | stairways | fire safety | climate | human behavior
- Abstract
- [ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH] Planning and design for fire safety has been changed gradually in recent years, because of the increasing high rise buildings, large atrium and those diversity. The living environment has been changed, however, the walking speed going down the stairs has not changed for 30 to 40 years in the plan and design for fire safety. In this study the present data for wialing speed at the stairs in winter and summer seasons in the field to compute the conventional one concerning the horizontal walking speed, the vertical walking speed and the relationship between the walking speed of the group and the density of those. The results showed that the walking speed in the present day faster than the conventional data, and that of in winter faster than the summer data in compliance with the air temperature and the psychological condition at that time so forth. The walking speed for elderly and the disabled people were measured to evaluate the capability for the movement at the staris, and the results revealed that they were not influenced so much by the temperature and the psychological pressure.