- Author
- Bensilum, M. | Purser, D.
- Title
- GridFlow: An Object-Oriented Building Evacuation Model Combining Pre-Movement and Movement Behaviors for Performance-Based Design.
- Coporate
- Fire Research Station, Watford, England
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Seventh (7th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). June 16-21, 2003, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Worcester, MA, Evans, D. D., Editors, 941-952 p., 2003
- Keywords
- fire research | human behavior | evacuation | people movement | escape means | occupants | validation
- Identifiers
- performance-based (FSE) building design; distance map generation; GridFlow is an object-oriented evacuation model; view of multi-compartment building, showing distance maps; theoretical and modelled pre-movement distributions; travel speed; populating the building; flow through exits and other elements; effect of population on pre-movement, presentation and actual exit times; total evacuation time for department store