Evacuation in an underground auditorium

Wan Ki Chow; J. Li; Edgar C L Pang

doi:10.2190/AF.15.4.a

Evacuation in an underground auditorium

Wan Ki Chow, J. Li, Edgar C L Pang

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

Evacuation is a key issue in performance-based design for fire safety provisions. Many empirical expressions on evacuation are commonly used with justification from field studies. However, there are doubts in using those equations for moving upstairs. In this article, such empirical equations were applied to estimate the evacuation times for moving up an underground auditorium. Results are compared with field study. It is observed that those simple empirical equations are applicable to estimate the evacuation time for moving upstairs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-252
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Applied Fire Science
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2190/AF.15.4.a
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2006

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Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
General Chemical Engineering
General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics

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