The Influence of Evacuation Signs on Evacuation for Bad Visibility

Abstract:

In emergencies such as fire, pedestrian evacuation for bad visibility is significantly different to the evacuation for normal visibility. In the novel evacuation model, the strategies of pedestrian evacuation and the moving rules are proposed. Then the formulas of the evacuation time are achieved and the time ratio is 0.63. More, using the programming language, pedestrian evacuation is simulated and reproduced. The studies shows that the proposed evacuation model can well reflect the process of pedestrian evacuation; and the evacuation signs of reasonable design can significantly optimize the process. The calculation results also show that the ratio of evacuation time between considering evacuation signs and no evacuation signs is close to 0.63 that is the theoretical results.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 472)
• Pages: 574-578
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.472.574
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Hai Tao Chen, Peng Yang, Run Cang Yu
• Keywords: Building Design, Cellular Automata (CA), Pedestrian Evacuation, Time Ratio

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