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Tunnelutrymning: Effekten av gångbanans bredd på förflyttningshastighet vid utrymning i en spårtunnel

Ahlfont, Jenny LU and Vermina Lundström, Frida LU (2012) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM01 20122
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract
A safety feature for the evacuation of a rail tunnel is the construction of walkways running parallel to the tracks, constructed at the level of the train’s exits. There is currently a lack of research-based information pertaining to how the width of the walkway may affect evacuation. In September 2012 an evacuation experiment was performed, the aim of which was to explore how the width of the walkway contributes to the density of the evacuees, their speed and flow. The participants mainly consisted of students from Lund’s University. Speed and dynamic flow was found to increase on a linear scale alongside increasing width of the walkway.
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author
Ahlfont, Jenny LU and Vermina Lundström, Frida LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Tunnel Evacuation: An investigation into width as a speed determinant in the evacuation of railway tunnels via the use of walkways
course
VBRM01 20122
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
underground, metro, railway tunnel, movement pattern, density, flow, utrymningsförsök, gångbana, plattform, förflyttningshastighet, personflöde, persontäthet, rörelsemönster, tunnel, järnvägstunnel, tunnelbana, evacuation, evacuation experiment, walkway, platform, walking path, movement speed, Utrymning
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5398
ISSN
1402-3504
language
Swedish
id
3918368
date added to LUP
2013-08-01 13:39:57
date last changed
2014-03-10 10:40:45
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  abstract     = {{A safety feature for the evacuation of a rail tunnel is the construction of walkways running parallel to the tracks, constructed at the level of the train’s exits. There is currently a lack of research-based information pertaining to how the width of the walkway may affect evacuation. In September 2012 an evacuation experiment was performed, the aim of which was to explore how the width of the walkway contributes to the density of the evacuees, their speed and flow. The participants mainly consisted of students from Lund’s University. Speed and dynamic flow was found to increase on a linear scale alongside increasing width of the walkway.}},
  author       = {{Ahlfont, Jenny and Vermina Lundström, Frida}},
  issn         = {{1402-3504}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{Tunnelutrymning: Effekten av gångbanans bredd på förflyttningshastighet vid utrymning i en spårtunnel}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}