Evacuation in Underground Rail Transportation Systems: A Summary of the Findings of the METRO Project
(2014) Sixth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security p.485-494- Abstract
- The paper presents the major findings from the three evacuation experiments being part of the Swedish METRO research project. In the evacuation experiments; the small, medium and full-scale experiments, investigations were carried out with the purpose to study how train passengers safely can be evacuated in case of a fire emergency. In addition to determine flow rates, the walking velocity and walking patterns were determined for in a smokefilled environment and in non-smoke conditions. It was also concluded that the introduction of a loudspeaker above the emergency exit, which broadcasted an alternating alarm signal and pre-recorded voice message, was successful.The reader is referred to the original publications for more details on... (More)
- The paper presents the major findings from the three evacuation experiments being part of the Swedish METRO research project. In the evacuation experiments; the small, medium and full-scale experiments, investigations were carried out with the purpose to study how train passengers safely can be evacuated in case of a fire emergency. In addition to determine flow rates, the walking velocity and walking patterns were determined for in a smokefilled environment and in non-smoke conditions. It was also concluded that the introduction of a loudspeaker above the emergency exit, which broadcasted an alternating alarm signal and pre-recorded voice message, was successful.The reader is referred to the original publications for more details on experimental procedures, research findings and recommendations for projects. (Less)
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- author
- Fridolf, Karl LU and Frantzich, Håkan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- metro, train, underground rail transportation systems, smoke, movement, human behaviour in fire, flow rate of people, walking speed, evacuation
- host publication
- Proceedings from the Sixth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security, Marseille, France, March 12-14, 2014
- editor
- Lönnermark, Anders and Ingason, Hukur
- pages
- 485 - 494
- publisher
- SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
- conference name
- Sixth International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security
- conference location
- Marseille, France
- conference dates
- 2014-03-12
- external identifiers
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- other:SP Report 2014:03
- ISSN
- 0284-5172
- ISBN
- 978-91-87461-52-1
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 271c63fe-f21c-4110-94bf-a6a457247ce3 (old id 4359811)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 14:42:33
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- 2018-11-21 20:29:21
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