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Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour

Norén, Johan ; Delin, Mattias ; Fridolf, Karl LU ; Kuklane, Kalev LU ; Halder, Amitava LU orcid ; Lundgren Kownacki, Karin LU ; Ronchi, Enrico LU orcid and Arias, Silvia LU (2015) International symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire, 2015 p.161-172
Abstract
Field study of evacuation upwards long stairs, ascending evacuation, in two different buildings, 48 meters and 109 meters high. Measuring walking speed along the stair slope and vertical speed. Presenting values for different percentiles of the studied population. The importance of not using the same value for walking speed for different stairs since the design of the stairs has a strong impact, and that the vertical speed ought to be considered as well.
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Human Behaviour in fire : 6th International Symposium - 6th International Symposium
editor
Boyce, Karen
pages
161 - 172
publisher
Interscience Communications Ltd
conference name
International symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire, 2015
conference location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
conference dates
2015-09-28 - 2015-09-30
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978-0-9933933-0-3
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English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{Field study of evacuation upwards long stairs, ascending evacuation, in two different buildings, 48 meters and 109 meters high. Measuring walking speed along the stair slope and vertical speed. Presenting values for different percentiles of the studied population. The importance of not using the same value for walking speed for different stairs since the design of the stairs has a strong impact, and that the vertical speed ought to be considered as well.}},
  author       = {{Norén, Johan and Delin, Mattias and Fridolf, Karl and Kuklane, Kalev and Halder, Amitava and Lundgren Kownacki, Karin and Ronchi, Enrico and Arias, Silvia}},
  booktitle    = {{Human Behaviour in fire : 6th International Symposium}},
  editor       = {{Boyce, Karen}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-9933933-0-3}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{161--172}},
  publisher    = {{Interscience Communications Ltd}},
  title        = {{Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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