The effect of pre-movement on evacuation times in a simulation model
dc.contributor.author | Spearpoint, M.J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-02-02T20:41:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-02-02T20:41:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The evacuation time of a building in an emergency can be broken down into a number of constituent times including the pre-evacuation time and the travel time. This paper examines how distributions of pre-evacuation times affect the occupant travel time and hence their effect on the evacuation time in the Simulex model. A simple scenario is assessed mathematically and compared with the results from Simulex with further simulations carried out on a somewhat more complex scenario. Where we expect the pre-evacuation time to be characterised by a distribution of values simply adding the maximum pre-evacuation time and the movement time over-estimates the evacuation time. Furthermore, when the preevacuation distribution is small the travelling and queuing effects dominate the simulated evacuation time. When the pre-evacuation distribution is large then travel and queuing effects are not so important and it is the pre-evacuation time that dominates. Finally the paper examines some aspects of the Simulex model in situations where there is a high occupant density in a space. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Spearpoint, M.J. (2004) The effect of pre-movement on evacuation times in a simulation model. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, 14(1), pp. 33-53. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2072 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651 | en |
dc.subject | evacuation | en |
dc.subject | simulation | en |
dc.subject | pre-evacuation | en |
dc.subject | distributions | en |
dc.subject | Simulex | en |
dc.subject | queues | en |
dc.subject.marsden | Fields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::290800 Civil Engineering | en |
dc.title | The effect of pre-movement on evacuation times in a simulation model | en |
dc.type | Journal Article |
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