| Technical Note 1471: A Review of Building Evacuation Models Contributor(s): U. S. Department of Commerce (Author) |
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ISBN: 1495964116 ISBN-13: 9781495964114 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.84 lbs) 158 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Evacuation calculations are increasingly becoming a part of performance-based analyses to assess the level of life safety provided in buildings. In some cases, engineers are using back-of-the-envelope (hand) calculations to assess life safety, and in others, evacuation models are being used. Hand calculations usually follow the equations given in the Emergency Movement Chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Handbook2 to calculate mass flow evacuation from any height of building. The occupants are assumed to be standing at the doorway to the stair on each floor as soon as the evacuation begins. The calculation focuses mainly on points of constriction throughout the building (commonly the door to the outside) and calculates the time for the occupants to flow past these points and to the outside. |