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Ascending stair evacuation: what do we know?

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Author

  • Johan Norén
  • Mattias Delin
  • Karl Fridolf

Summary, in English

During ascending evacuation in long stairs, there is reason to believe that factors such as physical exhaustion, human behaviour and the mental state will influence the possibility of satisfactory evacuation and affect walking speed and flow rate of people. Based on these hypotheses, a research project was initiated. As a part of the project, an initial literature study has been conducted. The literature study has made an attempt to summarize the most important findings of previous research about physical exhaustion and design of stairs for ascending evacuation in long stairs. This paper presents the findings from the literature study.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

774-782

Publication/Series

Transportation Research Procedia

Volume

2

Issue

C

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Building Technologies

Keywords

  • ascending stair evacuation
  • egress
  • stairs
  • upward movement
  • stair design
  • physical exhaustion
  • fatigue
  • human behaviour

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2352-1465