Feasibility of upward evacuation by escalator - An experimental study

• Published in: Fire and materials Vol. 36; no. 5-6; pp. 429 - 440
• Main Authors: Okada, Naoko, Hasemi, Yuji, Moriyama, Shuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.08.2012; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Building mechanical equipments (elevators, goods lifts, escalators); Building structure; Building technical equipments; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Construction (buildings and works); Detection. Firefighting. Smoke control. Evacuation; effective flow coefficient; elderly; escalator; Exact sciences and technology; Fire protection; group evacuation; underground; Underground structure; walking velocity; Human; group evacuation; Speed; Experimental study; Escalator; Walking; Traffic flow; Individual behavior; Simulation; Group behavior; underground; Underground construction; effective flow coefficient; Person evacuation; Feasibility; walking velocity; Elderly; Comparative study

SUMMARY This paper describes group upward evacuation experiments using escalators that were designed to investigate the feasibility of evacuation by escalators for large underground buildings. The experiments were conducted using 22‐m‐high (50‐m‐long) and 5.7‐m‐high (12.2‐m‐long) escalators in a con...