The modeling of how visibility ranges can affect the fire evacuation in modern buildings

• Main Author: Hong, Chang Bin.
• Other Authors: Tan Kang Hai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39822
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the past research, wherever an occupant is in the compartment, he is always able to see the exit signs clearly and escape during emergency. This assumption is not realistic when the compartment concerned is filled with smoke. In order to simulate the group behavior of occupants, a rule termed “fl...