China Safety Science Journal ›› 2019, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 13-18.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2019.05.003

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Research on evacuation model in densely populated area in a complex building

CHEN Yizhou1, CHEN Wentao2,3, ZHANG Wudi4, HAN Jing5, ZHOU Xinxin1, WANG Zhiwei1   

  1. 1 Institute of Public Safety Research, China Academy of Building Research, Beijing 100013, China;
    2 China Research Center for Emergency Management, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan Hubei 430070, China;
    3 China Occupational Safety and Health Association, Beijing 100011, China;
    4 School of Energy and Mining Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    5 School of Civil and Resource Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2019-02-05 Revised:2019-04-06 Published:2020-11-02

Abstract: In order to effectively assess the evacuation ability in crowded place of a complex building in the event of an emergency, combined with the dynamic control equations of the evacuation speed, evacuation time, and population density, the mathematical model of crowd evacuation in a complex building was constructed. Taking a sudden event in a shopping mall as an example, the model and the Pathfinder software simulation method were used to calculate the evacuation time. The results show that the moving speed, evacuation time and personnel density influence and control each other, which ultimately affects the evacuation efficiency. The evacuation time obtained by the mathematical model is consistent with that simulated by Pathfinder software, and the calculation results of the model reflect that evacuation time correlates with the number of floors of the building, the speed of movement of the crowd, the crowd density, and physical parameters of the stairs. The model predicts that blockage is more likely to occur at the stairway and takes up most of the evacuation time.

Key words: complex building, dense area, evacuation, mathematical model, simulation

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