China Safety Science Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 161-166.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2023.03.1010

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Study on influence of evacuation time of special population based on assistance ratio

CAI Jialiang(), LI Kailing, QU Lu**(), WEI Liuyang, LI Yao   

  1. School of Geological Engineering and Geomatics, Chang'an University, Xi'an Shaanxi 710064, China
  • Received:2022-10-21 Revised:2023-01-12 Online:2023-03-28 Published:2023-11-28

Abstract:

In order to explore the influence of the number of rescuers on the evacuation of special populations, according to the behavior mode of special populations during evacuation, pathfinder simulation software was used to eatablish an evacuation simulation model based on the assistance ratio for a residential building of a special population. The parameters of the assistance ratio of different special populations were simulated, and the influence of different assistance ratios on evacuation time was analyzed. The results show that the stairwell is the main area affecting the evacuation time. Therefore, according to the parameter changes in the original model, a local evacuation model of the stairwell with different crowd evacuation speeds is established to study the evacuation speed of the stairwell under different working conditions. The results show that the evacuation time is related to the assistance ratio of special population in a U-shaped curve, which decreases with the increase of assistance ratio, reaches the minimum at 40%(2∶5), and then increases with the increase of assistance ratio. When the assist ratio is different, the evacuation time is mainly affected by the speed of the stairs. When the assist ratio is low, the speed of the stairs is significantly affected by the speed reduction coefficient of the stairwell. When the assist ratio is high, the speed of the normal person is significantly affected.

Key words: special population, assistance ratio, evacuation time, barrier-free building, stair speed