| Title |
A Study on the Human Evacuation behavior by analyzing Crowding areas in Multi-Plex Theater Fire |
| Authors |
Park Kye-Won ; Lee Kyung-Hoon |
| Keywords |
evacuation ; multi-plex theater ; human behavior ; fire ; crowding ; simulex |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to investigate specific crowding areas resulted from diverse physical factors of multi-plex theaters in a fire evacuation, identify psychological factors of human behaviors affecting those crowding, and more accurately predict the evacuation route of people. To achieve these purposes, the architectural characteristics of three multi-plex theaters have been chosen, and the evacuation experiments through the computer simulation called Simulex and surveys for occupants were also carried out for each on the these theaters. Finally, interviewing with fire fighters, the results between the Simulex and the surveys were compared and analyzed. The conclusions from this study are as follows: (1)Among several human behaviors in fire Familiarity, Space using pattern, Turning back, Accessbility, and landmark perception are different in each theater. (2)Crowding usually happens cross areas between theater inside and corridors, and Crowding rate depends on the number of cross areas. (3)Specialists pointed out the possibility of wayfindind difficulties due to visual accessbilities. |