| Title |
A Study on the Required Evacuation Time Variation according to the Architectural Characteristics in the Large-Scale Field House |
| Authors |
Seok Ho-Tae ; Kim Jin-Ho ; Choi Dong-Ho ; Yang Jeong-Hoon |
| Keywords |
Large-Scale Field House ; Building-EXODUS ; Architectural Characteristics ; Cumulative Waiting Time ; Required Evacuation Time |
| Abstract |
In this study, the architectural features including the flow coefficient at the exit, effective entrance width, number of entrances, evacuation stairway width, outdoor evacuation stairway and exit lights including the number of occupants, recognition of evacuation routes by occupants and limitations to exits were examined on the large-scale field house using a commercial evacuation simulation program “building-EXODUS”. The results of this study present the architectural evacuation performance improvement plan to protect human lives from diverse disasters and accidents including fire and terrorism. The entrances that can reduce the entrance flow coefficient must be limited. Exit lights must be installed so that their visible area can be widened and there will be no blind spots. And since concentrated entrances increase the bottleneck effect, entrances have to be distributed uniformly. If any one of the exits is not available, the average evacuation time increases. The exit width in the large-scale field house must be determined considering the case where some exits are not available. |