Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour

Johan Norén; Mattias Delin; Karl Fridolf; Kalev Kuklane; Amitava Halder; Karin Lundgren Kownacki; Enrico Ronchi; Silvia Arias

Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour

Johan Norén, Mattias Delin, Karl Fridolf, Kalev Kuklane, Amitava Halder, Karin Lundgren Kownacki, Enrico Ronchi, Silvia Arias

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Abstract

Field study of evacuation upwards long stairs, ascending evacuation, in two different buildings, 48 meters and 109 meters high. Measuring walking speed along the stair slope and vertical speed. Presenting values for different percentiles of the studied population. The importance of not using the same value for walking speed for different stairs since the design of the stairs has a strong impact, and that the vertical speed ought to be considered as well.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Behaviour in fire
Subtitle of host publication	6th International Symposium
Editors/authors	Karen Boyce
Publisher	Interscience Communications Ltd
Pages	161-172
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9933933-0-3
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	International symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire, 2015 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 2015 Sept 28 → 2015 Sept 30 Conference number: 6

Conference

Conference	International symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire, 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	2015/09/28 → 2015/09/30

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Civil Engineering

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The Fight on the Flights: Emergency evacuations – human physiological performance, leg muscle activity and gait biomechanics during exhaustive stair and slope ascent
Halder, A., 2020 Apr 14, Lund: Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University. 107 p.
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Norén, J, Delin, M, Fridolf, K, Kuklane, K, Halder, A, Lundgren Kownacki, K, Ronchi, E & Arias, S 2015, Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour. in K Boyce (ed.), Human Behaviour in fire: 6th International Symposium. Interscience Communications Ltd, pp. 161-172, International symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire, 2015, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2015/09/28.

Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour. / Norén, Johan; Delin, Mattias; Fridolf, Karl et al.
Human Behaviour in fire: 6th International Symposium. ed. / Karen Boyce. Interscience Communications Ltd, 2015. p. 161-172.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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Ascending Stair Evacuation – effects of fatigue, walking speed & human behaviour

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The Fight on the Flights: Emergency evacuations – human physiological performance, leg muscle activity and gait biomechanics during exhaustive stair and slope ascent

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