Computer simulations vs. building guidance to enhance evacuation performance of buildings during emergency events |
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Authors: | Aysu Sagun Dino Bouchlaghem Chimay J Anumba |
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Affiliation: | 1. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge School of Art, CB1 1PT, UK;2. Loughborough University, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, LE11 3TU, UK;3. The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Architectural Engineering, PA 16802, USA;1. Roma TRE University, Department of Engineering, Via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy;2. Niccolò Cusano University, Department of Engineering, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, 00166 Rome, Italy;1. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovi?a 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia;2. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Politekhnicheskaya, 29, Saint-Petersburg, 195251, Russia |
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Abstract: | Computer technologies can play an important role in the establishment of dynamic building information by introducing predictive modelling where behaviours of structures or groups of people can be simulated and observed. This way they can facilitate the design of the built environment to cope with emergency events. Modelling and simulation applications can be particularly useful at pre-planning, predicting possible damage, training responders, raising public awareness, and performance evaluation for reconstruction. They can be used for the development of virtual scenarios that include aspects of rescue operations, social behaviour of building occupants, and basic design requirements to test the current building codes and regulations. Within this context, the contribution of crowd simulation to improving the design of the built environment and guidelines is highlighted in this paper. Current building guidance for emergencies are summarised and the methodology developed to use crowd modelling to define design information associated with exit preferences of people during evacuations is explained. The results of the case studies underlined that there is a difference between the assumptions used for static information in current building guidance. |
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