The Effects of Pre-Movement on Large Building Evacuations

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dc.contributor.advisorMadras, Neal
dc.contributor.advisorChen, Shengyuan Michael
dc.creatorFarnell, Lisa Carroll Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T19:25:34Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T19:25:34Z
dc.date.copyright2015-06-26
dc.date.issued2015-12-16
dc.date.updated2015-12-16T19:25:34Z
dc.degree.disciplineApplied and Industrial Mathematics
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractEvacuation times for buildings with a range of heights and occupant loads were generated by a computer simulation algorithm, assuming simultaneous start. Additional evacuation times were generated for the same buildings with pre-movement times assigned to building occupants. Pre-movement times were assigned based on uniform and gamma distributions. Building evacuation times with pre-movement were compared to those without, to determine the quantitative effects of pre-movement. Using regression analysis, equations were generated to predict the effects of pre-movement for given building heights and occupant loads. Regression equations were shown to reasonably predict the effects of pre-movement for the building cases used for the regression analysis. Additional simulations were performed with and without pre-movement for buildings with alternative heights and occupant loads. The regression function was applied to these additional simulations, and found to predict the effects of pre-movement in these building cases with some accuracy.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30710
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectApplied mathematics
dc.subjectEngineering
dc.subject.keywordsfire engineering
dc.subject.keywordsfire protection engineering
dc.subject.keywordsbuilding evacuations
dc.subject.keywordspre-movement
dc.subject.keywordsRSET
dc.subject.keywordsASET
dc.subject.keywordshydraulic model of evacuation
dc.subject.keywordstall buildings
dc.subject.keywordshigh buildings
dc.subject.keywordsemergency planning
dc.subject.keywordsemergency management
dc.subject.keywordsemergency evacuations
dc.subject.keywordsfire emergencies
dc.subject.keywordsfire evacuations
dc.subject.keywordsfire drills
dc.subject.keywordsevacuation drills
dc.subject.keywordspremovement time
dc.subject.keywordsresponse time
dc.subject.keywordshuman behaviour
dc.subject.keywordsemergency behaviour
dc.titleThe Effects of Pre-Movement on Large Building Evacuations
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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