The Use of Human Behaviour to Inform Egress Modeling in Stadiums

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dc.contributor.advisorGales, John A.
dc.creatorAucoin, Danielle Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-02T16:26:52Z
dc.date.available2019-07-02T16:26:52Z
dc.date.copyright2019-04-17
dc.date.issued2019-07-02
dc.date.updated2019-07-02T16:26:52Z
dc.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMASc - Master of Applied Science
dc.description.abstractWith growing concerns of public safety in infrastructure where large crowds gather, designing for egress under normal and emergency conditions is pertinent to ensuring efficient and safe conditions in stadia. There is a need for a large database of publicly available pedestrian movement profiles through experiments and the evaluation of relevant case studies. This thesis outlines novel human behaviour data collection at two stadia. Subsequent egress model validation using the MassMotion Advanced Crowd Simulation Software (MassMotion) was performed and measured total egress times. Although demographics and anthropometry in the stands slightly influenced the egress times, the stadium architecture was the governing factor which impeded pedestrian flow under non-emergency conditions. Analysis of a stadium fire case study allowed for evaluation of this conclusion during an evacuation which revealed that behavioural aspects of both occupant and staff may begin to dominate the egress simulation in an emergency context.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/36335
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCivil engineering
dc.subject.keywordsstadia
dc.subject.keywordsegress planning
dc.subject.keywordsstadium management
dc.subject.keywordspedestrian modeling
dc.subject.keywordsaccessibility in stadia
dc.titleThe Use of Human Behaviour to Inform Egress Modeling in Stadiums
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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