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Title: | Constructal design of pedestrian evacuation from an area | Authors: | Lui, CHG Fong, NK Lorente, S Bejan, A Chow, WK |
Issue Date: | 21-Jan-2013 | Source: | Journal of applied physics, 21 Jan. 2013, v. 113, no. 3, 034904, p. 1-6 | Abstract: | Pedestrian movement occurs in evolutionary patterns the effect of which is to facilitate the access of people into and out of living spaces (areas, volumes). In this paper, we rely on the philosophy of Constructal design as applied physics, in order to uncover two fundamental features of evolutionary design for pedestrian evacuation from rectangular areas (e.g., lecture halls with seated occupants). First, the paper shows analytically that the aspect ratio of the floor area can be selected such that the total evacuation time is minimal. Second, the shape of the floor area of each aisle can be tapered such that the total evacuation time is decreased further. These two architectural features are confirmed by means of extensive and systematic numerical simulations of pedestrian evacuation, by using two numerical packages (Simulex and FDS + Evac). | Keywords: | Evolutionary computation Numerical analysis |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics | Journal: | Journal of applied physics | ISSN: | 0021-8979 | EISSN: | 1089-7550 | DOI: | 10.1063/1.4780612 | Rights: | © 2013 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in C. H. Lui et al., J. Appl. Phys. 113, 034904 (2013) and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?jap/113/034904 |
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