NDLI: Evacuation of Children: Movement on Stairs and on Horizontal Plane

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Author	Larusdottir, A. R. Dederichs, A. S.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Little is known on the evacuation characteristics of children. Current literature on evacuation is mostly based on studies on adults. The aim of this study is to investigate the movement of children during evacuation, focusing on flow, densities and walking speeds. Ten Danish daycare centers participated in full scale evacuation experiments where two age groups 0 to 2 years and 3 to 6 years were analyzed separately. It was found that flow through doors, walking speeds and densities were age-dependent and differed strongly from the data in existing literature. The results showed higher walking speeds in spiral stairs when the children were familiar with the evacuation path. Higher person densities and faster flow through doors were obtained among the children than found in the current literature on adults. Children in the younger age group were generally slower than the older children. The children walked slower in horizontal plane than adults, however they were keen to run during the evacuations, in the latter case their travel speed increased and exceeded the adults’. Since the evacuation characteristics of children differ in many ways from those of adults, nowadays models badly comprehend the evacuation behavior of children.
Starting Page	43
Ending Page	53
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00152684
Journal	Fire Technology
Volume Number	48
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728099
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-08-24
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Evacuation Children Flow Movement speed Person density Daycare center Physics Characterization and Evaluation of Materials Mechanics Civil Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Materials Science Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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