Evacuation response behaviour of occupants in a large theatre during a live performance
- Submitting institution
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University of Greenwich
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 16311
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/fam.2424
- Title of journal
- Fire and Materials
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 467
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 0308-0501
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- -
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
- -
- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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-
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper represents the first attempt to quantify occupant response behaviour in a large theatre during a live performance. It demonstrated for the first time that there is a structure in occupant response behaviour based on seating location and distance to aisles. These findings enable engineers to set realistic response times when undertaking evacuation analysis of theatres. This has important implications for the engineering of the life safety design of theatres and any large seated auditorium or arena. The work was selected as one of the best papers in the 5th HBIF Symposium for inclusion in the journal special edition.
- Author contribution statement
- -
- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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