Education in Crisis and Conflict
Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of the Evacuation Process on Stairs in a Multi-floor Classroom Building of a Primary School
Few studies have focused on the evacuation of multi-floor classroom buildings in a primary school, a process that differs from evacuations in other buildings.
- A stair-unit model was proposed to depict the topologies of a stairwell. The simulated process was compared with a real evacuation drill.
- Qualitative and quantitative consistencies were achieved.
- Congestion is one of the main reasons for the increase in evacuation time on stairs.
- A preferred layout is one where a building has classrooms with the same grade.