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Evacuation Analyses for Venues

Systematic Approach and Comparison to Evacuation Trials

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This paper illustrates a systematic approach for evacuation simulations and the comparison of the results to real world data for calibration and validation. An evacuation exercise in a venue of the trade fair Graz is presented. The results show that the reaction time of the evacuees is decisive for the overall evacuation duration. Additionally an evacuation analysis of the situation is presented. The simulation parameters were adapted to represent the circumstances of the exercise. The results of the exercise and the simulation are comparable.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the fire brigade of Graz, especially Alfred Pölzl and Stefan Schnepf, for the invitation to follow the exercise and the supply of comprehensive material, such as video footage and scripts.

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  1. TraffGo HT GmbH, Bismarckstr. 142, Duisburg, 47057, Germany

    Sven Hebben, Patrick Gessler & Hubert Klüpfel

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  1. Sven Hebben
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Correspondence to Sven Hebben .

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  1. und Transportsysteme (IVT), ETH Zürich Institut für Verkehrsplanung, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ulrich Weidmann

  2. Pestalozzi & Stäheli Ingenieurbüro Umwelt Mobilität Verkehr, Basel, Switzerland

    Uwe Kirsch

  3. und Verkehr, Universität Duisburg-Essen Physik von Transport, Duisburg, Germany

    Michael Schreckenberg

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Hebben, S., Gessler, P., Klüpfel, H. (2014). Evacuation Analyses for Venues. In: Weidmann, U., Kirsch, U., Schreckenberg, M. (eds) Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_21

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