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Influence of Spreading Hazardous Material in Macroscopic Evacuation Dynamics: A Proof of Concept

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In this article, an evacuation model describing the egress in case of danger is considered. The underlying evacuation model is based on continuous network flows, while the spread of some gaseous hazardous material relies on an advection–diffusion equation. A proof of concept shows differences to the usually used macroscopic evacuation models.

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Acknowledgements

S. Ruzika is partially supported by BMBF, Project REPKA, FKZ 13N9961 (TU KL). S. Kühn and J.P. Ohst are supported by Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation, Project EvaC, FKZ 989.

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  1. School of Business Informatics and Mathematics, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, D-68131, Germany

    Simone Göttlich

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, D-67663, Germany

    Sebastian Kühn, Jan Peter Ohst & Stefan Ruzika

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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

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Göttlich, S., Kühn, S., Ohst, J.P., Ruzika, S. (2014). Influence of Spreading Hazardous Material in Macroscopic Evacuation Dynamics: A Proof of Concept. 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_22

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