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Evacuation Simulation for Road Tunnels — Findings from the use of microscopic methodology for escape route analyses

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Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005
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When designing complex buildings and tunnels featuring special characteristics, it is necessary to study the evacuation scenario in case of an incident in addition to the empirical figures gained from practice and expertise, in order to optimise the respective structures.

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Botschek, K., Kohl, B., Steiner, M. (2007). Evacuation Simulation for Road Tunnels — Findings from the use of microscopic methodology for escape route analyses. In: Waldau, N., Gattermann, P., Knoflacher, H., Schreckenberg, M. (eds) Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47064-9_16

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