Evacuation Modelling
Evacuation Modelling is a useful tool to assess the safety conditions of different infrastructures. The Performance Based Design approach allows comparing the ASET (Available Safe Egress Time) and the RSET (Required Safe Egress Time). Fire models enable to calculate when the conditions inside the infrastructure are not acceptable for the occupants (ASET). Evacuation models are used to calculate the time needed for the evacuation (RSET). The safety design is obtained by comparing the outputs of fire and evacuation models.
Sample videos/images in this website have been prepared using the following evacuation models:
FDS+Evac of VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
STEPS of Mott MacDonald
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