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Title:

Evacuation Simulation of Passengers in Railway Tunnels

Accession Number:

01044767

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

In this paper, we have studied the influence of rail vehicle and rail tunnel characteristics on passenger behavior during evacuation. We have looked at influences of vehicle type, vehicle load, calamity location, escape path width, escape door capacity, distance between escape doors and passenger walking speed on total evacuation time. Using the microscopic simulation tool Nomad, we have calculated evacuation times for different scenarios. In each scenario, a single tunnel or vehicle characteristic is changed. The evacuation time of this scenario is then compared to the reference scenario to show its influence. Repeating this for a range of values for different parameters leads to relations between parameters and evacuation time. These relations may be used by designers of rail tunnels to predict evacuation times, as is shown with an example in this paper.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-1448

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Daamen, Winnie
Hoogendoorn, Serge P

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (8) ; Tables (3)

Subject Areas:

Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-1448

Files:

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 6:03PM