Research on escalators used as evacuation stairs under fire scenarios

Abstract Shopping malls are crowded areas which makes the evacuation routes unable to meet personnel evacuation needs. Therefore, this paper proposes the idea of using escalators evacuation to increasing evacuation routes. In addition, the effects of escalator fire shutters on the use of escalator e...

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Main Authors: Chunhua Zhang, Xin Wu, Jinquan Chen, Hai Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43784-6