Heritage and historic buildings possess an important architectural and cultural value which
fire significantly threatens. However, current codes very rarely address the peculiarities of …

Fire can have immeasurable consequences for both structures and living beings. For this
reason, it is vital to proactively prevent fire and act quickly when outbreaks of fire do occur …

This paper presents a crowd evacuation simulation approach that is based on navigation
knowledge and two-layer control mechanism. In this approach, using the multi-population …

This paper seeks to address ten questions that explore the burgeoning field of Human-
Building Interaction (HBI), an interdisciplinary field that represents the next frontier in …

Providing accurate information on available evacuation routes is critical during the time-
sensitive emergency situation of a building fire, particularly when it occurs in a large-scale …

Given the long-term effects of natural ageing, the wooden structure and combustion
performance of ancient buildings have changed. Therefore, studying the combustion …

The optimization of evacuation routes for evacuees in fire scenarios on cruise ships directly
affects evacuation efficiency. A time-varying equivalent weight Dijkstra algorithm (TVEWDA) …

Fire prevention in museums is a much more complex matter because the safeguarding of
human life must be integrated both with the protection of the cultural heritage of buildings …

This research aims at demonstrating that wayfinding solutions can improve the effectiveness
of the evacuation processes in complex architectural spaces such as those of cruise ships …

To analyze the extent of fire risk in historic Chinese wooden structure buildings, the fire load
characteristics of a historic temple in Beijing were studied. In this paper, thermogravimetric …