The role of data-driven approaches in studies of crowd behaviour has received an
unprecedented recognition in recent years. As a result, the size of the empirical crowd …

Emergency evacuation in case of an emergency is a crucial problem in high-rise buildings,
as many occupants are in a limited amount of space. To improve building safety design and …

Virtual Reality (VR) provides the possibility to study pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in multi-
level buildings. Although VR has been applied increasingly to study pedestrian behaviour, it …

People with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable groups involved in building fires.
According to US Fire Administration, an estimated 700 home fires involve people with …

Human factors play an indispensable role in process safety during fire risk process. Fire
evacuation of underground comprehensive buildings is a critical consideration for practical …

Due to the individuals' interactions with the physical environment, pedestrian walking on
various stair-facilities may present different features. Performing controlled pedestrian …

Staircases are key structures in vertical evacuation in buildings. In this work, individual
upward evacuation experiments in staircases under four visibility conditions were performed …

The incessant progress of robotic technology and rationalization of human manpower
induces high expectations in society, but also resentment and even fear. In this paper, we …

Stairs are usually one of the most important evacuation routes in emergencies, such as
serious fire accidents or other emergencies. However, experimental data on human …

It is always challenging to seek external rescue assistance in high-rise building fires.
Therefore, it is critical for individuals to master survival skills. For crowd dynamics modeling …