Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations

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Autor(a) principal: Pires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7918
Resumo: Airport emergency cases are becoming more common; therefore, it becomes extremely important to have good emergency and evacuation protocols that are easily and quickly applied so the number of the affected is minimized. The simulation of these emergencies is important to implement evacuation plans and evaluate them. Evacuation plans are often idealized to passengers that in case of emergency are self-sufficient, able to physically attend themselves in their evacuation from the airport, not being optimized for passengers with reduced mobility that require assistance from others, and thus more time for evacuation. This study aims to understand and identify key issues about how passengers with reduced mobility are considered in current evacuation plans and also understand which possible solutions exist to optimize their evacuation. For that, it was performed an airport evacuation simulation using an egress simulation tool and obtained results that allow us to observe that when passengers with mobility impairments have egress routes and exits different from the other occupants, evacuation times decrease. Therefore, both groups of occupants may egress faster and through less congested doors.
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spelling Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural ConfigurationsAirport EmergencyAirport EvacuationEmergency AccessesEmergency EvacuationEvacuation Simulation ToolEvacuation StrategiesReduced MobilityDomínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia AeronáuticaAirport emergency cases are becoming more common; therefore, it becomes extremely important to have good emergency and evacuation protocols that are easily and quickly applied so the number of the affected is minimized. The simulation of these emergencies is important to implement evacuation plans and evaluate them. Evacuation plans are often idealized to passengers that in case of emergency are self-sufficient, able to physically attend themselves in their evacuation from the airport, not being optimized for passengers with reduced mobility that require assistance from others, and thus more time for evacuation. This study aims to understand and identify key issues about how passengers with reduced mobility are considered in current evacuation plans and also understand which possible solutions exist to optimize their evacuation. For that, it was performed an airport evacuation simulation using an egress simulation tool and obtained results that allow us to observe that when passengers with mobility impairments have egress routes and exits different from the other occupants, evacuation times decrease. Therefore, both groups of occupants may egress faster and through less congested doors.As situações de emergência em aeroportos são cada vez mais frequentes; sendo assim, tornase extremamente importante ter bons planos de evacuação de fácil e rápida implementação de maneira a que o número de afetados seja mínimo. A simulação destas situações de emergência é importante para implementar e avaliar planos de evacuação. Estes planos são frequentemente idealizados para passageiros que, em caso de emergência são autosuficientes, fisicamente capazes de abandonar o edifício sem ajuda de outros, não sendo otimizados para passageiros com mobilidade reduzida que requerem a assistência de outros e, portanto, mais tempo para a sua evacuação. Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender e identificar as principais questões no que diz respeito à forma como os passageiros com mobilidade reduzida são considerados nos planos de evacuação atuais e também entender que soluções possíveis existem para otimizar a sua evacuação. Para isso, foram realizadas simulações de evacuação de um terminal de aeroporto, utilizando uma ferramenta de simulação de evacuação e obtiveram-se resultados que permitem observar que, quando os passageiros com dificuldades de mobilidade têm rotas de evacuação e utilizam saídas diferentes dos outros ocupantes, os tempos de evacuação diminuem. Por conseguinte, ambos os grupos de ocupantes são evacuados mais rapidamente e por saídas menos congestionadas.Silva, Jorge Miguel dos ReisuBibliorumPires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho2019-12-17T17:07:13Z2017-2-132017-03-152017-03-15T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7918TID:202340007enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:47:34Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/7918Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:48:22.240401Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
title Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
spellingShingle Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
Pires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho
Airport Emergency
Airport Evacuation
Emergency Accesses
Emergency Evacuation
Evacuation Simulation Tool
Evacuation Strategies
Reduced Mobility
Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Aeronáutica
title_short Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
title_full Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
title_fullStr Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
title_full_unstemmed Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
title_sort Airport Evacuation Strategies for Passengers with Reduced Mobility: Simulation of Structural Configurations
author Pires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho
author_facet Pires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Silva, Jorge Miguel dos Reis
uBibliorum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pires, Cláudia Sofia Guerrinha Carvalho
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Airport Emergency
Airport Evacuation
Emergency Accesses
Emergency Evacuation
Evacuation Simulation Tool
Evacuation Strategies
Reduced Mobility
Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Aeronáutica
topic Airport Emergency
Airport Evacuation
Emergency Accesses
Emergency Evacuation
Evacuation Simulation Tool
Evacuation Strategies
Reduced Mobility
Domínio/Área Científica::Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Aeronáutica
description Airport emergency cases are becoming more common; therefore, it becomes extremely important to have good emergency and evacuation protocols that are easily and quickly applied so the number of the affected is minimized. The simulation of these emergencies is important to implement evacuation plans and evaluate them. Evacuation plans are often idealized to passengers that in case of emergency are self-sufficient, able to physically attend themselves in their evacuation from the airport, not being optimized for passengers with reduced mobility that require assistance from others, and thus more time for evacuation. This study aims to understand and identify key issues about how passengers with reduced mobility are considered in current evacuation plans and also understand which possible solutions exist to optimize their evacuation. For that, it was performed an airport evacuation simulation using an egress simulation tool and obtained results that allow us to observe that when passengers with mobility impairments have egress routes and exits different from the other occupants, evacuation times decrease. Therefore, both groups of occupants may egress faster and through less congested doors.
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