Underground Mining Fire Hazards and optimization of Emergency Evacuation strategies: The issues, existing methodology and limitations, and way forward.

OB Salami, G Xu, AR Kumar, RI Pushparaj - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Underground mine fires are associated with thermal and non-thermal hazards. Thermal
hazards are primarily characterized by the release of heat into the underground confined …

A review of the evolution and trends in research on the emergency evacuation of urban underground spaces

C Cui, Q Shao, Y Liu, G Han, F Liu, X Han - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, there has been a significant proliferation of literature pertaining to the
evacuation of urban underground spaces. However, few studies have focused on …

An improved social force model (ISFM)-based crowd evacuation simulation method in virtual reality with a subway fire as a case study

J Zhang, J Zhu, P Dang, J Wu, Y Zhou… - … Journal of Digital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Crowd evacuation simulation using virtual reality (VR) is significant for digital emergency
response construction. However, existing evacuation simulation studies suffer from poor …

Passenger evacuation path planning in subway station under multiple fires based on multiobjective robust optimization

X Yang, R Zhang, Y Li, F Pan - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The optimization of passenger evacuation path in subway station under emergencies
directly affects the evacuation efficiency. Aiming at the evacuation scenario of passengers in …

Risk analysis of people evacuation and its path optimization during tunnel fires using virtual reality experiments

X Zhang, L Chen, J Jiang, Y Ji, S Han, T Zhu… - … and Underground Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
The number of urban tunnels has been increasing rapidly, accompanied by frequent tunnel
fire accidents owing to the complex tunnel structure and large traffic flow. In this study, a full …

An optimal guidance strategy for fire evacuations: A hybrid modeling approach

K Wang, W Yuan, W Liang, Y Yao - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Evacuation plans are subject to many restrictions in the event of a fire, and unreasonable
evacuation guidance methods can affect efficiency and even cause danger. In the current …

Fire egress system optimization of high-rise teaching building based on simulation and machine learning

M Zhou, B Zhou, Z Zhang, Z Zhou, J Liu, B Li, D Wang… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
A fire egress system is one of the most critical aspects of fire emergency evacuation, which is
the cornerstone technology of building fire safety. The high-rise teaching buildings on …

BIM-based co-simulation of fire and occupants' behavior for safe construction rehabilitation planning

ST Shams Abadi, N Moniri Tokmehdash, A Hosny… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
Construction renovation projects increase the risk of structural fire, mostly due to the
accumulation of combustible construction materials and waste. In particular, when the …

CFD-based framework for fire risk assessment of contiguous wood-frame villages in the western Hunan region

F Zhang, L Shi, S Liu, J Shi, J Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Fire hazards are a serious danger to human life and property safety. Fire accidents occur
frequently in wood-frame villages in western Hunan due to their remote mountainous …

Path optimization for mass emergency evacuation based on an integrated model

K Wang, W Yuan, Y Yao - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study proposes an evacuation optimization model (IEO model) for mass
emergency evacuation, which aims to minimize the average completion time, avoid traffic …