JAUE2014-085 A Study on the Evacuation Performance of University Dormitory Building through Full-Scale Experimental

Abstract

Driven by economic development, contemporary society is growing specialized and diversified in each sector, and growth is accelerating; same thing is true in architecture field. There is emergence of numerous types of buildings to facilitate diverse purposes of human activities. Recently, as college dormitory buildings are constructed through project of private construction and lease to government(BTL), dormitory buildings are growing taller, but the operations and emergency countermeasure still do not keep up with such trend of building heightening. Presently, in the midst of such situation, dormitory buildings, classified as shared housing compound, are subject to follow the fire prevention standard of shared housing compound. Since dormitory buildings differ from shared housing compound on using type, moving line type or operation method, preparation of fire prevention or fire safety performance measure in accordance with shared housing compound is judged unreasonable. Therefore, this study analyzes the evacuation performances of university dormitory buildings through Full-scale evacuation experimental. In addition, this study searches for physical elements of evacuation performance to be improved through Full-Scale Experimental, on which basis, purports to improve evacuation performance of the subject university dormitory buildings ultimately. The results that lower about 0.45m / s degree full evacuation speed than walking speed (1.3m / s (flat)), the common. This shows that do not significantly affect the speed of gender in the similar age group of early 20s. Although the rooftop-right-exit was the smallest of exit-doors, experimental subjects was evacuated by 45% toward to the rooftop right exit. Through such processes, this paper is intended to furnish the fundamental materials when planning university dormitory buildings which are able to minimize the damages and protect individuals and their properties.