Human behaviour/people movement

Question 1

What are the stages of an evacuation?

Answer 1

1. Alarm, 2. Pre-movement, 3. Movement

Question 2

What is the RSET calculation? Which parts of it are alarm, pre-movement, and movement?

Answer 2

RSET = t_d + t_n + t_pre + t_trav or t_flow.
1, 2 = alarm, 3 = pre-movement, 4 or 5 = movement

Question 3

What are the pros and cons of the RSET model?

Answer 3

Pros:
- Simple to use
- Provides evacuation time
Cons:
- Limited consideration of processes
- Evacuation treated like flow problem

Question 4

What are the kinds of behaviour?

Answer 4

Interpret: (ignore, investigate), prepare: (instruct, explore, withdraw), act: evacuate fight, warn, wait

Question 5

Explain the role-rule model

Answer 5

Everyone has a role associated with certain rules. e.g waiter-guest, teacher-student. People adhere to rules even in emergencies.

Question 6

What are the two types of social influence?

Answer 6

Informational: seek info from the behaviour of others.
Normative: don’t want be different

Question 7

What are the four people movement cases? (on speed/density graphs)

Answer 7

Horizontal, upstairs, downstairs, through openings

Question 8

Why would an effective width not be necessary for an isle in a cinema?

Answer 8

Because body sway is only relevant for the upper body.

Question 9

How do people generally move through smoke?

Answer 9

Move along a wall, rely on touch more than vision.

Question 10

What are the parts of a visibility-speed graph?

Answer 10

Incapacitation and irritancy

Question 11

What is affiliation theory?

Answer 11

Why is the closest emergency exit not chosen?
Why do people evacuate in groups?
- People move towards familiar people and places, many evacuation exits are not used
Want to break this trend through design