An appropriate and safe behavior for exiting a facility is key to reducing injuries and
increasing survival when facing an emergency evacuation in a building. Knowledge on the …

Natural hazards, which have the potential to cause catastrophic damage and loss to
infrastructure, have increased significantly in recent decades. Thus, the construction …

High traffic flow in a confined tunnel makes fire safety a critical issue. This paper proposed a
digital twin framework for tunnel fire safety management in real-time, driven by dynamic …

Abstract 'Movement to the familiar'has been reported during evacuation incidents but has not
yet been studied in controlled experiments. We investigate effects of exit familiarity and …

Enhancing evacuee safety is a key factor in reducing the number of injuries and deaths that
result from earthquakes. One way this can be achieved is by training occupants. Virtual …

Virtual reality (VR) has become a popular approach to study human behavior in fire. The
present position paper analyses Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats …

The recent proliferation of consumer-level virtual reality (VR) headsets such as the HTC
Vive, is creating a growing user-base in demand of highly-controlled immersive virtual …

Physical evacuation drills are pre-planned activities to train building occupants in facing
emergencies and evaluate safety performances. Nowadays, technologies including Virtual …

The frequency of natural and man-made disasters has increased over the past few decades,
which has doubled the significance of evacuation planning because it directly affects …

A major fire disaster is hazardous to both occupants trapped in the built environment and
firefighters during the firefighting operation. Though various construction codes …