Numerical Study on Evacuation Evaluation and Strategy of Theater with Rotating Auditorium

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Abstract

In recent years, more and more theaters with rotating mechanisms have been built and used, such as theaters with rotating auditoriums. The rotation mechanism in this type of building may lead to the uncertainty of evacuation distances and routes, which undoubtedly poses a higher challenge to performance-based fire protection design. Taking the revolving auditorium theater as an example, this paper proposes a systematic method to solve the problem of randomness in evacuation scenarios. The numerical simulations based on FDS and Pathfinder were carried out, and two improved evacuation strategies for theaters with rotating auditorium were proposed. The results show that the blockage of evacuation exits is an important factor affecting the success of evacuation and the evacuation time. In addition, the establishment of emergency evacuation stairs and rotating auditoriums can effectively reduce the evacuation time.

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Xiong, K., Weng, M., Liu, F., & Lu, Y. (2022). Numerical Study on Evacuation Evaluation and Strategy of Theater with Rotating Auditorium. Buildings, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081202

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