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Abstract
To ensure the safety and emergency evacuation of university library buildings and improve the efficiency of safe personnel evacuation after an emergency, this study considered the actual size and volume of university libraries. The library project of the main campus of Liaoning Technical University was modeled using the Pathfinder software. By considering the site personnel load, personnel attributes, evacuation speed, and personnel ratio, a simulation was conducted to analyze the effect of stacked items’ quantity and location and the effect of the number of items, such as tables, chairs, and bookshelves, and other factors on the time required for evacuation through an indoor evacuation passage. The results reveal that the bottleneck area of evacuation is the indoor corridor and exit of evacuation stairs. The stacking quantity and location planning of items in the reading area greatly influence the evacuation time. Restrictive measures should be taken when the number of personnel in each layer reaches a certain value. The results obtained by this study can provide a theoretical basis for the reasonable planning of evacuation pathways and the future safety management of university libraries.
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Affiliations
College of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University 1 , Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
Key Laboratory of Mine Thermodynamic Disasters and Control of Ministry of Education, Liaoning Technical University 2 , Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
College of Architecture and Transportation, Liaoning Technical University 3 , Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
Fuxin City Industrial Technology Innovation and Promotion Center 4 , Fuxin, Liaoning 123000, China
Funding
The Youth Project of Liaoning Provincial Education Department · National Key Research and Development Program of China