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Kinkel, E. (author), van der Wal, C.N. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Building fires can be considered a risk to the health and safety of occupants. Environmental factors in building fires might affect the speed of an evacuation. Therefore, in this study participants (N = 153) were tested in an experimental design for the effects of (1) a fire alarm, (2) darkness and (3) the use of emergency exit signs on...journal article 2024
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Vassalos, D. (author), Paterson, D. (author), Mauro, F. (author)Flooding risk identification is a task always treated within a very narrow scope between the life-cycle of a passenger ship. Therefore, different approaches and methods are available for design, operational or onboard applications. Furthermore, the models employed and proposed solutions use simplified methods based on empirical or...journal article 2023
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Irnich, Jakob (author), van der Wal, C.N. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Auping, Willem L. (author)Different leader-follower behaviors may be observed in models, such as group gathering, backtracking, and changing between groups. However, a comparison of these behaviors resulting in possible substantially different estimates of optimal evacuation procedures is lacking. Hence, we developed an agent-based model in combination with exploratory...conference paper 2023
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Feng, Y. (author)This dissertation is focused on using Virtual Reality to study pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in buildings during both normal and emergency situations, from simple scenarios to complex scenarios. In particular, various empirical datasets featuring pedestrian wayfinding and evacuation behaviour were collected using different VR technologies to...doctoral thesis 2022
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Although understanding wayfinding behaviour in complex buildings is important to ensure pedestrian safety, the state of the art predominantly investigated pedestrian movement in simplified environments. This paper presents a Virtual Reality tool – WayR, that is designed to investigate pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in a multi-story building...journal article 2022
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Virtual Reality (VR) provides the possibility to study pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in multi-level buildings. Although VR has been applied increasingly to study pedestrian behaviour, it has remained unclear how different VR technology would affect behavioural outcomes in a multi-level building. The study compares the adoption of different VR...journal article 2022
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Vassalos, Dracos (author), Paterson, Donald (author), Mauro, F. (author), Mujeeb-Ahmed, M. P. (author), Boulougouris, Evangelos (author)Development of damage stability as a scientific subject, specifically in damage ship hydrodynamics and, generally, flooding risk assessment, has evolved primarily by inquisitive academics with support by people with vision and passion towards maritime safety enhancement from industry and Government, the latter in the wake of serious accidents...journal article 2022
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van der Wal, C.N. (author), Robinson, Mark A. (author), Bruine de Bruin, Wändi (author), Gwynne, Steven (author)Emergencies such as fires and terrorist attacks pose risks of injuries and fatalities, which can be exacerbated by delayed, ill-informed, or unmanaged responses. Effective emergency communication strategies could be used to better inform people and reduce these risks. This research analyzes videos of real-world emergencies to: (a) identify...journal article 2021
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Exit choice is vital to pedestrians’ survival during evacuations. This paper presents the results of a VR experiment and a field experiment to study pedestrian exit choice behaviour during evacuations. Primarily, we compared pedestrian exit choice behaviour with a VR experiment and a field experiment to determine the ecological validity of a...journal article 2021
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Alattas, A.F.M. (author), van Oosterom, P.J.M. (author), Zlatanova, Sisi (author), Hoeneveld, D. (author), Verbree, E. (author)The users' movements in the indoor environments differ based on the condition of the environments. During an indoor emergency, an efficient evacuation is required to help the users to move to the safe areas. Many types of incidents could impact the movements of users and this requires studying the behavior of the people during the evacuation....journal article 2020
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Esteban, Miguel (author), Roubos, Jochem Jan (author), Iimura, Kotaro (author), Salet, Jorrit Thomas (author), Hofland, Bas (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Ishii, Hidenori (author), Hamano, Go (author), Takabatake, Tomoyuki (author), Shibayama, Tomoya (author)The accurate modelling of overtopping of coastal defences by tsunami waves is of vital importance for the formulation of disaster management strategies. To improve knowledge of this phenomena the authors conducted experiments on coastal structure overtopping using bores that were generated by a dam-break mechanism. Three types of structures...journal article 2020
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)This paper presents a Virtual Reality (VR) experiment to study pedestrian exit choice behavior during evacuations. It investigates whether and to what extent different types of guidance information (i.e. exit signs and directional signs) influence pedestrian exit choice during an evacuation (drill). The analysis focuses on the commonalities...conference paper 2020
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Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Understanding pedestrian exit choice behavior during emergency situations is important for improving evacuation efficiency. Virtual Reality is a promising technique that can be used to study pedestrian evacuation behavior. However, studies comparing evacuation behavior in real and virtual environments are still scarce. This paper explores...conference paper 2019
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Kenjeres, S. (author), Zwinkels, S. (author)In the present study, we focus on modeling and simulations of macroscopic behavior of a crowd of people under emergency conditions. We present a newly developed integrated numerical approach, which combines the time-dependent RANS method in predicting the temporal and spatial evolution of a heavy gas turbulent dispersion with the macroscopic...journal article 2019
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Kolen, B. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)It is important for decision-makers in emergency response situations to determine the scope, scale, timing, path and resettlement area of an evacuation decision when there is an imminent threat of flooding. In this paper, a method called the "Evacuation Diagram" is described to support risk-based evacuation planning and decision-making. In...journal article 2018
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Esteban, Miguel (author), Glasbergen, Toni (author), Takabatake, Tomoyuki (author), Hofland, Bas (author), Nishizaki, Shinsaku (author), Nishida, Yuta (author), Stolle, Jacob (author), Nistor, Ioan (author), Bricker, J.D. (author), Takagi, Hiroshi (author), Shibayama, Tomoya (author)Following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japanese tsunami protection guidelines stipulate that coastal defences should ensure that settlements are shielded from the coastal inundation that would result from Level 1 tsunami events (with return periods in the order of about 100 years). However, the overtopping mechanism and leeward...journal article 2017
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van den Berg, M. (author)Extensive research is available on travel choice behaviour which occurs during evacuations in case of natural disasters. Due to the disadvantages of existing data collection techniques, more research is needed to better understand evacuation choice behaviour. The main objective of this thesis is twofold: (1) to develop, apply and assess a new...doctoral thesis 2016
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Wang, Z. (author), Zlatanova, S. (author), Steenbruggen, John (author)Traffic incidents can result in different kinds of hazards (e.g., plumes) that influence the status of road networks, therefore there is a great need for incident management in the presence of the hazards. When incidents occur, the created hazards not only affect the normal road users (make them detour or blocked), but also influence the...journal article 2016
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Jonkman, S.N. (author), Maaskant, B. (author), Kolen, B. (author), Zethof, M. (author), Lehman, W.P. (author), Needham, J.T. (author)In the Netherlands, USA and other countries methods for the analysis of loss of life and evacuation associated with flooding are used in flood risk management. This paper compares the methods from the US and Netherlands in this field and considers both methodological principles as well as the outcomes for various case studies. Similarities and...conference paper 2014
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Meyer, V. (author)Evacuation is a response to the immediate or forecast threat of flooding that is expected to pose a risk to life, health or well-being. It involves people moving from their houses or places of business to safe locations, out of the flood risk area where they are able to shelter until it is possible and appropriate for them to return. This...report 2009
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