SBIR/STTR Research Award
SIMULATION MODEL OF AIRCRAFT EVACUATION PROCESS
Award amount
$48,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Gourary Assoc Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING A PERSONAL COMPUTER MODEL OF THEEVACUATION PROCESS WILL BE STUDIED, USING AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL DEVELOPED BY GOURARY ASSOCIATES INC. THE RESULTING MODEL WILL PERMIT THE STUDY AND VISUALIZATION OF PASSENGER MOVEMENTS DURING EVACUATION. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF CROWDING, FIRE, OBSTRUCTIONS, AND OTHER EFFECTS DURING THE EVACUATION PROCESS. THE MODEL WILL ALSO ALLOW THE COLLECTION OF DETAILED PASSENGER REACTIONS TO VARIOUS PERILS IN THE CABIN DURING EVACUATION, INCLUDING CLOSED DOORS AND SPREADING FLAMES. BOTH A DISPLAY AND A DETAILED PRINTOUT WILL BE PROVIDED. THE MODEL WILL BE USER-FRIENDLY.
Technology keywords
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