Evacuation of aircraft on land

Aircraft evacuation DEVS implementation & visualization

Emergency evacuation from new, higher than normal, aircraft is believed to be affected by a new variable: passenger’s hesitation at the exit door. This paper discusses how a previous simulation studying this effect was replicated in Cell-DEVS using the CD++ toolkit and how the results were visualized using the Blender Python interface. We will show how one can relatively easily apply advanced v...

Effect of door delay on aircraft evacuation time

The recent commercial launch of twin-deck Very Large Transport Aircraft (VLTA) such as the Airbus A380 has raised questions concerning the speed at which they may be evacuated 1. The abnormal height of emergency exits on the upper deck has led to speculation that emotional factors such as fear may lead to door delay, and thus play a significant role in increasing overall evacuation time 2. Full...

Emergency evacuation from double - deck aircraft

Airbus Industrie is considering building a family of double-deck aircraft. A research project was initiated primarily to investigate the effects of the height of the new upper deck on human performance in case of an emergency, but it was also investigated whether factors such as visibility, slide design, and passenger safety instruction might influence individuals‘ performance. A performance mo...

Determining How Functional Characteristics of a Dedicated Casualty Evacuation Aircraft Affect Patient Movement and Outcomes

Advances in autonomous aircraft technology are spurring research into different roles these aircraft could fill. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is pursuing an Innovative Naval Prototype of an autonomous cargo aircraft in response to a United States Marine Corps Universal Needs Statement. Since the use of such a vehicle to evacuate casualties after delivering supplies is an obvious extension...

CAA PAPER 2004/05 - Report on the Testing and Systematic Evaluation of the airEXODUS Aircraft Evacuation Model