ND-0518 · 2010 · Other
Emergency Door Capacity: Influence of Door Width, Population Composition and Stress Level
Daamen, Hoogendoorn. Fire Technology. 2010.
doi.org/10.1007/s10694-010-0202-9 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
A door left open at 90 degrees in an 85 cm doorway cut flow by 20%.
Design questions and applications
Check door swing direction on egress routes.
Field
Thresholds, doors and boundaries
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card daamen-2010-emergency-door) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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Mechanism
Spatial variable
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