Accession Number:
AD0755542
Title:
GPSS/360 Computer Models to Simulate Aircraft Passenger Emergency Evacuation,
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Corporate Author:
CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA
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Report Date:
1972-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
29.0
Abstract:
Live tests of emergency evacuation of transport aircraft are becoming increasingly expensive as the planes grow to a size seating hundreds of passengers. Repeated tests, to cope with random variations, increase these costs, as well as risks of injuries to participants. A method of simulating such repeated tests, by use of computer models based on statistics from measured components of the escape path, has been developed. The models utilize GPSS, a computer programming language, to represent various features of the escape process passenger mix, seating and exit configuration, door-opening delay, time on the escape slide, and slide capacity. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Escape, Rescue and Survival