Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics

Test cases can be used for different purposes:

  • calibration - finding the best parameter values
  • verification - Did we build it right?
  • validation - Did we build the right thing?

IMO test cases[]

The International Maritime Organization has issued "Guidelines for Evacuation Analysis".

It is a circular of the Marine Safety Committee, MSC.1/Circ.1238.

http://www.gl-group.com/pdf/MSC_Circ_1238.pdf

If you go to the Annex 2 on "Advanced Evacuation Analysis" you will find test cases for checking simulation software at the end.

RiMEA[]

RiMEA stands for "Guideline for Microscopic Evacuation Analysis". It is in German. There are testcases similar to the IMO cases provided in the following document

http://www.rimea.de/downloads/r2.2.1.pdf

Even though the guideline is in German, you can still use the test cases concerning the geometry, scenario (e.g. exit configuration) and population.

Validation for FDS+Evac[]

For FDS+Evac, the results for the test cases can be found at: http://rimea.de/downloads.html#analysen. The PDF contains the FDS input files as attachements.

Validation for PedGo[]

For PedGo the validation cases can be found at: http://www.traffgo-ht.com/en/pedestrians/validation/