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Human Thermoregulation and Injury Evaluation in Fire Environments: A Review
Fire environments impose severe effects on the human body through thermal radiation, smoke particles, and toxic gases. This review focuses on human injury mechanisms including human thermoregulation, heat stra...
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Project Overview
The major research program of “Unconventional Emergency Management Research” (hereinafter referred to as the major research program) is the second batch of major research programs initiated by the National Nat...
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Major Research Fruits
This major research plan is oriented to the major strategic needs of national public security and emergency management.
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Prospect
At present, China has frequent public security incidents. The complexity of public security problems intensifies, the potential risks and new hidden dangers increase, and the difficulty of emergencies’ prevent...
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Domestic and International Research Situation
Since the 16th century, there have been five scientific and technological revolutions in human history. On the one hand, the scientific and technological revolution has brought new tools and new methods, which...
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Representative Integration Results
The three representative integration results of the major research plan of “Research on Emergency Management of Unconventional Emergencies” are the new generation of emergency intelligence’s computing theory a...
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A simplified methodology for rapid Natech risk assessment of flood-wind-hail multi-hazard scenario
Natural hazard events that trigger technical emergencies (Natech events), as a typical type of multi-hazard, have become a matter of growing concern. In particular, the occurrence of Natech events in industria...
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Open AccessModelling physical contacts to evaluate the individual risk in a dense crowd
Tumble and stampede in a dense crowd may be caused by irrational behaviours of individuals and always troubles the safety management of crowd activities. Risk evaluation based on pedestrian dynamical models ca...
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A numerical tool for assessing human thermal safety and thermal comfort in cold-weather activities
This paper describes a newly developed software tool to evaluate human thermal safety and thermal comfort in cold-weather activities aimed at guiding users to arrange activity plans and select appropriate clot...
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A review of the research into the relations between hazards in multi-hazard risk analysis
With the development of disaster-risk research, it has been found that many areas are prone to the simultaneous occurrence of natural disasters and technological accidents. Such events are known as “multi-haza...
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Investigation of inhalation and exhalation flow pattern in a realistic human upper airway model by PIV experiments and CFD simulations
In this study, flow field characteristics in the trachea region in a realistic human upper airway model were firstly measured by particle image velocimetry (PIV) in the air under three constant inhalation and ...
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Influence of Gender on the Fundamental Diagram and Gait Characteristics
The crowd structures in different public places or mass events are diverse. Areas with a large fraction of children, elderly pedestrians, or women, who are always referred to as vulnerable groups, will require...
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Experimental and numerical investigation of the wake flow of a human-shaped manikin: Experiments by PIV and simulations by CFD
High-quality measurements of the flow structures induced by human movements are important for analyzing indoor air quality. This study measures the longitudinal and cross-sectional velocity and vortex fields b...
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The Preparation and Characterization of Ultrafine Fatty Acid Ester/Poly(meta-phenylene isophthalamide) Phase Change Fibers Designed for Thermo-regulating Protective Clothing
Poly(meta-phenylene isophthalamide, PMIA)-based phase change fibers (PCFs) with fatty acid ester (i.e. HPCMEs) as the functional ingredient were successfully fabricated by emulsion electrospinning. Subsequent cha...
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Comparison of Bench-Scale and Manikin Tests of Protective Clothing Systems During Low-Level Radiation
A bench-scale apparatus producing the liquid droplets and a sweating manikin were used to study the heat and moisture transfer through the multilayer protective clothing system during the low-level radiation o...
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Open AccessEffect of human movement on airborne disease transmission in an airplane cabin: study using numerical modeling and quantitative risk analysis
Airborne transmission of respiratory infectious disease in indoor environment (e.g. airplane cabin, conference room, hospital, isolated room and inpatient ward) may cause outbreaks of infectious diseases, whic...
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A cellular automaton evacuation model based on mobile robot’s behaviors
The research of evacuation in some emergencies, e.g. fire, is of great benefit to reducing the injuries of persons. In this paper, a cellular automaton evacuation model based on mobile robot’s behaviors is pre...
