Emergency evacuation is the main concern in crowded airport terminals. Data on occupant loading are important for designing means of escape. However, very few field survey data on crowded terminals are available in the literature. There are queries concerning whether the data specified in the prescriptive codes are realistic in designing safety systems in modern terminals. More questions have been raised for those terminals using data, such as maximum floor area allowances per occupant, from the prescriptive codes which have not yet been verified for carrying out performance-based fire engineering design. In this study, passenger loading in the Hong Kong airport terminal was investigated. A field survey was carried out, in which the performance-based design was based on the occupant loading factor extracted from the prescriptive codes of Hong Kong. Transient passenger loadings of the airport in different seasons were compiled. The results were used to justify the maximum allowed loadings specified in design codes and standards.
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June 01 2010
Survey on passenger loading in the Hong Kong airport terminal
W. K. Chow, BSc, MST, PhD, CEng, FCIBSE, FHKIE, FSFPE, MASME, CPEng, MIE(Aust), MACS, MASHRAE, MIFireE;
W. K. Chow, BSc, MST, PhD, CEng, FCIBSE, FHKIE, FSFPE, MASME, CPEng, MIE(Aust), MACS, MASHRAE, MIFireE
1
Chair Professor of Architectural Science and Fire Engineering, Director, Research Centre for Fire Engineering, Head of Department, Department of Building Services Engineering, Leader, Area of Strength: Fire Safety Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Hong Kong
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C. M. Y. Ng, PhD, CEng, MCIBSE, MIFireE
C. M. Y. Ng, PhD, CEng, MCIBSE, MIFireE
2
Senior Engineer
Meinhardt, Hong Kong
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
December 16 2008
Accepted:
October 01 2009
Online ISSN: 1751-7699
Print ISSN: 0965-0903
© 2010 The authors and the Institution of Civil Engineers
2010
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer (2010) 163 (2): 107–113.
Article history
Received:
December 16 2008
Accepted:
October 01 2009
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Chow WK, Ng CMY (2010), "Survey on passenger loading in the Hong Kong airport terminal". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Vol. 163 No. 2 pp. 107–113, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2010.163.2.107
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