GPSS/360 computer models to simulate aircraft passenger emergency evacuations.

Details

• Creators:
  Fold, Earl D. ; Garner, J.D. ; Cook, E. Allen ; Broadhurst, Jimmy L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Passengers
  • Escape systems
  • Evacuation
  • Emergency exits
  • Computer models
  • Statistics
  • Standard deviation
  • Simulation
  • Testing
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FAA-AM-72-30 ; DOT/FAA/AM-72/30
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  OAM report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• 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.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21009/dot_21009_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 797.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d64dc779f4175dbab600212d32d070a35e470b48ce8725700338d34a814c7bd24b74a339dd3df5bc7edf9fb2ecb8c26c09ba8b075452957658bb8c74b4761815