Graph Representation for Emergency Egress Code Analysis

Author's Department

Construction Engineering Department

Second Author's Department

Construction Engineering Department

Third Author's Department

Construction Engineering Department

Find in your Library

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35471-7_45

All Authors

Yasmeen A.S. Essawy, Abdelhamid Abdullah, Khaled Nassar

Document Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

Publication Date

1-1-2024

doi

10.1007/978-3-031-35471-7_45

Abstract

Code checking for emergency egress has been studied significantly which led to the continuous advancement and development of automatic code checkers. Yet, these checkers were only able to identify whether the building meets the code limitations or not and, in some cases, were able to take a step further and identify problem areas (if any). This paper presents a novel approach for code checking and analysis using graph theory. It maps floor plans into a simple directed acyclic Floor Plan Elemental Graph Data Model (EGDM). The Floor Plan EGDM, dual-graph representation, undergoes graph distance analyses in order to perform the first level of code checking, where egress paths are identified and examined against IBC emergency egress code limitations. The benefit of such a graph representation is not limited to performing traditional code checking, but further extends to include an innovative analysis of the floor plans to perform post-code checking. Post-code checking utilizes graph measures and search techniques on buildings that meet the code in order to identify areas for improvement and highlight critical areas where problems can happen. It is, also, performed on non-compliant buildings in order to highlight the problem areas and, hence, help the designer in solving these problems.

First Page

617

Last Page

627

Comments

Conference Paper. Record derived from SCOPUS.

Link to Full Text
Find this item online

Share

COinS