Building Evacuation / Egress

How long to clear a room, and where do the jams form? Watch occupants stream toward exits and see bottlenecks build at every doorway.

Building Evacuation / EgressLive

crowd flow through exits

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Presets

Occupants

Exits

Walk speed

Speed1×

Occupants head for the nearest exit while pushing apart in crowds, so bottlenecks and congestion form at doorways — the effect that drives real egress times. Add or remove exits to see how total clearance time responds. Planning aid only.

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Evacuated0 / 150

Clear time0.0 s

Exits2

Social-force velocity

v = 1.3 \overset{e}{^}_{exit} + 2.2 j \sum f_{ij}, \frac{N}{exits} = \frac{150}{2} = 75

Reading this result: Around 75 per exit — congestion starts to build at the doors, and adding an exit usually helps more than speeding people up.

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How it works

Occupants steer toward their nearest exit while a repulsion force keeps them apart, reproducing the congestion and arching that govern real egress times. Add or remove exits to see how clearance time responds. A conceptual planning and education aid — code-compliant egress analysis requires certified modeling.

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