ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF EVACUATION OF VISITORS OF SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRES

Abstract

t. The paper is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of evacuation of children from entertainment centers and recommendations for improving the safety of visitors to shopping malls based on the results of mathematical modeling of fire development and evacuation processes. To solve the problems set in the work, the FDS software package was used. The FDS mathematical model is based on the use of differential equations in partial derivatives, describing the spatial and temporal distribution of temperature and velocity of the gaseous medium in the room, concentrations of gaseous components (oxygen, combustion products, etc.), pressures and densities. Based on the results of determining the time of negative impact of fire hazards and determining the estimated time of evacuation of people from the children’s park located in the mall, it is concluded that spatial planning solutions of the facility allow for evacuating people in case of fire. The scientific novelty of the obtained results is that the time of negative impact of fire hazards and the time of evacuation of people from the children’s park of the shopping and entertainment centre was determined for the first time for the conditions of such parameters of a building spatial planning solution. The practical significance of the obtained results is the ability to use the principles and approaches outlined in the article for similar service facilities to determine the required evacuation time, which will increase the safety of visitors and staff in the event of an emergency.