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SFPE Handbook | Ch. 59 | Eq. 59.5

Pedestrian travel speed

Calculates pedestrian travel speed along a path based on population density

Reference

Hurley, M.J., et al., 2016. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 5th ed. Springer.

Equations

S = k - a \cdot k \cdot D

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