EvacTunnel 3.0 simulates the process of evacuating one-way road tunnels during an emergency (accident, fire, spill, threat, terrorist attack, etc.). For bidirectional tunnels, the program may be used twice, once for each lane (traffic direction). The program is based on a stochastic simulation approach to evacuation using Monte Carlo simulation methods.
For fire incidents, EvacTunnel 3.0 considers the effect of smoke moving inside a tunnel and predicts the number of dead and injured persons. As output variables, the program provides the total number of trapped vehicles by type, and the mean values, standard deviations, and selected percentiles of any trapped, dead, or injured persons and the total evacuation time. EvacTunnel 3.0 was developed by the GIDAI Group at the University of Cantabria.
The hardware requirements are relatively light compared to current PC systems: at least a 1 GHz Pentium III processor and more than 256 MB of RAM. Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 is required. For installation, users must unzip the EvacTunnel_3.0_Setup.zip file and run the Setup.exe program.
The simulation model installation package and other related documentation may be downloaded from this web page. The authors will be grateful for any feedback or suggestions that users want to express. Please contact: arturo.cuesta@unican.es
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[1] Alvear, D., Abreu, O., Cuesta, A., and Alonso, V., (2013) Decision support system for emergency management: Road tunnels, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 34, 13-21.
[2] Capote, A., Alvear, D., Abreu, O., Cuesta, A., and Alonso, V., (2013) A real-time stochastic evacuation model for Road tunnels, Safety Science 52, 73-80.