Test 3: Maintaining set walking speed down staircase
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Test 3: Maintaining set walking speed down staircase

  5 One person on a stair 2 m wide and a length of 10 m measured along the incline with a walking speed of 1 m/s should be demonstrated to cover this distance in 10 s.

Parent topic: Annex 3 - Guidance on Validation/Verification of Evacuation Simulation Tools
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