Assumptions for AE210 Sample Building
Office Building (OB)
Use OB
Area per floor OB
Number of floors OB
Area Per Occupant OB
Floor-to-Floor Height OB
Area OB
Occupants OB
Units
offices
20,000 SF
14 Stories
200 SF/Occupant
12 Ft
280,000 SF
1,400 People
Retail Building (RB)
Use RB
Area per floor RB
Number of floors RB
Area Per Occupant RB
Area RB
Floor-to-Floor Height RB
Occupants RB
Length of Stay RB
Traffic Per Hour Max RB
Retail
40,000 SF
2 Stories
50 SF/Occupant
80,000 SF
15 Ft
1,600 People
45 min
2,133 People/Hour
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What Modes of Transportation Might be Required or used - Class List
Mode
Elevator
Stairs
Escalator
Walkway/corridor
Ramp
Hallway
Where use
Office Retail
Both
Retail
Both
Both
Both
equired or used - Class List
Comment
Transportation
Circulation
Transportation
Circulation
Circulation
Circulation
BuIlding Transportation Modes
Characteristics
Geared Traction
Elevator
Gearless
Traction
Elevator
Hydraulic
Elevator
Vertical Travel
-Stories
25
50+
50-400fpm
400-2000
fpm
100fpm
5fps
100fpm
25fps
30fps
6fps
Medium
Medium
High
High
Low
Medium
High
High
Low
Low
Low
Low
High
Medium
High
Medium
400
400
400
3000
2400
Speed
Initial Cost
Maintenance Cost
Passengers/Hr
Escalator & Dumbw Pneumatic
Horiz.
aiter
Tube
Ramps
Images - Otis Elevator
Tram
Robot
Carts
What must be taken into account to design and elevator systems - Class List
Factor
Comment
Factors Influencing Elevator Design - Source MEEBS 7th Ed
Interval (I)
Car Capacity
Average Lobby time
Good OK
Units
30
35 Secs
18
21 Secs
Definition or Comment
Average time between departure of cars from the lobby
Average time spent by a passenger between arriving in the lobby and
leaving the lobby in a car
Round-trip time (RT)
Average time required for a car to make a round trip, staring from the
lower terminal and returning to it.
Average Trip Time (AVTRP)
Average time spent by passengers form the moment they arrive in the
lobby to leaving the car at an upper floor
Handling Capacity (HC)
Figure of merti for an elevator system, indicating the maximum number
of passengers that can be handled in a given period, usually 5 min
Zone
Minimum HC
14
13%
Time Interval for Design max
Percent of Population to Carry in
5 min
Elevator Max Speed
5
12%
1502000
depends
20 Floors
5% pct
10 Min
5% pct
FPm
Group of floors in a building that is considered as a group
Percent of building to be carried in 5 minutes
Determined based on experience as good approximation of period during
which rush hour 'hits' the elevator.
Determined based on experience
Note that the travel time depends on four components: 1) door-open
time; 2) acceleration time; 3) max speed; 4) deceleration time.
Therefore max speed doesn't help much for low-rise buildings.
How Would we Calculate Our Office Building
Item
Occupants
Floors
Floor-to-Floor
Total Rise
Value Units
1400 People
14 Floors
12 Ft
168 Ft
Comment
From Building Info
From Building Info
From Building Info
Floors * Floor-to-Floor
Minimum Handling Capacity
Elevator Carrying Capacity
Elevator Speed
13% Pct
3500 Lbs
500 fpm
From Elevator practice - 5 min load
Elevator car Avg Capacity
Handling Capacity
Round Trip
Average Trip
Car Carries in 5 minutes
Number of Cars Needed
16 People
182 People
143 secs
76 secs
33.6 People/5min
From Tables - Meebs 23.4
5 Cars
From Elevator practice - Actually try multiple sizes
From Elevator practice - Actually try multiple speeds.
There are tables of good practice. 23.8 MEEBS.
Min Handling capacity * Occupants
From Graph 23.17
From Graph
Calculated
Calculated
Average Trip Time - p.1166 MEEBs
Round Trip Time 23.17b
Typical Car Information for High-Rise Gearless Elevators - Otis
Rated lbs.a
2000
2500
2500
3000
3000
3000
3500
3500
3500
4000
4000
4000
16/15
16/15
16/15
20/18
20/18
20/18
23/21
23/21
23/21
27/25
27/25
27/25
Speed ft./min.d
800
800
1000
800
1000
1200
800
1000
1200
800
1000
1200
Maximum Stops
PassengerCapacity
60
60
72
60
72
87
60
72
87
60
72
87
A. Depth
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-6"
7'-6"
7'-6"
8'-2"
8'-2"
8'-2"
8'-2"
8'-2"
8'-2"
B. Car Door Width
3'-0"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
3'-6"
4'-0"
4'-0"
4'-0"
C. Single Widthe
7'-6 1/2"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
8'-8"
9'-8"
9'-8"
9'-8"
D. Double Widthe
15'-5"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
17'-8"
19'-8"
19'-8"
19'-8"
E. Triple Width
23'-3
1/2"
11'-9"
26'-8"
26'-8"
26'-8"
26'-8"
26'-8"
26'-8"
26'-8"
24'-8"
28'-8"
28'-8"
28'-8"
11'-9"
7'-6"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
11'-9"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
7'-0"
F. Minimum Clear
Headroom
G. Clear Openingf
