Examining influence of merging architectural features on pedestrian crowd movement

Shiwakoti, Nirajan; Gong, Yanshan; Shi, Xiaomeng; Ye, Zhirui

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.01.009

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“…In another study by Shiwakoti et al [8], a series of experiments were conducted with different merging angles (60 • , 90 • , and 180 • ) and with different desired speeds (normal and slow running). The results from the experiments showed that pedestrians tended to reduce speeds within merging areas.…”

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“…Therefore, comparative analysis on normal walking speed and faster walking speed deserve special attention. In addition, the effect of experimental setup in terms of blocked vision and un-blocked vision due to walls have not been examined for intersecting flows, although it has been shown to be important for merging scenarios [8,26]. The most recent study on intersecting pedestrian flow was an experiment carried out by Sun et al [41].…”

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“…A quick scan of documented crowd disasters in both developed and developing countries shows that over 3500 people have been killed and more than 4000 people have been injured in crowd related disasters over the last decade [7]. Most of the incidents stem from the inherent complexity in the movement of pedestrians, e.g., merging, turning, and crossing movements [1,[8][9][10][11].…”

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“…To this end, many researchers from multiple fields have carried out experiments and collected empirical data on pedestrian behavior. Such experiments have the advantage of flexibility in controlling the influencing variables and, therefore, researchers have been able to set up appropriate experiments and collect specific data [8][9][10][11][14][15][16].…”

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“…Therefore, complex multi-directional crowd movements, such as merging and crossing, have received considerable attention in the recent past. Particularly, a wide range of theoretical and experimental studies on merging behavior at T-sections can be found in the literature [8,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. However, crossing movements have limited empirical data, especially on the effect of intersecting angle and walking speed on pedestrian outflow.…”

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Effect of Intersecting Angle on Pedestrian Crowd Flow under Normal and Evacuation Conditions

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Complex pedestrian or passenger crowd movements, such as intersecting movements, can create a bottleneck resulting in delays during emergency escape from public infrastructure such as major public transport hubs. Limited studies have examined the effect of different intersecting angles and walking speeds on pedestrian outflow. This study aims to systematically investigate the effect of different intersecting angles (30 • , 90 • , and 150 • ) and walking speeds (normal walking, faster walking) on pedestrian outflow at an intersecting path or junction through controlled laboratory experiments. Further, we consider both blocked vision and un-blocked vision in our experiments. The results from our experiments show that the acute angle of 30 • has a higher flow rate and less evacuation time as compared to the other angles. The obtuse intersecting angle of 150 • was the most undesirable intersecting angle in terms of outflow, evacuation time, and delays at the junction. Faster walking generally led to reduced evacuation time as compared to normal walking. It is also interesting to note that the results from both blocked vision and un-blocked vision were not statistically significant, suggesting that line of sight was not an important factor in regulating the flow at the junction. The results from our findings are a valuable resource to verify the mathematical model intended to simulate pedestrian or passenger crowd movements and behavior within major public infrastructure under both normal and evacuation conditions.

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Walking speed reduction rates at intersections while wayfinding indoors: An experimental study

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Kim

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Summary Although there are numerous studies that explain how pedestrians behave, there remains a lack of experimental data on the various factors that can induce walking speed changes. It is important to continue experiments into this topic because, given that pedestrians receive information and select paths during indoor wayfinding in complicated buildings, their walking speed necessarily decreases. Furthermore, the majority of existing studies do not simultaneously explain changes in indoor wayfinding characteristics and in walking speed. To bridge this gap, we present results from an experimental study to indicate the effect that wayfinding at intersections within a building has on human walking speed. We analyzed changes in walking speed by intersection type and path selection direction (by conducting a maze experiment with 77 participants) to arrive at the following results: (a) Human walking speed decreases at intersections; (b) The change in walking speed depends on the type of the intersection and the path selection direction; (c) A multiple regression analysis can be used to model reduction in walking speed by intersection type and path selection direction. This study suggests that evacuation modeling should consider that wayfinding occurs when pedestrians select paths at intersections, which affects their walking speed.

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Empirical Results of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics

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Examining influence of merging architectural features on pedestrian crowd movement

Cited by 92 publications

References 19 publications

Effect of Intersecting Angle on Pedestrian Crowd Flow under Normal and Evacuation Conditions

Effect of Intersecting Angle on Pedestrian Crowd Flow under Normal and Evacuation Conditions

Walking speed reduction rates at intersections while wayfinding indoors: An experimental study

Empirical Results of Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics

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