Stability analysis based on a coupled macroscopic pedestrian flow model considering moving obstacles

Abstract

In the high-density crowd flow places in public buildings, typical mobile obstacles, such as trolley cases, mobile sweeping trolleys, shuttle trolleys, police patrol cars, etc., carried by passengers bring convenience for passengers to travel, and can also act as typical obstacles that hinder the flow of people. It is easy to block the flow of people, cause the crowd to become unstable, and cause overcrowding and even stampede accidents. To study the influence of moving obstacles on crowd stability, this paper analyzes the spatial and moving characteristics of typical moving obstacles and constructs a motion model of moving obstacles. Furthermore, based on smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a coupled macroscopic pedestrian flow model including moving obstacles and pedestrian flow is proposed. In order to verify the effectiveness of this proposed coupled motion model, this study takes trolley luggage as an example to design and implement a moving obstacle experiment in pedestrian flow, exploring the impact of moving obstacles to the pedestrian flow, further to study the stability of pedestrian flow.