Pedestrian flow characteristics through different angled bends: Exploring the spatial variation of velocity.

ABSTRACT: Common geometrical layouts could potentially be bottlenecks, particularly during emergency and high density situations. When pedestrians are interacting with such complex geometrical settings, the congestion effect might not be uniform over the bottleneck area. This study uses the trajectory data collected through a controlled laboratory experiment to explore the spatial variation of speeds when a group of people navigates through bends. Four turning angles, i.e., 45°, 90°, 135° and 180°, with a straight corridor and two speed levels, i.e., normal speed walking and slow running (jogging), were considered in these experiments. Results explained that the speeds are significantly different over the space within the bend for all angles (except 0°) under both speed levels. In particular, averag

SUBMITTER: Hannun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8893709 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature