Simulation of separating pedestrian flow in T-shaped passage based on guide sign considering unbalanced flow

Yongxing Li, David Z.W. Wang, Yan Wang (), Yanyan Chen (), Meng Meng () and Hongfei Jia ()
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Yongxing Li: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore†College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
David Z.W. Wang: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Yan Wang: #x2021;School of Statistics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
Yanyan Chen: #xA7;College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China
Meng Meng: #xB6;Faculty of Business, University of Greenwish, London SE10 9LS, UK
Hongfei Jia: #x2020;College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, P. R. China

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2019, vol. 30, issue 02n03, 1-16

Abstract: This paper analyses the characteristics of separating pedestrian flow in T-shaped passage. Pedestrians would wave and the crowed phenomenon may happen in the connection area of the main passage and branch passage. In order to reduce the pedestrian conflicts, guide sign is set to guide the pedestrians and subconscious strength is introduced to show the effect of guide sign. On this basis, simulation model of separating pedestrian flow in T-shaped passage based on guide sign considering unbalanced flow is established. On the platform of MATLAB software, separating pedestrian flow simulation with the effect of guide sign is realized. Simulations indicate that efficiency of pedestrians passing the passage is improved with the effect of guide sign, suitable position of guide sign is obtained, and compared with the separating pedestrian flow based on guide sign without considering unbalanced flow, the model considering unbalanced flow is better in describing pedestrian distribution.

Keywords: T-shaped passage; separating pedestrian flow; guide sign; unbalanced flow; cellular automata (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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