Enhanced Empirical Data for the Fundamental Diagram and the Flow Through Bottlenecks

Armin Seyfried (), Maik Boltes, Jens Kähler, Wolfram Klingsch (), Andrea Portz, Tobias Rupprecht, Andreas Schadschneider (), Bernhard Steffen and Andreas Winkens
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Armin Seyfried: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Maik Boltes: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Jens Kähler: Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Institute for Building Material Technology and Fire Safety Science
Wolfram Klingsch: Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Institute for Building Material Technology and Fire Safety Science
Andrea Portz: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Tobias Rupprecht: Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Institute for Building Material Technology and Fire Safety Science
Andreas Schadschneider: Universität zu Köln, Institut für Theoretische Physik
Bernhard Steffen: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Andreas Winkens: Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Institute for Building Material Technology and Fire Safety Science

A chapter in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008, 2010, pp 145-156 from Springer

Abstract: Summary In recent years, several approaches for modeling pedestrian dynamics have been proposed and applied e.g. for design of egress routes. However, so far not much attention has been paid to their quantitative validation. This unsatisfactory situation belongs amongst others on the uncertain and contradictory experimental data base. The fundamental diagram, i.e. the density-dependence of the flow or velocity, is probably the most important relation as it connects the basic parameter to describe the dynamic of crowds. But specifications in different handbooks as well as experimental measurements differ considerably. The same is true for the bottleneck flow. After a comprehensive review of the experimental data base we give an survey of a research project, including experiments with up to 250 persons performed under well controlled laboratory conditions. The trajectories of each person are measured in high precision to analyze the fundamental diagram and the flow through bottlenecks. The trajectories allow to study how the way of measurement influences the resulting relations. Surprisingly we found large deviation amongst the methods. These may be responsible for the deviation in the literature mentioned above. The results are of particular importance for the comparison of experimental data gained in different contexts and for the validation of models.

Keywords: Test Person; Control Laboratory Condition; National Fire Protection Association; Fundamental Diagram; Pedestrian Movement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04504-2_11

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