New insights into pedestrian flow through bottlenecks

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dc.creatorSeyfried, Armin
dc.creatorRupprecht, Tobias
dc.creatorPasson, Oliver
dc.creatorSteffen, Bernhard
dc.creatorKlingsch, Wolfram
dc.creatorBoltes, Maik
dc.date2007-02-01
dc.date2007-12-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:46:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:46:35Z
dc.descriptionCapacity estimation is an important tool for the design and dimensioning of pedestrian facilities. The literature contains different procedures and specifications which show considerable differences with respect to the estimated flow values. Moreover do new experimental data indicate a stepwise growing of the capacity with the width and thus challenge the validity of the specific flow concept. To resolve these differences we have studied experimentally the unidirectional pedestrian flow through bottlenecks under laboratory conditions. The time development of quantities like individual velocities, density and individual time gaps in bottlenecks of different width is presented. The data show a linear growth of the flow with the width. The comparison of the results with experimental data of other authors indicates that the basic assumption of the capacity estimation for bottlenecks has to be revised. In contradiction with most planning guidelines our main result is, that a jam occurs even if the incoming flow does not overstep the capacity defined by the maximum of the flow according to the fundamental diagram.
dc.descriptionTraffic flow, pedestrian traffic, crowd dynamics, capacity of bottlenecks (16 pages, 8 figures); (+ 3 new figures and minor revisions)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702004
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143297
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleNew insights into pedestrian flow through bottlenecks
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