Crowd turbulence: the physics of crowd disasters

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The panic stampede is a serious concern during mass events like soccer championship games. Despite huge numbers of security forces and crowd control measures, hundreds of lives are lost in crowd disasters each year. An analysis of video recordings of the annual pilgrimage in Makkah reveals how high-density crowds develop to turbulent dynamics and earthquake-like eruptions, which is impossible to control.
For a more detailed study see http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0701203

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Physics and Society, Fluid Dynamics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136647

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3339
 http://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3339
 In: The Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics (ICNM-V), pp. 967-969 (Shanghai, June 2007)

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