Pedestrian Speed on Stairs: A Mathematical Model Based on Empirical Analysis for Use in Computer Simulations
A critical component of building evacuation simulations is pedestrian ascent and descent of stairs.Several researchers have conducted controlled laboratory experiments and performed observational studies in an effort to obtain empirical data and develop models that can be used to accurately predict the walking speed of pedestrians on stairs.The availability and use of empirical data is essential to the calibration and validation of mathematical models used in computer simulations of pedestrian movement.Empirical data from Fujiyama and Tyler 2 was used to determine individual step frequency on stairs.A mathematical model was formulated and implemented in the pedestrian simulation code PEDFLOW.Examples illustrate how the model performs against a newly collected set of empirical data.
pedestrian simulation evacuation walking speed stairs mathematical model step frequency
Michelle L.Isenhour Rainald L(o)hner
Department of Mathematical Sciences, 601 Thayer Rd., United States Military Academy, West Point, NY CFD Center, Dept.of Computational and Data Science, M.S.6A2, College of Sciences,George Mason Univer
国际会议
The 8th International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics (第八届行人与疏散动力学国际学术会议)
合肥
英文
529-533
2016-10-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）