Empirical methods in pedestrian, crowd and evacuation dynamics: Part I. Experimental methods and emerging topics

M Haghani - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of data-driven approaches in studies of crowd behaviour has received an
unprecedented recognition in recent years. As a result, the size of the empirical crowd …

A meta-synthesis of experimental studies of pedestrian movement in single-file flow

S Xue, N Shiwakoti - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
The single-file pedestrian flow experiment is a simplified system for investigating the
fundamental walking characteristics of pedestrians and their dependence on various …

Pedestrian dynamics in single-file movement of crowd with different age compositions

S Cao, J Zhang, D Salden, J Ma, C Shi, R Zhang - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
An aging population is bringing new challenges to the management of escape routes and
facility design in many countries. This paper investigates pedestrian movement properties of …

Properties of pedestrians walking in line: Fundamental diagrams

A Jelić, C Appert-Rolland, S Lemercier, J Pettré - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2012 - APS
We present experimental results obtained for a one-dimensional pedestrian flow using high
precision motion capture. The full pedestrians' trajectories are obtained. In this paper, we …

Pedestrian single file movement on stairway: Investigating the impact of stair configuration on pedestrian ascent and descent fundamental diagram

J Wang, J Ma, P Lin, M Sarvi, R Li - Safety science, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the individuals' interactions with the physical environment, pedestrian walking on
various stair-facilities may present different features. Performing controlled pedestrian …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling social identification and hel** in evacuation simulation

I von Sivers, A Templeton, F Künzner, G Köster, J Drury… - Safety science, 2016 - Elsevier
Social scientists have criticised computer models of pedestrian streams for their treatment of
psychological crowds as mere aggregations of individuals. Indeed most models for …

Body-rotation behavior of pedestrians for collision avoidance in passing and cross flow

H Yamamoto, D Yanagisawa, C Feliciani… - … research part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the body-rotation behavior adopted by pedestrians to avoid others
while moving in congested areas. In such scenarios, body orientation often differs from …

Dynamic analysis of pedestrian movement in single-file experiment under limited visibility

S Cao, P Wang, M Yao, W Song - Communications in Nonlinear Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, the movement properties of pedestrians under limited visibility are investigated
by a group of single-file experiments. Three light transmissions (0.3%, 0.1% and 0.0%) are …