Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2002-09-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
12 pages, 27 figures, Rev-Tex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.67.056122
We investigate the role of conflicts in pedestrian traffic, i.e. situations where two or more people try to enter the same space. Therefore a recently introduced cellular automaton model for pedestrian dynamics is extended by a friction parameter $\mu$. This parameter controls the probability that the movement of all particles involved in a conflict is denied at one time step. It is shown that these conflicts are not an undesirable artefact of the parallel update scheme, but are important for a correct description of the dynamics. The friction parameter $\mu$ can be interpreted as a kind of internal local pressure between the pedestrians which becomes important in regions of high density, ocurring e.g. in panic situations. We present simulations of the evacuation of a large room with one door. It is found that friction has not only quantitative effects, but can also lead to qualitative changes, e.g. of the dependence of the evacuation time on the system parameters. We also observe similarities to the flow of granular materials, e.g. arching effects.
Kirchner Ansgar
Nishinari Katsuhiro
Schadschneider Andreas
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