Obstacle Optimization for Panic Flow - Reducing the Tangential Momentum Increases the Escape Speed

A disastrous form of pedestrian behavior is a stampede occurring in an event involving a large crowd in a panic situation. To deal with such stampedes, the possibility to increase the outflow by suitably placing a pillar or some other shaped obstacles in front of the exit has been demonstrated. We p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jiang, Li, Li, Jingyu, Shen, Chao, Yang, Sicong, Han, Zhangang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274084/