ON THE FLUID MECHANICS OF HUMAN CROWD MOTION

The paper presents a theory of the flow of people along a channel which may be of variable width, or have a partial blockage in it. The results are presented in kinetic form to facilitate comparison with observation. It is shown that a crowd fluid may exhibit anomolous gas dynamic behaviour caused by a change in the sign of a well known derivative. This indicates that expansion shocks are possible in crowd fluids. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Henderson, L F
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 509-515
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crowds; Fluid mechanics; Human factors; Mathematical models; Motion; Passenger terminals; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Rail transit stations; Railroad stations; Theory; Traffic flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Interactive models
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger stations
• ITRD Terms: 6462: Interactive model; 6473: Mathematical model; 5483: Movement; 1733: Pedestrian; 9078: Theory; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM