Highlights We experimentally study the impact of limited view on uni- and bi-directional flow. Quick lane formation has been observed under the normal view condition. No spontaneous lane formation emerges in first set of view-limited experiment. Spontaneous lane formation occurs in later sets of view-limited experiments. An improved model is proposed to reproduce the experimental results.

    Abstract In this paper, the impact of vision on the uni- and bi-directional flow has been investigated via experiment and modeling. In the experiments, pedestrians are asked to walk clockwise/anti-clockwise in a ring-shaped corridor under view-limited condition and normal view condition. As expected, the flow rate under the view-limited condition decreases comparing with that under the normal view condition, no matter in uni- or bi-directional flow. In bidirectional flow, pedestrians segregate into two opposite moving streams very quickly under the normal view condition, and clockwise/anti-clockwise walking pedestrians are always in the inner/outer ring due to right-walking preference. In the first set of experiment, spontaneous lane formation has not occurred under the view-limited condition. Pedestrian flow does not evolve into stationary state. Local congestion occurs and dissipates from time to time. However, in the later sets of experiments, spontaneous lane formation has re-occurred. This is because participants learned from the experience and adapted right-walking preference to avoid collision. To model the flow dynamics, an improved force-based model has been proposed. The driving force has been modified. The right-walking preference has been taken into account. The fact that pedestrians cannot judge the moving direction accurately under limited-view condition has been considered. Simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental ones.


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    Title :

    Uni- and bi-directional pedestrian flow in the view-limited condition: Experiments and modeling


    Contributors:
    Guo, Ning (author) / Hao, Qing-Yi (author) / Jiang, Rui (author) / Hu, Mao-Bin (author) / Jia, Bin (author)


    Publication date :

    2016-07-04


    Size :

    23 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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