Numerical Study of Bottleneck Flow with Varying Corridor Width and Motivation Using a Speed-Based Model

Jonas Rzezonka; Armin Seyfried; Ben Hein; Mohcine Chraibi; Andreas Schadschneider

doi:10.17815/CD.2021.132

Authors

Jonas Rzezonka Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany
Armin Seyfried Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany and School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Ben Hein School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Mohcine Chraibi Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Andreas Schadschneider Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2021.132

Keywords:

pedestrians, bottleneck flow, speed-based model, motivation

Abstract

In this study a simple speed-based model is employed to simulate an experiment of pedestrian bottleneck flow. The experiment revealed that the density near the bottleneck is influenced by the motivation of the pedestrians and the corridor width. In narrow corridors, distinct lanes are formed for pedestrians with low motivation. These lanes can disappear when the pedestrians have a high motivation to reach their target. We show that a speed-based model is - despite its relative simplicity- capable to reproduce the observed phenomena to a high degree.

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