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Development of Algorithm for Passenger Flow Analysis based on DEM  

Nam Seong-Won (한국철도기술연구원, 차량기계연구본부)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.8, no.4, 2005 , pp. 337-341 More about this Journal
Abstract
Algorithm for passenger flow analysis based on DEM(Discrete Element Method) is newly developed. In the new algorithm, there are many similarity between multi phase flow and passenger flow. The velocity component of 1st phase corresponds to the direction vector of cell, each particle to each passenger, volume fraction to population density and the momentum equation of particle to the walking velocity equation of passenger, etc. And, the walking velocity of passenger is also represented by the function of population density. Key algorithms are developed to determine the position of passenger, population density and numbering to each passenger, To verify the effectiveness of new algorithm, passenger flow analysis for simple railway station model is conducted. The results for passenger flow in the model station are satisfying qualitatively and quantitatively.
Keywords
Passenger flow; DEM; Walking speed; Railway station; CFD; Monte Carlo;
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