Empirical Investigation Of Walking Speed For Bi-Directional Flow At Angled-Walkway

Pedestrian walking speed is influenced by the following factors such as density of pedestrian, width of walkway, and angle of walkway. There are many research studies that have been done to analyse the pedestrian dynamics on unidirectional pedestrian flows on angled-walkway. However, the study on...

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Main Author: Mohamed Izham, Aimi Syuhada
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/52785/1/Empirical%20Investigation%20Of%20Walking%20Speed%20For%20Bi-Directional%20Flow%20At%20Angled-Walkway_Aimi%20Syuhada%20Mohamed%20Izham_A9_2018.pdf
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description Pedestrian walking speed is influenced by the following factors such as density of pedestrian, width of walkway, and angle of walkway. There are many research studies that have been done to analyse the pedestrian dynamics on unidirectional pedestrian flows on angled-walkway. However, the study on the movement of crowds on bi-directional flow at the angled-walkway is relatively rare. Therefore, this study is conducted to determine empirically walking speed of pedestrian for bidirectional free flows at angled-walkway. For this experiment, 60 participants are assigned to perform various tasks in walking at straight walkway, as the velocity was used as a baseline to in this experiment before the pedestrians were asked to traverse along different widths(1.5m, 2.25m and3m) of 90°angled-walkway. The videos have been captured using GoPro Camera mounted on the ceiling at Dewan Serbaguna, Univeristi Sains Malaysia,Engineering Campus which then the velocity of pedestrians was determined by tracking their trajectories. The result includes the walking speed by gender, and the effect of the corner on the behaviour of the pedestrians and their approaching speeds. It was found that that average walking speed of female, is higher than average walking speed of male. It was observed that pedestrian tend to walk closer to the inner corner and the pedestrian to reduce their speed when approaching the corner. The results are of particular importance for designing the structure especially walking at walkway and also beneficial for the design of an emergency response plan.
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spelling usm.eprints-527852022-06-09T05:45:09Z http://eprints.usm.my/52785/ Empirical Investigation Of Walking Speed For Bi-Directional Flow At Angled-Walkway Mohamed Izham, Aimi Syuhada T Technology TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Pedestrian walking speed is influenced by the following factors such as density of pedestrian, width of walkway, and angle of walkway. There are many research studies that have been done to analyse the pedestrian dynamics on unidirectional pedestrian flows on angled-walkway. However, the study on the movement of crowds on bi-directional flow at the angled-walkway is relatively rare. Therefore, this study is conducted to determine empirically walking speed of pedestrian for bidirectional free flows at angled-walkway. For this experiment, 60 participants are assigned to perform various tasks in walking at straight walkway, as the velocity was used as a baseline to in this experiment before the pedestrians were asked to traverse along different widths(1.5m, 2.25m and3m) of 90°angled-walkway. The videos have been captured using GoPro Camera mounted on the ceiling at Dewan Serbaguna, Univeristi Sains Malaysia,Engineering Campus which then the velocity of pedestrians was determined by tracking their trajectories. The result includes the walking speed by gender, and the effect of the corner on the behaviour of the pedestrians and their approaching speeds. It was found that that average walking speed of female, is higher than average walking speed of male. It was observed that pedestrian tend to walk closer to the inner corner and the pedestrian to reduce their speed when approaching the corner. The results are of particular importance for designing the structure especially walking at walkway and also beneficial for the design of an emergency response plan. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018-06-01 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/52785/1/Empirical%20Investigation%20Of%20Walking%20Speed%20For%20Bi-Directional%20Flow%20At%20Angled-Walkway_Aimi%20Syuhada%20Mohamed%20Izham_A9_2018.pdf Mohamed Izham, Aimi Syuhada (2018) Empirical Investigation Of Walking Speed For Bi-Directional Flow At Angled-Walkway. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Awam. (Submitted)
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title_fullStr Empirical Investigation Of Walking Speed For Bi-Directional Flow At Angled-Walkway
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title_short Empirical Investigation Of Walking Speed For Bi-Directional Flow At Angled-Walkway
title_sort empirical investigation of walking speed for bi directional flow at angled walkway
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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