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Macroscopic Fundamental Flow Diagrams Of A Spiritually Motivated Crowd

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  • GAYATHRI HARIHARA SUBRAMANIAN

    (Transportation Systems Engineering (TSE), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru 560012, Karnataka, India)

  • P.S. KARTHIKA

    (Transportation Systems Engineering (TSE), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru 560012, Karnataka, India)

  • ASHISH VERMA

    (Transportation Systems Engineering (TSE), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru 560012, Karnataka, India)

Abstract

Managing and monitoring large crowds pose a challenge to the crowd management authorities. Understanding the crowd dynamics in terms of its macroscopic parameters and its application to assess the maximum number of people likely to gather at a location or the number of people to be allowed to pass a point can go a long way in preventing situations of crowd risk. This paper presents a comparison of the fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow at different locations of Kumbh mela and brings out differences in the flow patterns between a general crowd and a spiritually motivated crowd. The effect of spiritual motivation is reflected in terms of higher speeds of pedestrians at some locations and continuous flow despite higher densities. These results fill a significant research gap in the literature by highlighting the unique characteristics of spiritual crowd flows that must be incorporated for simulating a realistic crowd.

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  • Gayathri Harihara Subramanian & P.S. Karthika & Ashish Verma, 2021. "Macroscopic Fundamental Flow Diagrams Of A Spiritually Motivated Crowd," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(01), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:24:y:2021:i:01:n:s0219525921500028
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525921500028
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    1. Karthika, P.S. & Kedar, Vedankur & Verma, Ashish, 2022. "A walk accessibility-based approach to assess crowd management in mass religious gatherings," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).

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