Following the work of Helbing et al, an egress modeling system was created to simulate the dynamics of crowds during evacuations. The programs MATLAB and FLUENT were used to model a group of people by representing each individual as a self-driven particle governed by a generalized force model. From these models, evacuating behaviors can be observed under basic scenarios, including movement through a square room and a narrow hallway, or the reaction to a moving or stationary thermal gradient.

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Creator

• Biery, Andrew Robert
• Mullins, Kevin C.
• Allukian, Jason Daniel
• Birmingham, Nathan James

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 06D368M

Advisor

• Barnett, Jonathan R.
• Tryggvason, Gretar

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright