Simulating escape panic : Paper and Videos

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Click for source of the paper

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Short clips of disastrous events in stadiums due to escape panic

. . . escape panic, stadium1 escape panic, stadium2 escape panic, stadium3

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Simulations of people (bluish disks) moving in escape-related situations

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The effects of herding behaviour (tendency to follow neighbours in a dark room, red disks)

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Simulation of 3000 people trying to escape through 5 available doors
Colours indicate the level of pressure built up by people pushing those before them

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When in the simulation it is assumed that the people tend to choose a random alternative exit
if they become anxious due to proceeding too slowly the last people leave the area - in a self-organized manner -
about the same time at all doors! (unpublished)

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