An Approach to Decrease the Density of Crowd Congestion From the Layout of High School Hallway Designs Using AnyLogic
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
10th Grade
Presentation Topic
Engineering
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
Crowd congestion has become increasingly hard to control due to continuous developing urbanization. However, many studies have found that a space’s design impacts the decision of pedestrians and that conflicting architectural designs do not improve the efficiency with which a pedestrian moves. Although there have been a few studies on merging crowd dynamics, none of them have conducted a study on crowd behavior in an educational setting. The engineering goal of this research sought to study the relationship between hallways designed on Spring Valley High School’s first floor and the amount of congestion traffic produced by each model. Using Anylogic simulation software, a remodel was built, incorporating a modeling process based on probability distributions to accurately show students walking to different classrooms. When comparing the remodel to the layout’s original design, results showed that the original had an average of 78.357 pedestrians crossed after 300 seconds, almost twice as large as the remodeled design. During the duration of 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300 seconds, Spring Valley High School’s remodeled design showed a decrease in the mean traffic compared to the durations of the original design.
Recommended Citation
Dave, Krishna, "An Approach to Decrease the Density of Crowd Congestion From the Layout of High School Hallway Designs Using AnyLogic" (2024). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 480.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2024/all/480
Location
RITA 102
Start Date
3-23-2024 10:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
An Approach to Decrease the Density of Crowd Congestion From the Layout of High School Hallway Designs Using AnyLogic
RITA 102
Crowd congestion has become increasingly hard to control due to continuous developing urbanization. However, many studies have found that a space’s design impacts the decision of pedestrians and that conflicting architectural designs do not improve the efficiency with which a pedestrian moves. Although there have been a few studies on merging crowd dynamics, none of them have conducted a study on crowd behavior in an educational setting. The engineering goal of this research sought to study the relationship between hallways designed on Spring Valley High School’s first floor and the amount of congestion traffic produced by each model. Using Anylogic simulation software, a remodel was built, incorporating a modeling process based on probability distributions to accurately show students walking to different classrooms. When comparing the remodel to the layout’s original design, results showed that the original had an average of 78.357 pedestrians crossed after 300 seconds, almost twice as large as the remodeled design. During the duration of 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300 seconds, Spring Valley High School’s remodeled design showed a decrease in the mean traffic compared to the durations of the original design.
