Exploring trampling and crushing in a crowd

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 575-582

  Lee, Ris S C ^a   Hughes, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity equation; Mathematical models; Numerical models; Pedestrians; Traffic accidents; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTINUITY EQUATION; PEDESTRIAN DENSITY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAMPLING;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; SAFETY; TRAMPLING;

EID: 25444440318     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:8(575)     Document Type: Article

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