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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(7): 078901    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac43b3
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Passenger management strategy and evacuation in subway station under Covid-19

Xiao-Xia Yang(杨晓霞)1,2, Hai-Long Jiang(蒋海龙)2, Yuan-Lei Kang(康元磊)3, Yi Yang(杨毅)2, Yong-Xing Li(李永行)4,†, and Chang Yu(蔚畅)2
1 School of Information and Control Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China;
2 School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266520, China;
3 CRRC Qingdao Sifang CO., LTD., Qingdao 266111, China;
4 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Abstract  Under the background of Covid-19 sweeping the world, safe and reasonable passenger flow management strategy in subway stations is an effective means to prevent the spread of virus. Based on the social force model and the minimum cost model, the movement and path selection behavior of passengers in the subway station are modeled, and a strategy for passenger flow management to maintain a safe social distance is put forward. Take Qingdao Jinggangshan Road subway station of China as the simulation scene, the validity of the simulation model is verified by comparing the measured value and simulation value of the time required for passengers from getting off the train to the ticket gate. Simulation results indicate that controlling the time interval between incoming passengers at the entrance can effectively control the social distance between passengers and reduce the risk of epidemic infection. By comparing the evacuation process of passengers under different initial densities, it is found that the greater the initial density of passengers is, the longer the passengers are at risk social distance. In the process of passenger emergency evacuation, the stairs/escalators and ticket gates are bottleneck areas with high concentration of passenger density, which should be strictly disinfected many times on the basis of strictly checking the health code of incoming passengers and controlling the arrival time interval. The simulation results of this paper verify the harmfulness of passenger emergency evacuation without protective measures, and provide theoretical support for the operation and management of subway station under the epidemic situation.
Keywords:  COVID-19      social force model      subway station      evacuation  
Received:  25 October 2021      Revised:  08 December 2021      Accepted manuscript online:  16 December 2021
PACS:  89.40.-a (Transportation)  
  05.65.+b (Self-organized systems)  
  89.75.-k (Complex systems)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 62003182).
Corresponding Authors:  Yong-Xing Li     E-mail:  liyx@bjut.edu.cn

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Xiao-Xia Yang(杨晓霞), Hai-Long Jiang(蒋海龙), Yuan-Lei Kang(康元磊), Yi Yang(杨毅), Yong-Xing Li(李永行), and Chang Yu(蔚畅) Passenger management strategy and evacuation in subway station under Covid-19 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 078901

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