Research Article

A Social Force Model for Pedestrians’ Movements Affected by Smoke Spreading

Table 1

Parameters for evacuation simulations.

ParameterSymbolValueEquation

Relaxation time0.5(3)
Maximum desired speed3(4)
Maximum pedestrian density10(4)
Human-human interaction strength2(11)
Human-human range of repulsive interaction0.21(11)
Contact distance0.5(11)
Anisotropic parameter0.61(11)
Body force coefficient2(12)
Friction force coefficient2(12)
Velocity field in -direction[-0.5, 0.5](13)
Velocity field in -direction[-0.5, 0.5](13)
Diffusion constant0.05(13)
Time step size0.02(20), (21)
Space grid size in 0.4(22)
Space grid size in 0.4(23)