Volume 26, Issue 4 pp. 298-310

High-Order Computational Scheme for a Dynamic Continuum Model for Bi-Directional Pedestrian Flows

Tao Xiong

Tao Xiong

Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Mengping Zhang

Mengping Zhang

Department of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Chi-Wang Shu

Chi-Wang Shu

Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA

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S.C. Wong

Corresponding Author

S.C. Wong

Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Peng Zhang

Peng Zhang

Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China

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First published: 02 November 2010
Citations: 22

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, we present a high-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme, coupled with a high-order fast sweeping method, for solving a dynamic continuum model for bi-directional pedestrian flows. We first review the dynamic continuum model for bi-directional pedestrian flows. This model is composed of a coupled system of a conservation law and an Eikonal equation. Then we present the first-order Lax–Friedrichs difference scheme with first-order Euler forward time discretization, the third-order WENO scheme with third-order total variation diminishing (TVD) Runge–Kutta time discretization, and the fast sweeping method, and demonstrate how to apply them to the model under study. We present a comparison of the numerical results of the model from the first-order and high-order methods, and conclude that the high-order method is more efficient than the first-order one, and they both converge to the same solution of the physical model.

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