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2019 , Vol. 32 >Issue 5: 88 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s10033-019-0399-6

Advanced Transportation Equipment

Train Vehicle Structure Design from the Perspective of Evacuation

  • Hanzhao Qiu ,
  • Weining Fang
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  • 1. State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control & Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China;
    2. School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

Received date: 2018-11-12

  Revised date: 2019-06-16

  Online published: 2019-12-25

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Supported by State Key Laboratory Foundation of China (Grant No. RCS2018ZT009)

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Abstract

The safety of trains, a highly efficient mode of transportation, has attracted significant attention. In the vehicle structure design of a train, the evaluation of the passenger evacuation time is necessary. The establishment of a simulation model is the fastest, most convenient, and practical way to achieve this goal. However, few scholars have focused on the reliability of a passenger train evacuation simulation model. This paper proposes a new validation method based on dynamic time warping and multidimensional scaling. The proposed method validates the dynamic process of a simulation model, provides statistical results, and can be used for small-sample scenarios such as a train evacuation scenario. The results of a case study indicate that the proposed method is an effective and quantitative approach to the validation of simulation models in a dynamic process. Thus, this paper describes the influence of the train structure size on an evacuation based on the results of simulation experiments. The structural size factors include the door width, aisle width, and seat pitch. The experiment results indicate that a wide aisle and reasonable seat pitch can promote a proper evacuation. In addition, a normal train door width has no effect on an evacuation.

Key words： Simulation; Passenger train evacuation; Structural size; Validation

Cite this article

Hanzhao Qiu , Weining Fang . Train Vehicle Structure Design from the Perspective of Evacuation[J]. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2019 , 32(5) : 88 -88 . DOI: 10.1186/s10033-019-0399-6

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