A Kinematic Constraint on Pedestrian Walking: Power-law Scaling between Critical Angular Velocity and Speed

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Main Authors: Wang, Jinghui, Lv, Wei, Li, Chao, Li, Yufei
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author Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Li, Chao
Li, Yufei
author_facet Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Li, Chao
Li, Yufei
contents This paper presents a statistical analysis of speed and angular velocity obtained from pedestrian experiments across nine distinct datasets. Experimental scenarios included crossing motion, unidirectional/bidirectional flows, bidirectional/four-directional crossing flows, pedestrian-vehicle interactions, unidirectional flow in a circular corridor, and circle antipode configurations. We applied filtering methods to reduce noise and analyzed the data at different sampling frequencies. The results reveal a universal power-law scaling between critical angular velocity and speed, with a scaling exponent of approximately -0.8. This relationship defines a bounded region in the speed-angular velocity phase space, suggesting a kinematic constraint on pedestrian motion.
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spellingShingle A Kinematic Constraint on Pedestrian Walking: Power-law Scaling between Critical Angular Velocity and Speed
Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Li, Chao
Li, Yufei
Physics and Society
This paper presents a statistical analysis of speed and angular velocity obtained from pedestrian experiments across nine distinct datasets. Experimental scenarios included crossing motion, unidirectional/bidirectional flows, bidirectional/four-directional crossing flows, pedestrian-vehicle interactions, unidirectional flow in a circular corridor, and circle antipode configurations. We applied filtering methods to reduce noise and analyzed the data at different sampling frequencies. The results reveal a universal power-law scaling between critical angular velocity and speed, with a scaling exponent of approximately -0.8. This relationship defines a bounded region in the speed-angular velocity phase space, suggesting a kinematic constraint on pedestrian motion.
title A Kinematic Constraint on Pedestrian Walking: Power-law Scaling between Critical Angular Velocity and Speed
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15321