Long Distance Passenger Conveyors

Author

Lodewijks, G. ; Nuttall, A.J.G. ; Kusumaningtyas, I.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech., Maritime & Mater. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

707

Lastpage

712

Abstract

This paper discusses the application of high speed moving sidewalks as a continuous transport mode for long distance transport of people in large infrastructural areas as for example airport terminals. Three main technical issues that affect the usability of high speed moving sidewalks using belting for long distance transportation are discussed: the limitation of the wear rates of the belt and supporting structure, the application of distributed power packs to drive the belt, and the intelligent control of the drive system accounting for the behavior of the passengers using the system

Keywords

belts; conveyors; intelligent control; transport control; transportation; belting; continuous transport mode; distributed power packs; drive system; high speed moving sidewalks; intelligent control; large infrastructural areas; long distance passenger conveyors; long distance people transport; passenger behavior; usability; Airports; Belts; Drives; Intelligent control; Intelligent transportation systems; Logistics; Reliability engineering; Road transportation; Satellites; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, 2006. ITSC '06. IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0093-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0094-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2006.1706825

Filename

1706825