A recent study published in Nature reveals that the crowd behavior during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona adheres to principles of fluid dynamics. Researchers observed that as crowd density increases, individuals spontaneously form larger subgroups and move in circular patterns. This behavior conforms to Newton's third law and offers valuable insights into crowd control, potentially helping to prevent dangerous situations in large gatherings. The study analyzed crowd dynamics using rooftop cameras during several festival editions, highlighting the systematic nature of what appears to be chaotic movement.
Once the crowd density reached a certain threshold, individuals merged into larger subgroups creating circular movements, reflecting spontaneous oscillations determined by physics rather than chaos.
As the density of the crowd increased, movement oscillations developed from small amplitudes into large circular trajectories, showcasing how people congregate in mass.
Collection
[
|
...
]