Crowds and water have more in common than you’d think - they both flow like a fluid, with predictable patterns that can turn perilous if not properly managed. Looks like the physics of human herds is no bull, as researchers have uncovered the fluid dynamics behind dangerous crowd crushes.
Here's how physics could make big crowds safer
Submitted 2 months ago by will_a113@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Is this not a solved problem?
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No. Fluid dynamics is very complicated. That’s how I know this article is just more BS.
arstechnica.com/…/turbulence-the-oldest-unsolved-…