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In airport terminal design, it is essential to fine-tune every aspect to ensure passengers have a safe and enjoyable experience, making air travel a smooth process. Despite the constant changes in flight arrivals and passenger volumes, long queues and overcrowded areas must be avoided.
But how can this be achieved when flight schedules are unpredictable, passenger numbers are increasing, and international security regulations are subject to frequent changes? Airports need better insights and forecasting capabilities to prevent situations that could negatively impact passengers’ overall travel experience, such as:
• Problems caused by the new seasonal flight schedule
• Keeping queue times for check-in and security within acceptable limits
• Adjustments needed in staff planning
• Ensuring timely evacuation of piers during emergencies
Key Benefits of Digital Twin Solutions
Digital Twin Simulation is a powerful tool for testing and optimizing airport layouts and passenger processes. It allows comparison of design alternatives while providing insights into the utilization of space and queuing in areas such as check-in, baggage reclaim, security, passport control, transfer desks and boarding.
Simulation enhances decision-making by offering deeper insights, enabling airports to better foresight and prevent failures. Visualization presents the outcomes of different scenarios, helping stakeholders understand the impact of each decision on real-time terminal operations. Key questions addressed include:
• Does the terminal design provide adequate space?
• Are there sufficient stairways, escalators, elevators, and wide walkways?
• Is the equipment capacity adequate in all locations?
• What are the peak passenger flows at security and passport control?
Identifying Bottlenecks
Digital Twin Simulation software offers the necessary insights to identify potential bottlenecks. It allows for the creation of comprehensive models covering the entire infrastructure for passenger handling or smaller models focusing on specific areas. Performance indicators can address key questions such as:
- Are the minimum transfer connection times still achievable?
- Is the number of screening lanes, and staff, sufficient during peak hours?
- What are the waiting times and passenger volumes in baggage reclaim areas?
- Are passenger flows being delayed by narrow corridors?
Evaluating & Testing Solutions
The goal of simulation is not only to identify bottlenecks but also to assess the effectiveness of potential solutions. By running various scenarios, airports can test and compare different measures, such as:
- Is expanding the baggage reclaim area necessary, or can existing infrastructure be used more efficiently?
- What additional capacity can be gained by adding an extra staff shift at security checkpoints?
- How much faster are evacuation times under an alternative emergency plan?
Gaining Stakeholder Support
Airport operators, airlines, and ground handling companies may have differing perspectives on terminal issues and solutions. Digital simulation can facilitate these discussions, enabling the creation of solutions that are supported by all stakeholders.
The simulation model’s performance indicators and 3D visualizations allow for impartial comparisons, helping to build consensus and demonstrate the best solutions to improve passenger flow.
Passenger Flow Efficiency
Simulation models focused on the movement of passengers through the terminal—check-in, security, boarding, etc.—can lead to an overall improvement passenger flow efficiency. This results in smoother transitions between areas, reduced congestion, and faster processing times.
Queue Management and Waiting Times
Simulating queue systems at check-in counters, security checkpoints, and boarding gates can reduce waiting times significantly. By optimizing these spaces, terminals can better handle peak periods and minimize delays for passengers.
Retail and Commercial Space Revenue
Simulations that model passenger movement through retail and food & beverage areas can optimize these spaces to increase their revenue. By placing commercial spaces in high-traffic areas and adjusting layout design, airports can boost spending.
Benefits of Simulation
InControl offers a powerful platform that enables you to create a Digital Twin of real-world infrastructures and systems. This virtual replica allows you to gain valuable insights into the behavior of the actual system under various conditions and scenarios. By modeling manufacturing plants, supply chains, logistics networks, transportation systems, and more, you can understand and optimize the performance of your operations.
The software’s core functionality involves simulating the flow of entities, such as products, persons, or vehicles, through an infrastructure or system. By considering factors like resource allocation, processing times, and transportation, users can experiment with diverse strategies and policies. This experimentation empowers you to optimize processes, boost efficiency, mitigate bottlenecks, and proactively identify potential issues before implementing changes in the real world.
Reduced costs
Minimize rework and optimize material usage by identifying potential issues early in the design phase, saving you time and money.
Enhanced Efficiency
Streamline workflows by leveraging simulation to test various design iterations quickly and efficiently, accelerating project timelines.
Improved Safety
Identify potential structural risks and ensure the integrity of your designs before construction begins, mitigating safety hazards.
Elevated User Experience
Design with human comfort and functionality in mind. Simulate realistic behaviour to create spaces that are functional and user-friendly.
OUR DIGITAL TWIN SOFTWARE
Our powerful Digital Twin software application is designed to model any kind of pedestrian infrastructure or environment.
Our software significantly contributes to the customer experience, (cost) efficiency, innovation, safety, and security of your event. It has been widely employed in numerous large-scale projects across critical infrastructure environments, including stadiums, airports, public transport terminals, mega-events, and urban planning.
The software offers a rapid model-building environment, delivering both time and cost savings. With just a few straightforward steps, even the most complex operations can be efficiently modeled. For instance, in crafting a Digital Twin for an airport terminal, multi-source data inputs such as CAD drawings and BIM models are seamlessly integrated. Once the layout is established, the simulation incorporates all types of visitor/pedestrian data.
The key advantages of our Digital Twin Software include:
- Enhancing Customer Experience
- Driving (cost) efficiency in operations
- Providing a platform for innovative solutions
- Contributing to a safer environment.
- Addressing security concerns effectively
GET TO KNOW OUR SOFTWARE
Discover the key technical features of our Digital Twin Software for metropolitan areas.
Powerful Platform
A Powerful Simulation Platform for large-scale systems. With 2D and 3D visualization
Personalize
Create your own object library and modify existing objects. Import your own 3D models.
Easy to Extend
Multi-source data input
CAD drawings and BIM models are seamlessly integrated
Simulate Large Crowds
Dynamic routing and steering of a high volume of people
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Our Digital Twin Simulation software is able to address the unique challenges you face in various projects. Explore how simulation can empower you to optimize design, streamline workflows, and achieve better outcomes.
Urban Planning & Parking
- Traffic Flow and Pedestrian Safety
- Sustainable and Efficient Parking Solutions
- Streamlined Construction and Logistics
Ports & Harbours
- Capacity and throughput assessment
- Testing Design Alternatives
- Development of Planning Tools
Crowded Places
- Ensure Smooth Flow and Avoid Bottlenecks
- Enhance Emergency Response and Safety
- Boost Commercial Activity
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