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Lecture 08

Incoming traffic occurs when people arrive at the lobby seeking transportation to upper floors. During this period, minimal down traffic is expected, around 10% of the up traffic. A single elevator trip during incoming traffic consists of loading passengers at the lobby, stopping at floors to allow passengers to unload and load, traveling to the highest stop, making one or two stops on the way down, and unloading at the lobby to repeat the cycle. Proper elevator planning requires understanding factors like building population distribution, working hours, and passenger activities.

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Lecture 08

Incoming traffic occurs when people arrive at the lobby seeking transportation to upper floors. During this period, minimal down traffic is expected, around 10% of the up traffic. A single elevator trip during incoming traffic consists of loading passengers at the lobby, stopping at floors to allow passengers to unload and load, traveling to the highest stop, making one or two stops on the way down, and unloading at the lobby to repeat the cycle. Proper elevator planning requires understanding factors like building population distribution, working hours, and passenger activities.

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INCOMING TRAFFIC

LECTURE 08
INCOMING TRAFFIC
Incoming or up peak traffic exists when everyone arriving at a
lobby floor is seeking transportation to upper floors (Figure 4.1).
Minimum down traffic is expected during this period and usually
amounts to about 10% of the up traffic during an observed 5-min
time period.

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INCOMING TRAFFIC
A single elevator trip during this period consists of the following elements:

1. Loading time at the lobby. Door-closing time and running time to the next stop

2. Door-opening time and time to transfer part of the passenger load at that floor

3. Door-closing time and running time to the next stop

4. Door-opening time, transfer time, etc., until the highest stop is reached

5. Door-closing time and running time to a down stop

6. One or two down stops and running time to the lobby

7. Door-opening time at lobby unload, and repeat loading time

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PRIME IMPORTANCE
• The Distribution Of The Building’s Population,

• Working Hours,

• People’s Activities Within The Building.

The more that is known about these factors, the


more practical and accurate the probable stop
value will be.

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PROBABLE STOPS
If we assume that population on each floor is equal, and that persons are entering a building in a random fashion so that
all must be in place by a given time, there is a distinct possibility that one or more people will get off the elevator at the
same floor within the same trip. A statistical calculation of the probable number of passengers leaving the elevator at a
given floor at the same time provides the following formula:

which becomes the formula for probable stopping of an elevator with a given passenger load wherein S = the number of
possible stops above the lobby p = the number of passengers carried on each trip

Formula 4.1 is the one used in planning elevators for buildings when little is known about the distribution of future
population, and each floor is assumed equal in population.
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RUNNING TIME FORMULA

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TRANSFER TIME

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ADA Standards Chapter 4 section 407
Table 407.4.1 Elevator Car Dimensions (text version)
Minimum Dimensions

Inside Car,
Inside Car,
Door Clear Inside Car, Back Wall to
Door Location Back Wall to
Width Side to Side Inside Face of
Front Return
Door

42 inches 80 inches 51 inches 54 inches


Centered
(1065 mm) (2030 mm) (1295 mm) (1370 mm)

Side 36 inches 68 inches 51 inches 54 inches


(off-centered) (915 mm)1 (1725 mm) (1295 mm) (1370 mm)

36 inches 54 inches 80 inches 80 inches


Any
(915 mm)1 (1370 mm) (2030 mm) (2030 mm)

36 inches 60 inches 60 inches 60 inches


Any
(915 mm)1 (1525 mm)2 (1525 mm)2 (1525 mm)2

1. A tolerance of minus 5/8 inch (16 mm) is permitted.


2. Other car configurations that provide a turning space complying with
304 with the door closed shall be permitted.

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WHAT TO CONSIDER
Pedestrian traffic:
• What is your peak travel time?
• How many people do you need to service?
• What is an acceptable travel time?

Space:
• Occupying a minimum footprint in the building

Recommended:
• 6,000lb capacity with 60 in center opening doors.
• Accommodate 25-40% of building occupancy for
classrooms and 20% for laboratories during a 5
min period.
• Interval time between 40-50 sec

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Probable stops
How often the elevator is likely to make based on
number of floors and number of passengers

Running Time
How long it takes the elevator to travel from floor to
floor including stopping and starting based on floor
height and elevator speed

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Transfer Times
How long it takes to load and unload the
elevator.

Door Operating Time


How long it takes the elevator doors to open and
close.

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SHORT TRIP

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