Irregular traffic flow on a ring road

✍ Scribed by A.B Kiselev; V.F Nikitin; N.N Smirnov; M.V Yumashev

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Volume: 64
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8928
• DOI: 10.1016/s0021-8928(00)00089-7

✦ Synopsis

A model of irregular single-lane traffic flows on a ring road is proposed, with a number of fundamental differences from those traditionally examined i:a continuum mechanics. Even in the simplified version of the examination of single-lane traffic, the model enables a correct qualitative and quantitative description to be obtained of the conditions for ensuring maximum carrying capacity and for the occurrence and evolution of traffic jams on roads.