CE510L Assignment I IIT Tirupati

Marks: 50

Questions
1. A freeway was initially operating under condition A (refer to the following table). At
2.30 pm, a slow-moving truck entered the freeway at a speed of 13.3 kmph. The truck
turned off the freeway at the next exit 6.67 km away. Find when the impact of the
truck will disappear. (10)

2. Let’s consider a three-lane road with a reduction to 2 lanes over a 1 km section

between x=10 and x=12.5 (refer the figure a). For the road, we assume lanes with
equal characteristics, described by a triangular fundamental diagram with a free speed
of 80 km/h, a capacity of 2000 veh/h/lane and a jam density of 150 veh/km/lane. At
the start of the road, there is a demand of 2500 veh/h which temporarily increases to
5000 veh/h between t=1h and t=2h (see the demand profile in figure b). What are the
resulting traffic conditions? (15)

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3. Two cars are traveling in the same lane on a freeway. The length of both vehicles is 6
m. Lane change is not considered in this problem. At time t, the leading vehicle is
traveling at a speed of 72 kmph and the following vehicle is traveling at a speed of 108
kmph. The spacing between two vehicles (measured from front bumper to front
bumper) is 60 m. Let the leader move with zero acceleration for 1 second, then he/she
accelerates by 1 m/s2 for 3 seconds, then decelerates by 1 m/s2 for 1 second. Simulate
the behavior of the following vehicle for 20 seconds using the General Motors
generalized model (GM5) with the help of a computer programming language. Assume
reaction time = 1 s, update time= 1 s, α=0.5, l=2, m=2. Plot the graph between Speed
Vs Time, Acceleration Vs Time, Gap Vs Time. (25)