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Shock Wave in Traffic Flow: Yohahn Jo Systems Engineering Class of 2011
Shock Wave in Traffic Flow: Yohahn Jo Systems Engineering Class of 2011
Yohahn Jo
Systems Engineering
Class of 2011
Background
Traffic waves work very similar to
shock waves
In a traffic jam, traffic wave
moves backward
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suugn-p5
C1M
How Do We Determine Shock
Wave Speeds?
u = velocity
uf = velocity of free flow
kj = jam density
k = density
Example
a traffic stream on the approach
to a signal has an approach
speed of 40 mph and density of
45 vpm and a jam density of 130
vpm. Find a speed of the shock
wave.
k = 45 vpm
kj = 130 vpm
u = 40 mph
40 = uf(1 45/130)
uf = 61.2 mph
u = q/ k
q = 45 * 40 = 1800 vph
usw = (0 1800)/(130 45) =
-21.2 mph
Problems with Greenshields
Model
Does not consider human factors
or look at individual cars
Based on single lane roads
Questions
Sources
www.cee.mtu.edu/~balkire/ce3401tc/ce3401Lec3
9.doc
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13402
http://www.webs1.uidaho.edu/niatt_labmanual/Ch
apters/trafficflowtheory/theoryandconcepts/Sho
ckWaves.htm
http://mikeywally.wordpress.com/category/traffic-
flow/
http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses/Webcourse-content
s/IIT-KANPUR/transport_e/TransportationII/lecture
8/text/4slide.htm
http://books.google.com/books?
id=Zut3O7jVIiUC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=gree
nshield
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t&sig=Ar8M0sTSQIhZ_VvredrXa2nlqMs&hl=en&ei