The effect of interruption probability in lattice model of two-lane traffic flow with passing

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (05) ◽  
pp. 1650050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghan Peng

A new lattice model is proposed by taking into account the interruption probability with passing for two-lane freeway. The effect of interruption probability with passing is investigated about the linear stability condition and the mKdV equation through linear stability analysis and nonlinear analysis, respectively. Furthermore, numerical simulation is carried out to study traffic phenomena resulted from the interruption probability with passing in two-lane system. The results show that the interruption probability with passing can improve the stability of traffic flow for low reaction coefficient while the interruption probability with passing can destroy the stability of traffic flow for high reaction coefficient on two-lane highway.

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghan Peng

In this paper, a new lattice model is proposed with the consideration of the multiple optimal current differences for two-lane traffic system. The linear stability condition and the mKdV equation are obtained with the considered multiple optimal current differences effect by making use of linear stability analysis and nonlinear analysis, respectively. Numerical simulation shows that the multiple optimal current differences effect can efficiently improve the stability of two-lane traffic flow. Furthermore, the three front sites considered, is the optimal state of two-lane freeway.


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 1350048 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUANGHAN PENG

In this paper, a new two-lane lattice model of traffic flow is proposed with the consideration of multi-anticipation effect. The linear stability condition of two-lane traffic is derived with the multi-anticipation effect term by linear stability analysis, which shows that the stable region enlarges with the number of multi-anticipation sites increasing. Nonlinear analysis near the critical point is carried out to obtain kink–antikink soliton solution of the mKdV equation with the multi-anticipation effect term. Numerical simulation also shows that the multi-anticipation effect can suppress the traffic jam efficiently with lane changing in two-lane system.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (18) ◽  
pp. 1650243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghan Peng ◽  
Li Qing

In this paper, a new car-following model is proposed by considering the drivers’ aggressive characteristics. The stable condition and the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation are obtained by the linear stability analysis and nonlinear analysis, which show that the drivers’ aggressive characteristics can improve the stability of traffic flow. Furthermore, the numerical results show that the drivers’ aggressive characteristics increase the stable region of traffic flow and can reproduce the evolution and propagation of small perturbation.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (28) ◽  
pp. 1550174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghan Peng

In this paper, a new lattice model is proposed with the consideration of the driver’s anticipation effect with passing for two-lane traffic system. The linear stability condition and the mKdV equation which are correlative to the driver’s anticipation effect with passing are derived from linear stability analysis and nonlinear analysis, respectively. Numerical simulation shows that the driver’s anticipation effects with passing can efficiently enhance the stability of traffic flow under lane changing on two-lane highway.


2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1950090
Author(s):  
Jinhua Tan ◽  
Li Gong ◽  
Xuqian Qin

To depict the effect of low-visibility foggy weather upon traffic flow on a highway with slopes, this paper proposes an extended car-following model taking into consideration the drivers’ misjudgment of the following distance and their active reduction of the velocity. By linear stability analysis, the neutral stability curves are obtained. It is shown that under all the three road conditions: uphill, flat road and downhill, drivers’ misjudgment of the following distance will change the stable regions, while having little effect on the sizes of the stable regions. Correspondingly, drivers’ active reduction of the velocity will increase the stability. The numerical simulations agree well with the analytical results. It indicates that drivers’ misjudgment contributes to a higher velocity. Meanwhile, their active reduction of the velocity helps mitigate the influences of small perturbation. Furthermore, drivers’ misjudgment of the following distance has the greatest effect on downhill and the smallest effect on uphill, so does drivers’ active reduction of the velocity.


2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 2784-2787
Author(s):  
Guang Han Peng

A new lattice model of traffic flow is proposed by considering the information of front multiple sites with relative current. The linear stability condition is obtained by using the linear stability theory. Numerical simulation shows that the proposed model is consistent with the theoretical analysis.


2000 ◽  
Vol 418 ◽  
pp. 213-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS HÄRTEL ◽  
FREDRIK CARLSSON ◽  
MATTIAS THUNBLOM

Results are presented from a linear-stability analysis of the flow at the head of two-dimensional gravity-current fronts. The analysis was undertaken in order to clarify the instability mechanism that leads to the formation of the complex lobe-and-cleft pattern which is commonly observed at the leading edge of gravity currents propagating along solid boundaries. The stability analysis concentrates on the foremost part of the front, and is based on direct numerical simulation data of two-dimensional lock-exchange flows which are described in the companion paper, Härtel et al. (2000). High-order compact finite differences are employed to discretize the stability equations which results in an algebraic eigenvalue problem for the amplification rate, that is solved in an iterative fashion. The analysis reveals the existence of a vigorous linear instability that acts in a localized way at the leading edge of the front and originates in an unstable stratification in the flow region between the nose and stagnation point. It is shown that the amplification rate of this instability as well as its spanwise length scale depend strongly on Reynolds number. For validation, three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of the early stages of the frontal instability are performed, and close agreement with the results from the linear-stability analysis is demonstrated.


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Valtorta ◽  
Khaled E. Zaazaa ◽  
Ahmed A. Shabana ◽  
Jalil R. Sany

Abstract The lateral stability of railroad vehicles travelling on tangent tracks is one of the important problems that has been the subject of extensive research since the nineteenth century. Early detailed studies of this problem in the twentieth century are the work of Carter and Rocard on the stability of locomotives. The linear theory for the lateral stability analysis has been extensively used in the past and can give good results under certain operating conditions. In this paper, the results obtained using a linear stability analysis are compared with the results obtained using a general nonlinear multibody methodology. In the linear stability analysis, the sources of the instability are investigated using Liapunov’s linear theory and the eigenvalue analysis for a simple wheelset model on a tangent track. The effects of the stiffness of the primary and secondary suspensions on the stability results are investigated. The results obtained for the simple model using the linear approach are compared with the results obtained using a new nonlinear multibody based constrained wheel/rail contact formulation. This comparative numerical study can be used to validate the use of the constrained wheel/rail contact formulation in the study of lateral stability. Similar studies can be used in the future to define the limitations of the linear theory under general operating conditions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (32) ◽  
pp. 2050365
Author(s):  
Siyuan Chen ◽  
Changxi Ma ◽  
Jinchou Gong

At present, drivers can rely on road communication technology to obtain the current traffic status information, and the development of intelligent transportation makes self-driving possible. In this paper, considering the mixed traffic flow with self-driving vehicles and the taillight effect, a new macro-two-lane lattice model is established. Combined with the concept of critical density, the judgment conditions for vehicles to take braking measures are given. Based on the linear analysis, the stability conditions of the new model are obtained, and the mKdV equation describing the evolution mechanism of density waves is derived through the nonlinear stability analysis. Finally, with the help of numerical simulation, the phase diagram and kink–anti-kink waveform of neutral stability conditions are obtained, and the effects of different parameters of the model on traffic flow stability are analyzed. The results show that the braking probability, the proportion of self-driving vehicles and the critical density have significant effects on the traffic flow stability. Considering taillight effect and increasing the mixing ratio of self-driving vehicles can effectively enhance the stability of traffic flow, but a larger critical density will destroy the stability of traffic flow.


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