Highway Traffic Kinematics and the Characteristic Relation

O'Mathuna, Diarmuid

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Highway Traffic Kinematics and the Characteristic Relation

1977-03-01
By O'Mathuna, Diarmuid

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Creators:

O'Mathuna, Diarmuid
Corporate Creators:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:

Curve Fitting Density Flow Formulas Highways Highway Traffic Kinematics Mathematical Models Traffic Surveys Velocity
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-OST-76-48
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
NTL Classification:

NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS ; NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Congestion ; NTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-Traffic Flow
Abstract:

A new relation describing the fundamental formula of road traffic is presented, where the approach is guided by an emphasis on the parameter determination aspects of the problem. The proposed relation includes the degrees of freedom sufficient to allow independent satisfaction of the inherent highway constraints. It is shown how the relation can be fitted to an empirically determined curve through appropriate choice of the parameters.
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PDF
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Volpe Center
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:582963c8353df226f7a500cde1d7236e229069d31cea78f36cb774631595e73e
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10986/dot_10986_DS1.pdf
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File Language:

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