A continuum model for two-directional traffic flow
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- 1 January 1960
- journal article
- Published by American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 18 (2) , 191-204
- https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/99969
Abstract
The flow of traffic in two directions of an undivided highway is investigated using the equations of continuity and assumed empirical relations between the average velocities and densities in both lanes. These lead to a pair of quasi-linear partial differential equations. Even if the velocity in one lane depends only very weakly on the density in the other lane, it is found that for a certain small range of densities the equations are of elliptic rather than the expected hyperbolic type. For densities outside this range, solutions of the equations can be found for various special types of initial conditions.Keywords
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