MOVING BOTTLENECKS IN LIGHTHILL-WHITHAM-RICHARDS MODEL: A UNIFIED THEORY

A unified general framework for the moving-bottleneck models based on the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards theory is proposed. It is shown that all existing models may be considered as particular cases of the general model, differing only by the phenomenology involved, that is, by the shape of the flow-density relationship used for the restricted section. Possible generalization of the model through various flow-density relationships is discussed, as well as the possibilities of experimental validation.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/1883-01
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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1883, Traffic Flow Theory and Highway Capacity and Quality of Service 2004.
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• Authors:
  • Leclercq, L
  • Chanut, S
  • Lesort, J-B
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 3-13
• Monograph Title: TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY AND HIGHWAY CAPACITY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE 2004
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1883
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bottlenecks; Traffic flow theory
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00983353
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030909478X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 20 2004 12:00AM