Open AccessAn improvement of relaxation time of gas-kinetic traffic model
Author(s) -
Jianyu Zhao,
XingWen Sun,
Lingfei Jia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.55.2306
Subject(s) - kinetic energy , relaxation (psychology) , perturbation (astronomy) , statistical physics , mechanics , kinetic theory , materials science , physics , thermodynamics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , psychology , social psychology
An improvement is made on relaxation time of gas-kinetic traffic model, and the density and velocity are taken into account. A test case validates that the improved gas-kinetic traffic model is more effective on suppressing the perturbation, and more stable at high vehicle densities.