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General phase transition models for vehicular traffic with point constraints on the flow

Analysis of PDEs 2018-02-14 v1

Abstract

We generalize the phase transition model studied in [R. Colombo. Hyperbolic phase transition in traffic flow.\ SIAM J.\ Appl.\ Math., 63(2):708-721, 2002], that describes the evolution of vehicular traffic along a one-lane road. Two different phases are taken into account, according to whether the traffic is low or heavy. The model is given by a scalar conservation law in the \emph{free-flow} phase and by a system of two conservation laws in the \emph{congested} phase. In particular, we study the resulting Riemann problems in the case a local point constraint on the flux of the solutions is enforced.

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@article{arxiv.1608.04932,
  title  = {General phase transition models for vehicular traffic with point constraints on the flow},
  author = {Edda Dal Santo and Massimiliano D. Rosini and Nikodem Dymski and Mohamed Benyahia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04932},
  year   = {2018}
}