THE EFFECT OF DELAY TIMES ON THE OPTIMAL VELOCITY TRAFFIC FLOW BEHAVIOR

H. Ez-Zahraouy (), Z. Benrihane and A. Benyoussef
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H. Ez-Zahraouy: Laboratoire de Magnétisme et de la Physique des Hautes Energies, Departement de Physique, Faculté des Sciences, B.P.1014, Rabat, Morocco
Z. Benrihane: Laboratoire de Magnétisme et de la Physique des Hautes Energies, Departement de Physique, Faculté des Sciences, B.P.1014, Rabat, Morocco
A. Benyoussef: Laboratoire de Magnétisme et de la Physique des Hautes Energies, Departement de Physique, Faculté des Sciences, B.P.1014, Rabat, Morocco

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2005, vol. 16, issue 09, 1461-1471

Abstract: We have numerically investigated the effect of the delay timesτfandτsof a mixture of fast and slow vehicles on the fundamental diagram (the current-density relation) of the optimal velocity model. The optimal velocity function of the fast cars depends not only on the headway of each car but also on the headway of the immediately preceding one. It is found that the small delay times have almost no effects, while, for sufficiently large delay timeτs, the current profile displays qualitatively five different forms, depending onτf,τsand the fractionsdfanddsof the fast and slow cars, respectively. The velocity (current) exhibits first-order transitions at low and/or high densities, from freely moving phase to the congested state, and from congested state to a jamming one, respectively. The minimal current appears in intermediate values ofτs. Furthermore, there exist a critical value ofτfabove which the metastability and hysteresis appear. The spatial-temporal traffic patterns near the congested-jamming first-order transition is also presented.

Keywords: Traffic flow; numerical simulation; delay time; overtaking; optimal velocity; fundamental diagram; 05.50.+q; 64.60.Cn; 75.30.Kz; 82.20.wt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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