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Empirical Verification of Anisotropic Hydrodynamic Traffic Model in Traffic Analysis at Intersections in Urban Area

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In this article, the traffic hydrodynamic model considering the driver’s reaction time was applied to the traffic analysis at the intersections on real roads. In the numerical simulation with the model, the pinch effect of the right-turning vehicles flow was found, which mainly leads to traffic jamming on the straight lane. All of the results in accordance with the empirical data confirm the applicability of this model.

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  1. Institute of Physics Science and Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Yan-fang Wei, Si-ling Guo & Yu Xue

  2. Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, China

    Yan-fang Wei & Yu Xue

  3. Department of Physics and Information Science, Guangxi Yulin Normal University, Yulin, 537000, China

    Yan-fang Wei

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10662002, 10532060), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB705500), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Grant Nos. 0342012, 0640003) and the Education Administration of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Biography: WEI Yan-fang (1979-), Female, Master, Lecturer

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Wei, Yf., Guo, Sl. & Xue, Y. Empirical Verification of Anisotropic Hydrodynamic Traffic Model in Traffic Analysis at Intersections in Urban Area. J Hydrodyn 19, 230–235 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(07)60053-5

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