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Tamura Yoichi

Affiliate Master Yamaguchi University

Study on Inner Structure of Road Traffic Flow : Classification of Free and Constrained Flowing Vehicles and Headway Distribution Model

Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Yamaguchi University Volume 33 Issue 1 Page 113-119
published_at 1982
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Title
道路交通流の内部構造に関する研究 : 自由車・追従車の分離と車頭時間分布モデル
Study on Inner Structure of Road Traffic Flow : Classification of Free and Constrained Flowing Vehicles and Headway Distribution Model
Creators Tamura Yoichi
Creators Chishaki Takeshi
Source Identifiers
The purpose of this work is to investigate the method to judge a vehicle whether it is free flowing one or not, and to apply the result to vehicular headway distribution models, particularly, to formulate headway distribution parameters as a function of traffic flow level. A number of authors have developed two component headway distribution models, and the basic assumption of models is vehicles on the road can be devided into two groups according whether or not they are interacting with the vehicle ahead. This assumption is agreeable, but practically the fraction of free or constrained vehicles is estimated without clear definition of free or constrained vehicle. Headway distribution models give a good fit to the data which used to estimate model parameters, but not assure estimated model parameters are applicable to other data under comparable conditions, and if functional formulas of models are changed the fraction of free or constrained vehicles may change. In this paper, α(t), the fraction free flowing vehicles which follow the vehicle ahead with time headway t, are defined by use of variance and covariance of relative speed distribution, and headway distribution is divided into free and constrained part. For both of free and constrained part, translated longnormal distribution are used, and the new models by use of either free or constrained headway distribution model are developed. All headway distribution model parameters are formulated as a function of traffic volume. It becomes clear that traffic flowing patterns under free flow condition and congested flow condition are fundamentally different. All data used in this paper are collected for no-passing zone of rural two lane roads.
Subjects
運輸・交通 ( Other)
Languages jpn
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers 山口大学工学部
Date Issued 1982
File Version Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Relations
[ISSN]0372-7661
[NCID]AN00244228
Schools 工学部