Solitary wave solution to Aw-Rascle viscous model of traffic flow

A traveling wave solution to the Aw-Rascle traffic flow model that includes the relaxation and diffusion terms is investigated. The model can be approximated by the well-known Kortweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. A numerical simulation is conducted by the first-order accurate Lax-Friedrichs scheme, which is known for its ability to capture the entropy solution to hyperbolic conservation laws. Periodic boundary conditions are applied to simulate a lengthy propagation, where the profile of the derived KdV solution is taken as the initial condition to observe the change of the profile. The simulation shows good agreement between the approximated KdV solution and the numerical solution.     

Solitary wave solutions to higher-order traffic flow model with large diffusion

This paper uses the Taylor expansion to seek an approximate Korteweg- de Vries equation （KdV） solution to a higher-order traffic flow model with sufficiently large diffusion. It demonstrates the validity of the approximate KdV solution considering all the related parameters to ensure the physical boundedness and the stability of the solution. Moreover, when the viscosity coefficient depends on the density and velocity of the flow, the wave speed of the KdV solution is naturally related to either the first or the second characteristic field. The finite element method is extended to solve the model and examine the stability and accuracy of the approximate KdV solution.     

流通量间断守恒高阶交通流模型及其数值模拟

在非均匀道路条件下，推广了各向异性守恒高阶交通流模型(CHO模型)，获得流通量间断CHO模型，并基于其Riemann不变量性质，运用局部简化方法及δ映射算法，设计了求解流通量间断CHO模型的一阶Godunov、EO(Engquist-Osher)和LF(Lax-Friedrichs)等数值格式.通过数值模拟表明流通量间断CHO模型是合理有效的，它可以描述平衡态和非平衡态交通流，相对于流通量间断LWR(Lighthill-Whitham-Richards)模型，其能更好地刻画实际交通现象.