Zhang’s second order traffic flow model and its application to the Kisii kisumu highway within Kisii county
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Date
2015-04Author
Bosire, Jared N
Sigey, Johana K
Okelo, Jeconia A
Okwoyo, James
Language
enMetadata
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Most highways experience traffic jams
as
a result
of
various reasons and hence need for a practical solution. Traffic flow
m
odels play
an
important role
in
both
today’s
traffic research and
in
many traffic
applications such
as
traffic flow prediction, incident
d
etection and traffic control.
In
this project report, I considered the macroscopic
Zhang’s
second order traffic flow model. Macroscopic
m
odeling approach
is
most suitable for a correct description
of
traffic flow. Macroscopic traffic flow variables like traffic density and
a
verage traffic velocity, which reflect the average state
of
the road traffic, were considered.
It
is
the variables that define the order
of
any
traffic flow model. The
Zhang’s
second-order macroscopic traffic flow model was applied
to
the Kisii-Kisumu highway within Kisii
County. The viscous continuum traffic flow model was studied numerically using the finite difference approximation method. The flow
problem was solved
to
show that
it
was stable and efficient. The graphical presentation
of
numerical results produced verified some well
u
nderstood qualitative behavior
of
traffic flow. This model was tested using the Kisii-Kisumu highway and may
be
extended
to
other
roads
Citation
Bosire, J. N., Sigey, J. K., Okelo, J. A., & Okwoyo, J. Zhang’s Second Order Traffic Flow Model and Its Application to the Kisii-Kisumu Highway within Kisii County. (IJSR), 4(4), 3341-3346Publisher
University of Nairobi