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Phys. Rev. E 61, 3534–3540 (2000)

Traffic jams induced by fluctuation of a leading car

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Takashi Nagatani
Division of Thermal Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan

Received 8 September 1999; revised 1 December 1999; published in the issue dated April 2000

We present a phase diagram of the different kinds of congested traffic triggered by fluctuation of a leading car in an open system without sources and sinks. Traffic states and density waves are investigated numerically by varying the amplitude of fluctuation using a car following model. The phase transitions among the free traffic, oscillatory congested traffic, and homogeneous congested traffic occur by fluctuation of a leading car. With increasing the amplitude of fluctuation, the transition between the free traffic and oscillatory traffic occurs at lower density and the transition between the homogeneous congested traffic and the oscillatory traffic occurs at higher density. The oscillatory congested traffic corresponds to the coexisting phase. Also, the moving localized clusters appear just above the transition lines.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.61.3534
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.61.3534
PACS:
05.90.+m, 47.35.+i, 89.40.+k