Experimental Features of Self-Organization in Traffic Flow (original) (raw)
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Abstract
Features of the ``stop-and-go'' phenomenon are found. First, the local phase transition ``free flow --> synchronized flow'' is realized. Then the ``pinch effect'' in synchronized flow occurs. In the pinch region a complex sequence of narrow jams is self-formed. The following transformation of the narrow jams into wide jams determines a scale in distances between stop-and-go patterns.
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Physical Review Letters
Pub Date:
October 1998
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