Amir Reza Mamdoohi, Mahmoud Saffarzadeh et Siavash Shojaat
Article de revue (2015)
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Abstract
Existence of capacity drop phenomenon, as the difference between pre-queue and queue discharge flow rates, has been one of the controversial concepts of traffic engineering. Several researches have focused on capacity drop existence and also its estimation issues. This paper aims to estimate capacity drop based not only on a comparison between breakdown and queue discharge flow rates, but also on the estimation of the capacity distribution function before and after breakdown. In the empirical case, speed and flow rate data are collected in a section of Iran’s most crowded freeway for four months, based on which the threshold speed as the boundary between congested and non-congested flow is determined, and breakdown flow rates and their subsequent queue discharge flows are detected. Paired t-test between pre-queue and queue discharge flow rates is conducted to find the mean difference. Also, the distribution function of capacity under non-congested and congested flow is estimated using maximum likelihood and product limit methods. Based on the 11,600-record data set, it was observed that end results of both methods are consistent, revealing roughly five percent drop in capacity for the section under investigation.
Mots clés
capacity drop; stochastic approach; probability distribution function
Département: | Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines |
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URL de PolyPublie: | https://publications.polymtl.ca/56680/ |
Titre de la revue: | International Journal of Transportation Engineering (vol. 2, no 4) |
DOI: | 10.22119/ijte.2015.10441 |
URL officielle: | https://doi.org/10.22119/ijte.2015.10441 |
Date du dépôt: | 20 nov. 2023 14:43 |
Dernière modification: | 11 avr. 2024 10:26 |
Citer en APA 7: | Mamdoohi, A. R., Saffarzadeh, M., & Shojaat, S. (2015). Capacity drop estimation based on stochastic approach applied to Tehran-Karaj freeway. International Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2(4), 279-288. https://doi.org/10.22119/ijte.2015.10441 |
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