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Experimental features of the emergence of moving jams in free traffic flow

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, , Citation Boris S Kerner 2000 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 33 L221 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/33/26/101

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1 Daimler Chrysler AG, FT1/V, HPC: E224, 70546 Stuttgart, Germany

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  1. Received 16 May 2000

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Abstract

Conditions and features of jam emergence in free traffic flow are found. Observations show that a `free flow → jam' phase transition can occur only if the formation of synchronized flow is strongly hindered due to a non-homogeneity, in particular at a traffic split on a highway.

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