Physics – Physics and Society
Scientific paper
2009-04-23
Physics
Physics and Society
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Scientific paper
In this paper, we numerically study energy dissipation caused by traffic in the Nagel-Schreckenberg (NaSch) model with open boundary conditions (OBC). Numerical results show that there is a nonvanishing energy dissipation rate Ed, and no true free-flow phase exists in the deterministic and nondeterministic NaSch models with OBC. In the deterministic case, there is a critical value of the extinction rate $\beta{cd}$ below which Ed increases with increasing $\beta$, but above which Ed abruptly decreases in the case of the speed limit vmax>2. However, when vmax<3, no discontiguous change in Ed occurs. In the nondeterministic case, the dissipated energy has two different contributions: one coming from the randomization, and one from the interactions, which is the only reason for dissipating energy in the deterministic case. The relative contributions of the two dissipation mechanisms are presented in the stochastic NaSch model with OBC. Energy dissipation rate Ed is directly related to traffic phase. Theoretical analyses give an agreement with numerical results in three phases (low-density, high-density and maximum current phase) for the case vmax=1.
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