Preprint 1997-004

The zero relaxation limit for the hydrodynamic Whitham traffic flow model

Abstract: We study the relaxation problem for an hyperbolic system of balance laws which models the traffic flow. In particular we show, as the relaxation parameter tends to zero, away from the vacuum, the strong convergence to the equilibrium solution, which satisfies Kru{\v z}kov type entropy conditions. A uniqueness result is provided.

Paper:

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Title:

The zero relaxation limit for the hydrodynamic Whitham traffic flow model

Author(s):

C. Lattanzio, <corrado@univaq.it>

P. Marcati, <marcati@univaq.it>

Publishing information:

J. Differential Equations

141, 150-178 (1997)

Comments:

The postscript file has been removed on 11 September 1997 to avoid copyright infringement.

Submitted by:

<corrado@univaq.it> February 15 1997.