Phantom Traffic Jams Act Like Gas Explosions
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 15:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Mechanical engineers have revealed a new way to study phantom traffic jams. " In the research team's eyes, traffic flow is a gas and the start of a traffic jam is an explosion and that force ripples outwards engulfing everything in its path." one of the researchers said.
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