A Platoon Dispersion Model Based on a Truncated Normal Distribution of Speed

Table 1

The ratio to the maximum initial flow of the average number of cars having passed the downstream point at the front of platoon under 𝛼=0.15.

𝑡0/𝑠	𝑡ℎ/𝑠
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
30	1.89/1.79	1.35/1.28	0.91/0.86	0.57/0.54	0.32/0.31	0.17/0.16	0.08/0.07	0.03/0.02	0/0	0/0	0/0
60	3.77/3.59	3.21/3.05	2.69/2.56	2.23/2.12	1.81/1.72	1.45/1.38	1.13/1.08	0.87/0.83	0.65/0.62	0.47/0.45	0.33/0.32
90	5.66/5.39	5.08/4.84	4.54/4.33	4.04/3.84	3.56/3.39	3.12/2.97	2.72/2.59	2.34/2.23	2.01/1.91	1.70/1.62	1.43/1.36
120	7.54/7.18	6.97/6.63	6.41/6.11	5.88/5.60	5.38/5.12	4.90/4.67	4.45/4.24	4.02/3.83	3.62/3.45	3.24/3.09	2.89/2.76

Note: from the proposed model/from Pacey’s model.