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

Table 2

The ratio to the maximum initial flow of the average number of cars not having passed the downstream point at the rear of platoon under 𝛼=0.15.

𝑡0/𝑠	𝑡𝑡/𝑠
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
30	1.42/1.35	1.03/0.98	0.73/0.70	0.50/0.48	0.33/0.31	0.21/0.20	0.12/0.11	0.06/0.05	0.02/0.02	0.01/0.01	0/0
60	2.83/2.70	2.43/2.31	2.06/1.97	1.75/1.66	1.46/1.39	1.22/1.16	1.00/0.96	0.82/0.78	0.66/0.63	0.52/0.50	0.41/0.40
90	4.25/4.04	3.83/3.65	3.45/3.29	3.10/2.95	2.77/2.64	2.47/2.35	2.20/2.09	1.94/1.85	1.71/1.63	1.51/1.43	1.32/1.25
120	5.66/5.39	5.24/4.99	4.85/4.62	4.48/4.27	4.13/3.93	3.80/3.62	3.49/3.32	3.20/3.05	2.93/2.79	2.67/2.55	2.43/2.32

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