Practice Summary - 31.8 | 10. Fundamental relations of traffic flow | Transportation Engineering - Vol 2
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Question 1 Easy

What is time mean speed?

💡 Hint: Think about how you measure speed over time.

Question 2 Easy

What does space mean speed focus on?

💡 Hint: Consider the duration vehicles spend traveling.

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Question 1

What is true about time mean speed?

Always less than space mean speed
Always equal to space mean speed
Always greater than or equal to space mean speed

💡 Hint: Consider how both speeds are defined.

Question 2

Fundamental diagrams relate which three elements?

Speed
density
flow
Age
speed
density
Speed
flow
time

💡 Hint: Focus on important traffic flow measurements.

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Challenge 1 Hard

You observe a traffic stream for one hour with 180 cars passing. Two are moving at 10 m/s, five at 20 m/s, and the rest (173) at 15 m/s. Calculate the time and space mean speeds.

💡 Hint: Use the definitions of mean speeds correctly and set the equations up carefully.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a road can hold a maximum of 40 vehicles but sits at 30 causing slow movement, how does this reflect in a flow-density diagram?

💡 Hint: Refer back to how flow changes with density on that diagram.

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