Journal of Jilin University(Engineering and Technology Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 2549-2557.doi: 10.13229/j.cnki.jdxbgxb20210395

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Car⁃following dynamics characteristics and model based on Lennard⁃Jones potential

Da-yi QU1(),Zi-xu ZHAO1,Yan-feng JIA1,Tao WANG1,Qiong-hui LIU2   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering,Qingdao University of Technology,Qingdao 266520,China
    2.Shandong Institute of Highway Technican,Jinan 250217,China
  • Received:2021-05-06 Online:2022-11-01 Published:2022-11-16

Abstract:

In order to more accurately describe the car-following interaction behavior of adjacent vehicles on the road, a car-following model is constructed by using its similarity with the thermodynamic performance of some microscopic particles. Through the system similarity analysis, the vehicle is likened to a microscopic particle in a long and narrow pipeline, and the complex vehicle following interaction is simplified into a dynamic process in which the following vehicle constantly seeks to keep a safe distance from the preceding vehicle. The expressions of the safe distance under different conditions are established. Through the mathematical derivation of Lennard-Jones potential function which is suitable for the thermodynamic analysis of inert gas system, the influence of its variables on the potential energy is clarified, and the problems existing in the existing molecular following model are analyzed. The vehicle interaction potential function was constructed by referring to the Lennard-Jones potential function, and the influence of the road wall potential generated by the lane boundary was considered. The vehicle following model based on the Lennard-Jones potential was proposed. The simulation test results show that: Compared with the existing molecular car-following model and IDM model, the mean absolute error and root mean square error of the vehicle acceleration results obtained by this model are lower than the actual data, which proves that the car-following model based on Lennard-Jones potential has a better fitting effect on the real vehicle's car-following behavior

Key words: traffic engineering, car-following model, molecular thermodynamics, Lennard-Jones potential, demand safety distance, wall potential

CLC Number: 

  • U491

Fig.1

Molecular distance and its interaction force"

Fig.2

Force status of car-following vehicles"

Fig.3

Gas molecules in a long narrow pipe"

Fig.4

Lennard-Jones potential function"

Table 1

Result of parameter calibration of GLM model"

参数标定值
m0.7103
n1.6754
λ129.2322
λ244.4901

Table 2

Result of parameter calibration of M-MD model"

运动状态λ1λ2
常规行驶1.34019.4095
起动加速0.954817.3827
减速停车66.50290.0141

Table 3

Result of parameter calibration of IDM model"

参数标定值
a/(m·s-21
b/(m·s-22
v0/(m·s-133.3
s0/m10
T/s1.5

Fig.5

Time-trajectory graph obtained from model simulation"

Fig.6

Time-acceleration graph obtained from model simulation"

Table 4

Model error comparison"

模 型MAERMSE
M-MD1.48670.7473
IDM0.80040.5982
GLM0.37720.5240
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