It has been empirically observed for years that the queue discharge rate is lower than the pre-queue capacity. This is called the capacity drop. The magnitude of capacity drop varies over a wide range depending on the local traffic conditions. However, right now it is unknown what determines the capacity drop value. In fact, there is still no thorough empirical analysis revealing a quite reliab...

experiments were carried out to observe the influence of loading type on concrete beam specimens. beam specimens made of similar concrete mixture with the same geometry were tested under three point static loading and low velocity drop weight impact loading. load – displacement behavior, absorbed energy dissipation capacity, stiffnesses, failure modes of beam specimens were obtained and discuss...

In the present note we discuss in details the Riemann problem for a one-dimensional hyperbolic conservation law subject to a point constraint. We investigate how the regularity of the constraint operator impacts the well--posedness of the problem, namely in the case, relevant for numerical applications, of a discretized exit capacity. We devote particular attention to the case in which the cons...