A study for bank effect on ship traffic in narrow water channels using cellular automata

作者:Sun Zhuo*; Cong Shuang; Pan Junnan; Zheng Jianfeng
来源:International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2017, 31(31): 1750240.
DOI:10.1142/5021797921750240X

摘要

In narrow water channels, bank might affect nearby ships due to hydrodynamic forces (bank effect). To avoid accidents, different sailing rules (i.e., lane-changing, speed control) are required. In this paper, a two-lane cellular automata model is proposed to evaluate such phenomena. Numerical experiments show that ships will form a "slow moving chunk" in the bank area, which will significantly block the flux. As further study demonstrated to alleviate bank effect, ship speed and bank length should be controlled.

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