by Woo Yick Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-191). / by Woo Yick Fai. / Chapter i. --- Abstract --- p.i / Chapter ii. --- Acknowledgment --- p.ii / Chapter 0. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Effects of nonlinear impurity in a diatomic chain --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Formulation --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Results --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4 --- Discussion --- p.28 / Chapter 2. --- Single nonlinear impurity in a diatomic plane --- p.30 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 / Chapter 2.2 --- Formulation --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3 --- Results --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4 --- Discussion --- p.43 / Chapter 3. --- Effects of a nonlinear impurity in a diatomic cube --- p.46 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- Formulation --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4 --- Discussion --- p.58 / Chapter 4. --- Effective response in random mixtures of linear and nonlinear conductors --- p.60 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2 --- Formalism of our proposed theory --- p.67 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4 --- Effective response in random mixture of strongly nonlinear composites --- p.74 / Chapter 5. --- 1D traffic models --- p.77 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction to Cellular Automata models for traffic flow --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Inhomogeneous 1D traffic models --- p.89 / Chapter 6. --- 2D traffic models --- p.102 / Chapter 6.1 --- Isotropic traffic systems --- p.102 / Chapter 6.2 --- Anisotropic traffic systems --- p.117 / Chapter 7. --- Inhomogeneities in the 2D traffic models --- p.127 / Chapter 7.1 --- Systems with faulty traffic lights --- p.127 / Chapter 7.2 --- Systems with over-passes --- p.144 / Chapter 7.3 --- Traffic models with two-time scales --- p.154 / Chapter 7.4 --- Traffic models with acceleration --- p.159 / Appendix --- p.164 / Appendix A Effects of a nonlinear impurity in a diatomic chain --- p.165 / Appendix B Effective response in random mixtures of linear and nonlinear conductors --- p.175 / Appendix C Upper bounds for the critical car densities in traffic flow problems --- p.180 / Appendix D Improved mean-field theory of two-dimensional traffic flow models --- p.183 / Bibliography --- p.188
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321476 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Contributors | Woo, Yick Fai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, iv, 191 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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