For the aeroacoustic design of expansion chambers, commonly installed in e.g. HVAC ducts or automotive exhaust systems, the aerodynamic noise generation mechanisms as well as the transmission characteristics of acoustic waves propagating in a non-quiescent medium have to be taken into account. The attenuation of downstream propagating acoustic waves should be maximized with a minimum of additio...

In this paper, second-order macroscopic vehicle traffic flow models are discussed from the perspective of their capability to reproduce stable and unstable traffic flow behaviors observed in real traffic. To achieve this goal, a nonlinear traffic flow stability criterion is derived using a wavefront expansion technique. Qualitative relationships between traffic flow stability and model paramete...

In the local access network expansion problem we need to expand a given network (with tree topology) due to traffic demand increase. We can expand the network either by increasing the capacity of its edges and/or by installing equipments that concentrate the traffic of several demand points. This problem has received some attention in the literature. Here, we view the problem as an extension of...