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🚦 LWR Traffic Flow — Kinematic Waves & Shockwaves

3D ring road where the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards traffic model (Godunov scheme) makes jams travel backwards; the inner wall records the space-time history.

Society & Economics3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

The Lighthill-Whitham-Richards PDE models macroscopic traffic flow: density waves travel backward through congestion, forming shock fronts at sudden density jumps.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install