%0 Journal Article %1 cohen91 %A Cohen, Joel E. %A Horowitz, Paul %D 1991 %J Nature %K braess nature paradox %N 6337 %P 699--701 %R 10.1038/352699a0 %T Paradoxical Behaviour of Mechanical and Electrical Networks %V 352 %X WE describe here a network of strings and springs in which cutting a string that supports a weight results in a rise of the weight at equilibrium. In an analogous electronic circuit of passive two-terminal devices (resistors and Zener diodes), adding a current-carrying path increases the voltage drop across the circuit. These systems are mechanical and electrical analogues of a paradox of congested traffic flow1,2. Along with similar hydraulic and thermal analogues, they show how non-intuitive equilibrium behaviour can arise in physical networks made up of classical components.

@article{cohen91, abstract = {WE describe here a network of strings and springs in which cutting a string that supports a weight results in a rise of the weight at equilibrium. In an analogous electronic circuit of passive two-terminal devices (resistors and Zener diodes), adding a current-carrying path increases the voltage drop across the circuit. These systems are mechanical and electrical analogues of a paradox of congested traffic flow1,2. Along with similar hydraulic and thermal analogues, they show how non-intuitive equilibrium behaviour can arise in physical networks made up of classical components.}, added-at = {2016-06-05T10:26:10.000+0200}, author = {Cohen, Joel E. and Horowitz, Paul}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bd041f5a4e9101444d45367ce7cd59d7/ytyoun}, doi = {10.1038/352699a0}, interhash = {4e124033fd8e23945091e2c739be490b}, intrahash = {bd041f5a4e9101444d45367ce7cd59d7}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {braess nature paradox}, month = aug, number = 6337, pages = {699--701}, timestamp = {2016-06-05T12:44:39.000+0200}, title = {Paradoxical Behaviour of Mechanical and Electrical Networks}, volume = 352, year = 1991 }