Reliability assessment of maintained ship hulls with correlated corroded elements

This paper reviews the factors that affect the corrosion rate of the ship hull girder. It is shown that corrosion rates vary as a function of the location of the element in the structure, of the ocean area and type of ballast tank and steel. However, the corrosion rate in elements that are subjected to similar conditions is highly correlated.

A time-variant formulation is proposed including the correlation between the corrosion rates in neighbouring elements in modelling the degrading effect that corrosion has on the reliability of ship hulls. The effect of corrosion is represented as a time-dependent decrease of plate thickness that affects the midship section modulus. One repair policy was considered and the example results show the effect of plate replacement when its thickness reaches 75% of the original value. The results also illustrate how the limit value of the thickness in the repair criteria influences the reliability and the decision about repair actions. This is also shown for the effect of different corrosion rates, inspection intervals, and allowable stresses.     

Acceleration noise and level of service of urban roads - A case study

Capacity measurement of roads under mixed traffic conditions as prevailing in India is ambiguous as it varies with time, composition of traffic and roadway encroachments. High incidence of slow moving vehicles and tricycles adds to the problem. Volume - capacity ratio appears to be an inadequate measure of defining level of service under mixed traffic situations. An attempt is made in this paper to explore the possibility of presenting unconventional parameters like standard deviation of speed, co-efficient of variation of speed and acceleration noise as possible measures of level of service. Tentative ranges of acceleration noise are proposed in association with flow and speed to explain level of service of urban roads catering to mixed traffic. The results are based on a study conducted in Madras, a major metropolitan city of India.     

预应力锚索在地铁明挖支撑体系中的应用

预应力锚索广泛应于在软岩、土体边坡加固及明挖支撑体系等工程中。文章结合沈阳市地铁一号线黎明文化宫车站锚索支撑体系施工实例，分析预应力锚索在地铁车站明挖支撑体系防护中的特点及原理，提出了预应力锚索结构的构造要点，阐述了锚索支护应用的施工技术要点及施工工艺。     

160 km/h快速货车制动系统随重调整装置的研制

介绍了160km/h快速货车制动系统随重调整装置的总体方案、结构原理及试验结果。     

桥梁施工控制网复测方法及成果分析

以某桥梁施工控制网为例,介绍桥梁施工控制网的复测方法及精度分析。     

Eddies around Madagascar — The retroflection re-considered

The Agulhas Current with its retroflection and attendant eddy-shedding is the cause of some of the greatest mesoscale variability in the ocean. This paper considers the area to the south and east of Madagascar, which provides some of the source waters of the Agulhas Current, and examines the propagating sea surface height signals in altimetry and output from a numerical model, OCCAM. Both show bands of variability along the axis of the East Madagascar Current (EMC) and along a zonal band near 25°S. Sequences of images plus associated temperature data suggest that a number of westward-propagating eddies are present in this zonal band. The paper then focuses on the region to the south of the island, where ocean colour and infra-red imagery are evocative of an East Madagascar Retroflection. The synthesis of data analysed in this paper, however, shows that remotely observed features in this area can be explained by anticyclonic eddies moving westward through the region, and this explanation is consistent with numerical model output and the trajectories of drifting buoys.     

信号安全技术在DS6-60计算机联锁系统中的主要应用

计算机联锁系统因其应用领域的特殊性,在满足铁路运营需求的同时,必须保证铁路运输的安全。因此对计算机联锁系统的安全性有较严格的要求。广义的信号安全技术包含故障-安全技术、可靠性和易维护性等方面。DS6-60型计算机联锁系统是基于故障-安全技术研发的通过欧标认证的铁路信号安全控制系统。阐述了DS6-60型计算机联锁系统各个环节的主要安全技术应用。     

铝合金车身零部件设计研究

文章通过对铝合金发动机盖设计流程的描述,通过对比铝合金与钢的不同点,归纳了铝合金发盖设计所需要关注的要点,并提供了铝合金板材选择的方式。在不同于钢制发动机盖的点上提出了设计要求,明确了铝合金发盖的设计方法。     

利用CIVIL 3D进行海港工程疏浚设计方法研究

本文在南方某海港工程港池航道工程设计中引入BIM正向设计,利用CIVIL3D建立了地形曲面和地质曲面模型,建立采样线,对地形曲面、设计曲面、地质曲面进行采样;用断面法进行疏浚工程量计算,用程序自带网格施工图及其他软件等多种方法进行校核以验证计算准确性;通过材质定义,计算不同土类疏浚量并在断面图中表示;在设计完成后,按其自带的出图功能生成断面图组,批量对其表达形式、格式、显示内容进行统一调整,提高设计工作效率及准确性。可为类似工程引进BIM进行正向设计提供参考。