The marine electronic highway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore—an assessment of costs and key benefits

The Straits of Malacca and Singapore are an important trade route linking the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean. They are also rich in resources and support a range of activities that benefit the economies of the littoral states (Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore). This important shipping route is a very congested waterway and the authorities are keen to improve navigation facilities to promote ship safety and reduce the risk of groundings, collisions and accidents. This will also help to protect the marine environment from the effects of pollution and hence reduce its damaging impact on activities related to the Straits, e.g. fisheries and tourism. The Marine Electronic Highway (MEH) is an attempt to bring together maritime safety technologies and environmental management systems. The paper examines the costs of providing such a highway and considers some of the benefits which could accrue from its implementation. The analysis, conducted in the form of a cost-benefit study, clearly shows the economic viability of the scheme.     

盐渍土地基处理的浸水试验研究

盐渍土作为一种不良土体,由于它的盐溶特性严重影响置于其上的建筑物。采用何种有效的处理方法来降低溶陷沉降量将至关重要。文中以西北某盐渍土机场的地基处理为例,采用浸水预溶的处理方法,在现场分别进行了深层浸水试验、直接浸水试验、浸水后晾晒试验,并对施工工艺、浸水控制、渗水速度确定做了研究。通过试验后检测,浸水预溶试验取得了良好的效果,为指导大面积地基处理施工提供了可靠参数。     

A high order linear model for the prediction of internal lee waves at the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar

A linear theory for the physical fields in the water column under the action of large amplitude internal lee waves at the main sill of the Strait of Gibraltar is developed. The procedure is a combination of the perturbation and normal modes methods in order to study steady resonant conditions. The lowest order linear approach of the methodology resumes the Taylor–Goldstein equation, which can reconstruct the main features of the observed fields but the high order approach gives the finest structure and sometimes the largest contributions. The role of the non-linear terms is investigated up to the second order taking into account the non-linear interactions between modes, leading to an effective reconstruction of the whole water column for the velocity field.     

Estimation of origin‐destination matrices for a multimodal public transit network

This paper presents a procedure for the estimation of origin‐destination (O‐D) matrices for a multimodal public transit network. The system consists of a number of favored public transit modes that are obtained from a modal split process in a traditional four‐step transportation model. The demand of each favored mode is assigned to the multimodal network, which is comprised of a set of connected links of different public transit modes. An entropy maximization procedure is proposed to simultaneously estimate the O‐D demand matrices of all favored modes, which are consistent with target data sets such as the boarding counts and line segment flows that are observed directly in the network. A case study of the Hong Kong multimodal transit network is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.     

A traffic flow simulator for short‐term travel time forecasting

This paper presents an off‐line forecasting system for short‐term travel time forecasting. These forecasts are based on the historical traffic count data provided by detectors installed on Annual Traffic Census (ATC) stations in Hong Kong. A traffic flow simulator (TFS) is developed for short‐term travel time forecasting (in terms of offline forecasting), in which the variation of perceived travel time error and the fluctuations of origin‐destination (O‐D) demand are considered explicitly. On the basis of prior O‐D demand and partial updated detector data, the TFS can estimate the link travel times and flows for the whole network together with their variances and covariances. The short‐term travel time forecasting by O‐D pair can also be assessed and the O‐D matrix can be updated simultaneously. The application of the proposed off‐line forecasting system is illustrated by a numerical example in Hong Kong.     

膨胀土地区路基水损害作用机理研究及防治对策

对我国膨胀土地区水损害机理进行了研究,归纳总结了对膨胀土路基水损害需采取排水、支挡、生物工程、避让等对策措施.     

Exact Equations for Tractrix Curves Associated with Vehicle Offtracking

Vehicle offtracking behavior at low speeds is closely approximated by a geometric entity called a tractrix. This paper presents differential equations for generalized coordinates of a planar multibody vehicle model based on tractrix behavior. The equations are exact, can be used with any type of input path, are valid for forward and backward movements, and are much simpler than previously published formulations used to compute transient offtracking. The differential equations can be integrated using conventional numerical integration algorithms to obtain plots of the low-speed tracking performance of articulated vehicles. The equations were formulated symbolically by a computer program used to analyze the kinematic and dynamic behavior of multibody systems. Example numerical results are plotted.     

基于虚拟样机技术的高速弓网系统研究

虚拟样机技术的核心是参数化、可视化设计和综合性能分析。本文结合我国250km/h高速受电弓设计,应用虚拟样机技术,对铁路接触网-受电弓系统进行系统研究。在进行受电弓可视化三维实体设计的基础上,应用多体系统动力学软件SIMPACK和有限元计算软件ANSYS,进行了受电弓的几何分析及受电弓零部件的强度和刚度校核,计算了接触网振动模态和自振频率;运用结构子结构方法,建立了受电弓-接触网耦合系统模型,计算了不同模拟运行速度下的弓网振动和接触压力响应,以及机车运行振动对受流的影响;最后为了考核接触网的疲劳可靠性,进行了在运行条件下的接触网动应力研究。     

京九铁路的主要工程地质问题及其对策

京九铁路全长2 553 km,途经京、津、冀、鲁、豫、皖、鄂、赣、粤九省市,为我国纵贯南北的第三大干线.京九线跨黄河、长江等东西向河流及其支流.京九北段以冲积平原为主,地形开阔平坦,地质条件较简单;南段多为丘陵、中低山区,地势险要,山高坡陡,地形起伏变化大,桥隧工程量大,不少地段桥隧相连,路基高填深挖地段多,加固防护工程量大,地质构造复杂,不良地质较多.主要的工程地质问题有软土、粉土、膨胀土(岩)、滑坡、崩塌岩堆、岩溶、破碎软弱岩体等.本文介绍各地质问题在设计施工中采取的技术对策、岩土工程的处理效果、主要经验教训.