Foldable container in empty container repositioning in intermodal transportation network of Belt and Road Initiative: strengths and limitations

In 2013, the concept of the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (Belt and Road)’ was initiated by the Chinese government, which involves Asian, European and African continents and their adjacent seas. Logistics plays a core role in such a large framework of economy and trade. In recent years, China, European Union, and Southeast Asia pay much attention to the design and development of the intermodal transportation network towards both economic and environmental efficiency. In this paper, we propose an empty container repositioning model in the intermodal transportation network of Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative by considering both standard and foldable containers. In this model, empty containers are repositioned from the inland of the original area, such as China, to other areas of B&R Initiative related countries and regions, such as European Union and Southeast Asia. We develop a mixed integer linear programming model to determine the optimal repositioning of empty containers via the intermodal transportation network. An Artificial Bee Colony algorithm is developed to solve large size problems in practice and numerical experiments are conducted to show the efficiency of our proposed algorithm. We provide managerial insights regarding the impact on the network performance of foldable containers transportation.     

复合动力超长续航无人艇系统的设计与实现

为实现无人艇在海上追踪、搜救、巡逻、反潜等任务中的超长续航,避免因油料限制而被迫任务中断,设计了一套以风能、太阳能为动力的无人艇系统,利用风帆为无人艇推进,太阳能为船上电控设备提供电能。该系统由无人艇和岸基监控平台组成,无人艇可通过python开发的数据采集模块和算法模块实时采集环境数据、计算、生成并下达控制指令,在风区内可超长续航自主航行,实现全风向利用；岸基监控平台可实时监控无人艇状态,并进行自主/遥控模式切换。对系统进行了测试,通讯连接试验的可靠性高；无人艇航行试验验证了全风向自主航行的可行性,运行轨迹与仿真结果基本重合；太阳能供电分析理论上验证了风区超长续航的可实现性。     

驾驶人安全意识体验式训练装置研究

通过对目前常用驾驶人安全意识培训方法的对比,认为体验式培训为最适合的培训方法;进一步对我国2007-2010年间大型道路交通事故特征进行分析,得出驾乘人员不系安全带是引起人员伤亡一大原因。通过设计研发碰撞、翻转两个体验式训练装置,使驾乘人员在保证安全的前提下真切感受道路交通事故发生瞬间安全带对人体的保护作用,有效提高驾驶人的安全意识,减少道路交通事故的发生及人员的伤亡。     

含锂电池储能的船舶电力系统模型预测控制研究

由于船舶运行的特殊性和负载波动的复杂性,严重影响船舶电力系统的稳定性,因此引入了能量存储技术,降低电网的波动。根据发电机和锂电池的状态空间模型,建立了含锂电池储能的船舶电力系统,并提出了一种基于模型预测控制的船舶电力系统。在含有负载波动的情况下,使发电机和锂电池的输出能够稳定跟随负载的变化,从而满足负载的需求。并将整个系统在Matlab/Simulink中进行实例仿真,仿真结果表明,在模型预测控制下的船舶电力系统能够很好地满足负载波动需求,明显改善船舶电力系统的稳态性能,增强船舶电网的稳定性。     

软弱围岩隧道修建新方法——核心土加固变形控制法

2006年我国铁路系统相关施工单位开始接触变形控制法隧道施工技术,经过长达5年的基础理论学习研究与准备,在铁道部和兰渝铁路公司的支持下,2011年由中铁瑞威公司和意大利土力公司联合在兰渝铁路桃树坪隧道进行了中国首次隧道核心土加固变形控制法应用试验研究,并取得成功。文章通过工程实践,对桃树坪隧道的工程概况、地质问题、施工工艺、施工设备及核心土加固控制变形技术的应用效果作了较详细介绍。     

不锈钢车体钝化工艺研究

针对轨道交通车辆在制造过程中,不锈钢车体表面的钝化膜因机加工、焊接等因素可能遭到破坏,导致不锈钢车体防腐能力下降的情况,详细介绍了不锈钢车体的钝化原理、钝化工艺及钝化效果的检测方法。经过柠檬酸钝化液钝化处理后,可有效去除车体表面游离铁和其他杂质,车体表面颜色均匀一致,提高了不锈钢车体的耐蚀性和美观性。     

Disaster prevention and strategic investment for multiple ports in a region: cooperation or not

With the growth of maritime transportation, seaports have become critical to the world economy as linking nodes between shipping and inland transport. However, the port system is fragile under certain unconventional emergency events. This study addresses the issue of investment on disaster prevention within the port competition context. The present model discusses and compares four situations of different relationships and strategies of pre-disaster prevention between two adjacent ports. Results indicate that both ports increase the disaster prevention investment under the cooperation scenario compared with that in the case of non-cooperation wherein they are complementary ports. Meanwhile, a numerical simulation is conducted to examine the collective and individual rationality of both ports. Although cooperation strategy decreases the total risk cost of two ports, one of the two ports may profit, whereas the other may suffer losses.     

洋山深水港西港区岸线功能规划调整

为满足洋山深水港生产营运需要,有关部门希望保留颗珠山—蒋公柱潮流汊道,这与总体规划布置不一致。为此需进行深水港西港区岸线功能规划调整研究。考虑到汊道的颗珠山一侧潮流具有岬角绕流型特点,而蒋公柱一侧有岬角环抱型特点;在此认识基础上针对多种岸线方案进行试验。试验结果表明,采用岸线优化方案后,可以保持甚至改善汊道内和已建港区潮流条件。从水流角度看,采取合理的岸线布置和适当的工程措施后,保留和开发利用颗珠山—蒋公柱潮流汊道是可行的。     

Sensorimotor self-learning model based on operant conditioning for two-wheeled robot

Traditional control methods of two-wheeled robot are usually model-based and require the robot’s precise mathematic model which is hard to get. A sensorimotor self-learning model named SMM TWR is presented in this paper to handle these problems. The model consists of seven elements: the discrete learning time set, the sensory state set, the motion set, the sensorimotor mapping, the state orientation unit, the learning mechanism and the model’s entropy. The learning mechanism for SMM TWR is designed based on the theory of operant conditioning (OC), and it adjusts the sensorimotor mapping at every learning step. This helps the robot to choose motions. The leaning direction of the mechanism is decided by the state orientation unit. Simulation results show that with the sensorimotor model designed, the robot is endowed the abilities of self-learning and self-organizing, and it can learn the skills to keep itself balance through interacting with the environment.     

羟基喜树碱对人胆管癌QBC939裸鼠移植瘤PS2、COX-2的影响

目的探讨羟基喜树碱对人胆管癌QBC939裸鼠移植瘤的乳癌相关肽(PS2)、环氧合酶-2(COX-2)的影响,分析PS2、COX-2与肿瘤发生、发展的关系。方法建立人胆管癌QBC939细胞株裸鼠皮下移植瘤模型,将30只裸鼠随机分成对照组、羟基喜树碱低剂量组和羟基喜树碱高剂量组,观察移植瘤体生长情况,RT-PCR法检测瘤体内PS2、COX-2 mRNA表达。结果与对照组比,羟基喜树碱低、高剂量组都可使移植瘤体的PS2 mRNA表达增高;COX-2 mRNA表达降低,且瘤体生长减慢,与对照组比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论羟基喜树碱可降低移植瘤COX-2 mRNA表达,增高移植瘤体的PS2 mRNA表达,并使人胆管癌裸鼠移植瘤生长减慢。