Much Ado about Nothing? - An analysis of economic impacts and ecologic effects of the EU-emission trading scheme in the aviation industry

From 2012 on, all CO₂ emissions from flights departing from or arriving at airports within the European Union have to be offset. We analyze the economic and ecological impacts that are caused by an inclusion of the aviation industry into the proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS). Building on the now fixed system design we employ a simulation model to estimate the impacts of the scheme. Our results indicate that financial impacts are highly dependant on external settings, such as allowance prices and demand growth. We show that the financial burden on the aviation industry will be rather modest in the first years after the introduction of the system and therefore induce only low competition distortions. Likewise, emission reductions within air transportation will be comparably low. While aviation will induce a decline of emissions in other sectors, significant absolute reductions within air transportation can only be reached by a more restrictive system design.     

海上搜救模拟器中大规模地形场景的实时绘制

大规模地形场景的实时绘制在虚拟现实、地理信息系统、战场仿真等领域有着广泛的应用.为满足海上搜救模拟器直升机单元视景系统的需求,对大规模地形场景的建模与实时绘制技术进行了研究.利用Google Earth 获取地形数据,使用ArcScene构建三维地形,并在Creator中设置多级LOD以保证绘制的实时性,同时利用GetScreen软件获取与地形相对应的纹理数据,并将纹理映射到三维地形上,最终运用OSG软件对地形场景进行实时绘制.试验表明提出的方法可实现大规模地形场景的高效逼真绘制.     

软土地基水下真空预压固结离心模型试验

采用新发明的真空吸水系统应用于离心机中,可以使土体产生向上渗流并模拟软土地基真空预压。为获得理想的水下真空预压固结对比效果,竖井采用2种不同井间距的砂井,密封膜采用完全覆盖的形式。用发明的装置产生水下真空得以模拟软土水下固结行为。介绍了模型制作、试验程序及真空发生系统,并分析了孔隙水压力、变形、不排水剪切强度的改变和不同井间距对固结速率的影响。     

黄河南海堤防潮工程护面块体选型试验研究

黄河南海堤防潮工程地处黄河三角洲,因地势平坦,缺乏石料来源,不宜采用抛石护岸及孔隙率较大的护面块体。选择混凝土平板与天龙板作为护面块体,采用水工物理模型试验进行比较研究,验证了防潮堤在不同工况的临界破碎波高作用下的护面块体稳定性。研究发现,天龙板重量较轻,消浪效果较好,整体性强,适合作为黄河南海堤防潮工程的护面块体．     

空气弹簧试验台的设计及特性试验

利用CATIA建模以及有限元分析设计了一款1/4车辆模型的电控空气悬架试验台,该台架不仅适用于测试气囊特性曲线,还可以模拟由静态载荷、动态载荷以及交变载荷变化引起气囊高度的改变,从而观察系统为保持车辆高度不变所做出的反应,最后通过空气弹簧特性试验,验证了该台架符合设计需求,为下一步开发空气悬架控制策略提供了平台。     

重庆港集装箱码头三维模拟系统设计

以重庆港集装箱码头为实例,利用虚拟现实的方法和技术,混合使用Auto CAD、3Ds MAX、Photoshop、Premiere的技术集成,开发出了集装箱码头的三维可视化仿真系统.介绍了系统的设计方法,系统的构成和工作流程,并对系统中用到的关键技术进行了分析研究,系统虚拟的动画模拟可以为集装箱码头的运营管理提供决策依...     

A-SMGCS机场场面运行控制的Petri网建模

以基本网模型为基础,阐述典型运行单元精细化模块构建方法与替代规则,生成场面精细化模型.采用航空器后续滑行路径对托肯进行着色以完成航空器建模,并给出精细化模型与航空器模型集成的方法,实现场面资源的动态竞争建模.以首都机场部分场面运行控制过程建模为例,验证所提建模方法的有效性和适用性.     

Forecasting travel behavior using Markov Chains-based approaches

Recent advances in agent-based micro-simulation modeling have further highlighted the importance of a thorough full synthetic population procedure for guaranteeing the correct characterization of real-world populations and underlying travel demands. In this regard, we propose an integrated approach including Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation and profiling-based methods to capture the behavioral complexity and the great heterogeneity of agents of the true population through representative micro-samples. The population synthesis method is capable of building the joint distribution of a given population with its corresponding marginal distributions using either full or partial conditional probabilities or both of them simultaneously. In particular, the estimation of socio-demographic or transport-related variables and the characterization of daily activity-travel patterns are included within the framework. The fully probabilistic structure based on Markov Chains characterizing this framework makes it innovative compared to standard activity-based models. Moreover, data stemming from the 2010 Belgian Household Daily Travel Survey (BELDAM) are used to calibrate the modeling framework. We illustrate that this framework effectively captures the behavioral heterogeneity of travelers. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the proposed framework is adequately adapted to meeting the demand for large-scale micro-simulation scenarios of transportation and urban systems.     

A bi-objective optimization framework for three-dimensional road alignment design

Optimization of three-dimensional road alignments is a nonlinear non-convex optimization problem. The development of models that fully optimize a three-dimensional road alignment problem is challenging due to numerous factors involved and complexities in the geometric specification of the alignment. In this study, we developed a novel bi-objective optimization approach to solve a three dimensional road alignment problem where the horizontal and vertical alignments are optimized simultaneously. Two conflicting cost objective functions, earthwork cost and the utility cost, are cast in a bi-objective optimization problem. We numerically compare several multi-objective optimization solvers, and find that it is possible to determine the Pareto front in a reasonable time.     

基于BIM的山岭隧道施工信息化管理系统研发与应用

隧道施工现场采集的结构、地质、施工信息碎片化严重，缺乏统一组织手段，分析利用难度大，隧道动态设计与信息化施工水平有待提高。为支撑隧道工程施工信息化，对施工数据进行标准化定义，开发数据标准化工具，以支撑施工期异构数据统一组织应用。针对BIM技术在设计与施工中难以落地、工程数据难以集成的问题，研究多尺度BIM模型建立方法，并以里程为索引，集成地质、进度、设计方案等信息，实现施工数据统一管理与可视化。基于动态更新的施工现场数据与轻量化BIM模型，建立以集成信息模型为核心，桌面端、网页端与移动端应用综合服务的施工信息化管理系统，提供全面施工决策信息，动态评估施工风险，保障工程效率与安全。经云南老营特长公路隧道工程实践验证，本系统基本满足信息化管理需求，对隧道工程信息化管理及BIM技术的工程应用具有借鉴意义。