集装箱中心站装卸作业线接触网终点设计

在接触网终点设计常规下锚结构形式下,集装箱中心站龙门吊装卸作业线股道接触网终点的有效行车距离无法满足电力机车直接摘挂货物列车要求。本文针对该问题提出了新型的接触网终点下锚结构形式,改进后的下锚结构形式能在不影响龙门吊作业的前提下延长接触网终点有效行车距离,满足电力机车直接摘挂取送货物列车的要求。     

基于轮廓线特征的三维人脸识别改进算法

研究基于面部轮廓曲线特征的三维人脸识别。为提取最优面部曲线特征,提出一种基于模糊聚类方法的人脸曲线特征优选算法。该算法从三维人脸深度图中选取最具代表性的8条轮廓曲线,作为主要识别特征,这在很大程度上降低了计算复杂度,克服表情和光照对人脸识别的消极影响,同时它用最少的轮廓线包含了所需要的人脸识别信息。基于这些人脸轮廓线特征,利用改进的Manhattan距离分类器来提高人脸识别的分类效果。实验结果表明,所提出的算法明显提高了人脸识别率,并且具有很强的鲁棒性。     

“一送两受”式无绝缘轨道电路最大传输距离分析

为了求解中央供电两端接受式无绝缘轨道电路最大传输距离,本文根据此种轨道电路在调整态、分路态、断轨态3种工作状态下的四端网数学模型,在不同的初始参数下仿真分析了轨道电路在断轨态和分路态下的转移阻抗的变化情况,得出轨道电路在断轨态转移阻抗的最小值大于分路态转移阻抗的最小值,以此简化了求解轨道电路最大传输距离的前提条件。在此基础上,给出了求解此种轨道电路最大传输距离的计算方法。结果对比表明,该方法能够正确地计算轨道电路最大传输距离,为此类型轨道电路的设计提供理论依据。     

CBTC列车安全定位中通信中断时间的研究

通信中断的存在会对目前城市轨道交通的CBTC列车安全定位产生影响,进而影响列车安全间隔距离。CBTC车地通信系统大多采用无线局域网技术。越区切换中断是导致通信中断的主要原因,根据IEEE 802.11协议的越区切换流程,本文推导出越区切换中断时间与列车速度的关系表达式,在此基础上根据安全定位的实现方法和移动闭塞系统中列车安全间隔距离的计算方法,推导出通信中断时间与影响安全定位的因素之一——估计的运行距离及列车运行安全间隔之间的关系表达式。建立两列列车追踪运行模型,仿真不同通信中断时间下两列车的追踪间隔距离。采用此关系表达式进行理论计算的结果与仿真结果验证了通信中断时间与估计的运行距离及列车运行安全间隔的关系表达式是合理的。     

基于视距的城市道路线形指标及优化措施研究

城市道路由于受到建设条件制约经常会采用较小的平、纵线形指标,其中地下道路和高架道路的曲线路段由于受到中隔墙、侧墙、结构顶板或防撞墙、防眩设施、声屏障等结构物的影响,易造成视距不足,为道路运营带来了安全隐患。在总结分析行车视距验算方法及规范要求值的基础上,采用数值解析法计算得到城市道路不同设计速度和视距要求下的平曲线、竖曲线半径对应值,并提出了视距不足时的优化设计措施,以期为日后的相关工作提供参考。     

汽车防追尾碰撞数学模型研究

为了提高车辆在高速行驶状态下的主动安全性能,研究了处于追尾行驶状态的本车与前车的运动学特征;针对前车的不同运动状态分别推导出了跟车距离的计算模型并分析了模型中3个关键参数的随机性和动态性,对制动迟滞时间提出了基于模糊推理的确定方法,对本车制动减速度和前车的运动加速度提出了比较实用的动态测算公式;另外,研究了防追尾碰撞的控制与执行,建立了动态调整安全制动停车距离的神经网络模型,提出了基于危险裕度判别的安全控制方法。     

The determinants of long distance travel in Great Britain

This study analyses of the determinants of long distance travel in Great Britain using data from the 1995-2006 National Travel Surveys (NTSs). The main objective is to determine the effects of socio-economic, demographic and geographic factors on long distance travel. The estimated models express the distance travelled for long distance journeys as a function of income, gender, age, employment status, household characteristics, area of residence, size of municipality, type of residence and length of time living in the area. A time trend is also included to capture common changes in long distance travel over time not included in the explanatory variables. Separate models are estimated for total travel, travel by each of four modes (car, rail, coach and air), travel by five purposes (business, commuting, leisure, holiday and visiting friends and relatives (VFRs)) and two journey lengths (<150 miles and 150+ miles one way), as well as the 35 mode-purpose-distance combinations.The results show that long distance travel is strongly related to income: air is most income-elastic, followed by rail, car and finally coach. This is the case for most journey purposes and distance bands. Notable is the substantial difference in income elasticities for rail for business/commuting as opposed to holiday/leisure/VFR. In addition, the income elasticity for coach travel is very low, and zero for the majority of purpose-distance bands, suggesting coach travel to be an inferior mode in comparison to car, rail and air. Regarding journey distance, we find that longer distance journeys are more income elastic than shorter journeys.For total long distance travel, the study indicates that women travel less than men, the elderly less than younger people, the employed and students more than others, those in one adult households more than those in larger households and those in households with children less than those without. Long distance travel is also lowest for individuals living in London and greatest for those in the South West, and increases as the size of the municipality declines.     

Can ports increase traffic while reducing inputs? Technical efficiency of Spanish Port Authorities using a directional distance function approach

The focus of this paper is on the productive efficiency of ports. We estimate a directional technology distance function using parametric techniques to analyze the production technology and technical efficiency of a set of Spanish Port Authorities observed over the period 1993–2012. Technical inefficiency is conceived as the ability of ports to simultaneously expand a given output and contract variable inputs while maintaining quasi-fixed inputs and other outputs constant. Thus, for containerized cargo we address the following question: Given the amount of quasi-fixed inputs used by the firm and given the volume of the other outputs (liquids, solids, non-containerized cargo and passenger traffic), could ports increase their containerized merchandise while simultaneously reducing their variable inputs? Similar questions are asked for solid bulk and non-containerized general cargo. Our results show evidence of technical inefficiency among the ports in our sample. In particular, if the ports operated efficiently, we find that containerized cargo could be expanded by an average of over 6.4%, with an equivalent reduction in variable inputs. Solid bulk cargo and general non-containerized cargo could be increased by 4.1% and 6.1% respectively, with corresponding reductions in variable inputs. An implication of our results is that there is ample scope for specialization on the part of ports with no increase in infrastructure costs. Given that large investments in infrastructure have been made in Spanish port over the last decade, this opens the possibility of moving towards a management model based on taking advantage of existing capacity rather than new investments.     

移动闭塞系统区间通过能力分析及参数计算

移动闭塞条件下“闭塞分区”呈现出“移动”和“长度变化”的特征,其区间通过能力的计算较固定闭塞系统更加复杂。本文建立了移动闭塞系统区间通过能力的数学模型,对区间通过能力与列车追踪运行速度、跟驰车距和列车性能等参数之间的相互关系进行了定性、定量分析,并就关鍵参数的计算方法进行了深入的讨论,对移动闭塞条件下的列车运行控制与行车组织有一定的参考价值。     

Fast-charging station choice behavior among battery electric vehicle users

This study explores how battery electric vehicle users choose where to fast-charge their vehicles from a set of charging stations, as well as the distance by which they are generally willing to detour for fast-charging. The focus is on fast-charging events during trips that include just one fast-charge between origin and destination in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Mixed logit models with and without a threshold effect for detour distance are applied to panel data extracted from a two-year field trial on battery electric vehicle usage in Japan. Findings from the mixed logit model with threshold show that private users are generally willing to detour up to about 1750 m on working days and 750 m on non-working days, while the distance is 500 m for commercial users on both working and non-working days. Users in general prefer to charge at stations requiring a shorter detour and use chargers located at gas stations, and are significantly affected by the remaining charge. Commercial users prefer to charge at stations encountered earlier along their paths, while only private users traveling on working days show such preference and they turn to prefer the stations encountered later when choosing a station in peak hours. Only private users traveling on working days show a strong preference for free charging. Commercial users tend to pay for charging at a station within 500 m detour distance. The fast charging station choice behavior is heterogeneous among users. These findings provide a basis for early planning of a public fast charging infrastructure.