准池重载铁路湿陷性黄土路基加固处理

准池铁路为穿越大面积湿陷性黄土地区的新建万吨重载电气化铁路,所经地区黄土湿陷性较为严重.通过对黄土地基的特点及湿陷量的计算分析,选取了合适的加固方法对该湿陷性黄土地基进行加固处理,对复合地基承载力进行了分析计算,并提出了质量检验要求,确保本线重载铁路路基工程稳定、可靠.     

广东山区高速公路挖方边坡常见病害及防治策略

广东省山区高速公路发展迅速,但诸多挖方边坡在修建过程中就产生了不同程度的病害。这些病害产生的原因包括气候、地质条件和人为因素,给施工工期、造价及安全管理造成较大影响。鉴于塌方病害在广东地区山区高速公路挖方边坡中较为常见,根据破坏方式及影响范围的深度将其划分为浅层溜塌、浅层滑塌和深层滑塌(滑坡)。结合工程建设经验,提出了山区路堑边坡的防治策略,可为类似工程的设计、施工提供借鉴。     

桁式组合拱桥病害成因与处治方法研究

介绍桁式组合拱桥的典型病害,研究该类桥梁病害的成因,建立桁式组合拱桥的有限元模型,并进行结构的静力、动力分析。结合现场检测结果的结构病害,分析桁式组合拱桥典型病害产生的根源。根据该类桥梁的病害成因,提出几种桁式组合拱桥典型病害的处治方案。最后,通过实际的桁式组合拱桥检测加固工程,验证加固效果。通过对桁式组合拱桥典型病害成因分析和处治方法研究,为该类桥梁的加固建设提供借鉴。     

Cost overruns and demand shortfalls – Deception or selection?

A number of highly cited papers by Flyvbjerg and associates have shown that ex ante infrastructure appraisals tend to be overly optimistic. Ex post evaluations indicate a bias where investment costs are higher and benefits lower on average than predicted ex ante. These authors argue that the bias must be attributed to intentional misrepresentation by project developers. This paper shows that the bias may arise simply as a selection bias, without there being any bias at all in predictions ex ante, and that such a bias is bound to arise whenever ex ante predictions are related to the decisions whether to implement projects. Using a database of projects we present examples indicating that the selection bias may be substantial. The examples also indicate that benefit–cost ratios remain a useful selection criterion even when cost and benefits are highly uncertain, gainsaying the argument that such uncertainties render cost-benefit analyses useless.     

探地雷达在路基路面异常体病害探测中的应用

针对路基路面、桥梁病害,通过探地雷达探测中数据采集、信号处理和图像识别,开展了地质雷达检测路面结构层厚度、破损状况和路基隐患异常体部位工作,取得了路面隐含裂缝和桥梁空心板顶板厚度的实际应用。     

The effects of information bias and riding frequency on noise annoyance to a new railway extension in Hong Kong

We investigate how two non-acoustic factors, information bias and riding frequency, can affect the annoyance response of an urban population to noise created by a new railway line. The study shows that information bias is asymmetrical. Respondents receiving only information on positive measures taken by the authority to reduce noise emission are more tolerant of the noise impact, but those receiving only critical views tend to be more annoyed because they feel that not all measures to reduce noise have been employed. Additionally people who use the line frequently are more tolerant to the noise impact than those who do not. Information bias seems to have a temporary masking effect over riding frequency lasting for a few weeks after railway opening. This suggest that whilst free flow of information provided by the authority can help alleviate annoyance response, encouraging the people affected to make use of the new infrastructure may be useful to reduce public resistance and noise annoyance.     

Estimating the robustness of questionnaire results: lessons from a mixed-mode survey of expectations for tele-working and road-based business travel

The robustness of questionnaire results to various forms of bias are explored in the context of a dual-mode (web and hardcopy) survey of employers’ anticipations of levels of employee commuting and business travel activity under a range of future ICT scenarios. The questionnaire incorporated several innovative features which, together with the dual-mode format, allowed an unusually wide range of analyses. For example: the robustness of respondents’ opinions was tested by examining the effect of incorporating alternative versions of a briefing text, one being very positive and one very negative, about the role of ICT; instrument bias was identified via detailed comparison of the results from the two versions of the questionnaire; and the impact of exogenous factors which are often ignored or taken as constant was assessed via special supplementary questions. Analysis showed that the robustness of opinions and expectations varied and was influenced by respondent characteristics, and that results from the two versions of the questionnaire differed significantly. It is concluded that opinions and expectations are less robust, and questionnaire results are more subject to bias and myopic interpretation, than is generally recognised and that web-based surveys seem particularly vulnerable to sampling bias. Methods are suggested for measuring robustness, for reducing bias and for validating and contextualising results. The use of contrasting briefing texts is recommended as a means of establishing the robustness of opinions and expectations while supplementary questions are recommended for validating and contextualising SP and SE exercises.

铁路钢桥维修加固对策

通过对我国铁路钢桥现状的分析,提出建立铁路钢桥检测、诊断、修补加固的维护系统,重点分析了钢桥检查方法和重点部位、钢桥性能的测试与评定,具体制定了相应的维修加固对策。     

基于ABAQUS的地质偏压隧道非线性接触分析

针对于山岭隧道常出现的,穿越倾斜产状的层状岩体,或多在隧道进出口处节理裂隙发育的情况,结合成兰铁路茂县隧道出口地段所处的地质偏压环境,应用ABAQUS有限元分析软件中的面-面接触单元,建立节理软弱结构面的二维隧道模型。并对地质偏压隧道的围岩压力及衬砌结构内力进行非线性接触分析和计算,初步得出单线铁路隧道在地质偏压情况下围岩和衬砌结构的位移、应力的分布特征,并讨论软弱结构面的摩擦系数对隧道偏压作用的影响,根据隧道受力特点提出隧道在地质偏压情况下可能采取的建议和措施。     

路基溶洞加固的离散元方法数值模拟研究

通过建立含溶洞路基的离散元模型数值模拟了荷载作用下模型的响应,给出了采取加固措施前后组成路基模型颗粒间的接触力分布及位移矢量,监测了溶洞竖向六个位置颗粒的位移变化。结果表明,加固后颗粒的位移明显减小,由0.040cm减至0.014cm为最大减小范围。