水泥混凝土路面常见病害及其防治措施

水泥混凝土路面的病害对于行车速度、安全及舒适性具有重要影响。分析水泥混凝土路面的多种病害:断裂类病害、竖向位移类病害、接缝类病害、表层损坏类等病害,对各类病害的类型及轻重程度分级进行了详细论述,并提出了水泥混凝土路面病害的处治对策及相应的预防建议。     

高速公路沥青路面早期破坏现象及防护

沥青混凝土路面最常见的早期病害现象有:裂缝、松散、泛油、水损坏等。这些病害既影响了公路的交通运输又造成巨大的经济损失,对新建公路的正常使用和维护提出了更严峻的挑战。就以上几种常见病害的成因进行分析,并结合实际提出相应的预防处理措施。     

通道板更换及相关问题探析

通过高速公路养护工作实践,对养护过程中通道常见病害及处理进行了简要回顾,主要对通道板损坏成因、更换程序及施工中注意事项、建议以及打算等几方面的问题谈了具体看法与认识.     

模数桥梁伸缩缝损坏修复工程实践探索

高速公路模数桥梁伸缩缝在长期的运营中会出现疲劳损坏情况,并且随着使用时间的推移出现较多损坏情况。文章根据高速公路桥梁伸缩缝日常保养维修中遇到的常见问题,结合桥梁伸缩缝的结构特性,分析桥梁伸缩缝损坏病害的常见位置,介绍一种利用半幅更换方式结合运用高聚物快速结构修补料和钢轨铝热焊技术维修桥梁伸缩缝的方法,并提出更换桥梁伸缩缝应结合不同的交通环境以及实际需求,在保证施工质量、安全的前提下提升速度,降低对交通流的影响。     

广西路网公路沥青路面病害调查及分析

文章通过广西路网公路沥青路面大规模现场病害调查和室内试验,分析了路网公路沥青路面的主要病害类型及损坏特征,建立了路面残余空隙率、面层强度、油石比、基层强度等性能指标与路面损坏之间的关系,可为沥青路面设计及施工提供参考。     

普通公路沥青路面水损坏及防治措施

通过对沥青路面水损坏的破坏机理和产生原因的分析,总结了不同水损坏模式的病害表现形式,针对性地提出了不同的防治措施。     

水泥混凝土路面的病害处治探讨

水泥混凝土路面的病害对于行车速度、安全及舒适性具有重要影响.分析水泥混凝土路面的四大类病害:断裂类病害、竖向位移类病害、接缝类病害、表层类病害,对各类病害的类型及轻重程度分级进行了详细论述,并提出了水泥混凝土路面病害的处治对策及相应的预防建议.     

沥青混凝土路面损坏的防治

造成沥青混凝土路面损坏的主要原因是水损坏、施工问题、超载运输和路面结构设计的不完善,不同的地区产生病害的原因不尽相同,防治的对策也不同.根据青海特殊的地理环境和气候特点,分析了干线公路沥青混凝土路面产生病害的原因及防治措施.     

南宁某市政道路沥青路面病害调查及分析

文章通过对南宁市某市政道路"白改黑"后沥青路面出现的大规模病害进行调查,分析了该市政道路主要病害类型及损坏特征,探讨了路面空隙率、基层强度、旧水泥混凝土板脱空等性能指标与路面损坏之间的关系,可为市政道路"白改黑"设计及施工提供参考。     

路基主要病害的成因与处治

路基病害是造成公路早期损坏的重要因素之一,通过对不同的路基病害,病害成因及防治措施的介绍,从设计、施工、维护保养各个环节采取措施,可以防止和减少公路早期损害,延长使用寿命.     

Development and demonstration of an integrated decision support system for airport performance analysis

Airport decision makers are frequently facing complex decision-making problems related to airport planning, design, and operations. The airport decision-making process is further perplexed by the large number of stakeholders having different, and sometimes conflicting, objectives regarding the assessment of the airport performance. Despite the rich experience in both models and tools for airport performance analysis, existing models and tools address only fragmented parts of the airport decision-making process. At present, airport stakeholders lack models and tools able to provide an integrated view of the total airport processes and analyze the tradeoffs between the various measures of airport effectiveness. The objective of this paper is threefold: (i) to introduce the concept of total airport performance analysis, (ii) to describe the development of a Decision Support System capable of performing integrated airport analysis, and (iii) to demonstrate the capabilities of this Decision Support System by analyzing a real-world airport planning case of the Athens International Airport.     

Research review of air traffic management

As air transport demand keeps growing more quickly than system capacity, efficient and effective management of system capacity becomes essential to the operation of the future global air traffic system. Although research in the past two decades has made significant progress in relevant research fields, e.g. air traffic flow management and airport capacity modelling, research loopholes in air traffic management still exist and links between different research areas are required to enhance the system performance of air traffic management. Hence, the objective of this paper is to review systematically current research in the literature about the issue of air traffic management to prioritize productive research areas. Papers about air traffic management are discussed and categorized into two levels: system and airport. The system level of air transport research includes two main topics: air traffic flow management and airspace research. On the airport level, research topics are: airport capacity, airport facility utilization, aircraft operations in the airport terminal manoeuvring area as well as aircraft ground operations research. Potential research interests to focus on in the future are the integration between airspace capacity and airport capacity, the establishment of airport information systems to use airport capacity better, and the improvement in flight schedule planning to improve the reliability of schedule implementation.     

Effects of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue: an agent-based simulation approach

This paper examines the effect of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue using an agent-based simulation approach. Simulation results show that passenger mix (that is, the mix of shopper types according to a typology of airport shoppers) has a profound effect on airport retail revenue; the larger the number of ‘shopping lovers’ there are among passengers, the higher the airport retail revenue. Results also reveal that group travel can lead to negative effects on retail in certain terminal layouts, and that the amount of free dwell time that a passenger has can affect spending due to less retail engagement. This paper shows a combined effect of passenger characteristics and terminal layout on airport retail revenue, and discusses the implications of these results for future airport terminal design that aims to maximise retail potential.     

Intercontinental-airport regulation

This paper analyzes strategic interaction between intercontinental airport regulators, each of which levies airport charges paid by airlines and chooses its airport capacity under conditions of congestion. Congestion from intercontinental flights is common across intercontinental airports since departure and arrival airports are linked one to one, while purely domestic traffic also uses each airport. The paper focuses on two questions. First, if both continents can strategically set separate airport charges for domestic and intercontinental flights, how will the outcome differ from the first-best solution? Second, how is strategic airport behavior affected by the extent of market power of the airlines serving the intercontinental market? We see that strategic airport pricing and capacity choices by regulators lead to a welfare loss: the regulators both behave as monopolists in the market for intercontinental flights, charging a mark-up and decreasing capacity. This welfare loss even overshadows possible negative effects from imperfect competition within the intercontinental airline market. We further discuss how the presence of multiple regulators on one continent or a simple pricing rule might constrain the welfare loss created by strategic airport regulation.     

Airport taxi service regulation: An analysis of an exclusive contract

Taxi service at a number of major airports is supplied by one taxi company under an exclusive contract with the airport operating authority. Conventional wisdom suggests that airport taxi service produced under exclusive contract is socially inefficient. This was found to be true at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. In this paper we analyze the exclusive airport taxi service at Honolulu International Airport as a case study. At Honolulu International Airport, the terms of the exclusive airport taxi service contract are far less restrictive than those at Dallas/Fort Worth. Our analysis indicates that exclusive airport service can provide high quality service, reasonable prices and revenues to finance airport service. We conclude that is not the exclusivity, but rather the terms of the contract and the circumstances specific to each market that determines which system is best for a particular place.     

Comparing aircraft noise pollution and cost-risk effects of inland and offshore airports: The case of Dalian International Airport,Dalian, China

China’s Dalian International Airport is taken to compare the aircraft noise pollution and the cost-risk effects of the expanded an existing inland and a proposed offshore airport. The findings show that the aircraft noise pollution of the offshore airport is much less than that of the expanded inland airport; the land-use cost, noise reduction charges and other risks of the offshore airport are also much less; the creation of the offshore airport may be more favorable to the city’s development.     

An Airport Experience Framework from a Tourism Perspective

This study, by integrating the perspectives of sociological, psychological, and service marketing and management, all of which affect the passenger experience, proposes a theoretical framework for the creation of the airport experience in relation to tourism. This research responds to the current phenomenon in which airports are offering other types of experiences within the airport terminal, expanding the role of an airport from being a utility for transportation into a place where various and different values can be offered. This research explores the current airport experience and adds to research on airport experience by clarifying ten key components necessary for airport passenger experience propositions based on existing research, the current industry phenomena, and the empirical study. The paper also underlines those components that can enhance passenger experience in relation to tourism and highlights the role that airports contribute to a destination.     

Performance based clustering for benchmarking of US airports

Managing service operations is gaining significant attention in both academic and practitioner circles. In this broad area, performance evaluation and process improvement of airlines and air carriers has been the focus of several studies. Although efficient airport operations are critical for improved performance of airlines and air carriers, few studies have focused on airport performance measurement. This study evaluates the operational efficiencies of 44 major US airports across 5 years using multi-criteria non-parametric models. These efficiency scores are treated by a clustering method in identifying benchmarks for improving poorly performing airports. Efficiency measures are based on four resource input measures including airport operational costs, number of airport employees, gates and runways, and five output measures including operational revenue, passenger flow, commercial and general aviation movement, and total cargo transportation. The methodology presented here can be generalized to other industries and institutions.     

A generic system dynamics based tool for airport terminal performance analysis

Decision making for airport terminal planning, design and operations is a challenging task, since it should consider significant trade-offs regarding alternative operational policies and physical terminal layout concepts. Existing models and tools for airport terminal analysis and performance assessment are too specific (i.e., models of specific airports) or general simulation platforms that require substantial airport modelling effort. In addition, they are either too detailed (i.e., microscopic) or too aggregate (i.e., macroscopic), affecting, respectively, the flexibility of the model to adapt to any airport and the level of accuracy of the results obtained. Therefore, there is a need for a generic decision support tool that will incorporate sufficient level of detail for assessing airport terminal performance. To bridge this gap, a mesoscopic model for airport terminal performance analysis has been developed, that strikes a balance between flexibility and realistic results, adopting a system dynamics approach. The proposed model has a modular architecture and interface, enabling quick and easy model building and providing the capability of being adaptable to the configuration and operational characteristics of a wide spectrum of airport terminals in a user-friendly manner. The capabilities of the proposed model have been demonstrated through the analysis of the Athens International Airport terminal.