水平管道中堆积速度的确定

在借鉴已有成果,特别是许振良教授提出的水平管道固体粒子处于滑、跳移时的速度分布模型理论的基础上,结合底层固体颗粒的起动条件,运用数值逼近方法确定堆积速度的计算公式。最后用相关数据对这些公式进行检验,计算结果与实际测量结果较为符合。     

On the convergence of iterative methods for the distribution balancing problem

A general distribution balancing problem, specified by the given outflows and inflows and the factorial form of its solution, is formulated. Solution uniqueness and boundedness is discussed—primarily in graph theoretical terms. An entropy maximisation problem, subject to general linear constraints, is transformed into an unconstrained optimisation problem by application of standard duality theory, and a relevant general convergence theorem for iterative solution methods is given. The optimum solution in a special case is identified with the flow solution. When expressed in flow variables, the dual objective has a unique and bounded optimum solution and is an appropriate unifying concept for measuring the rate of convergence of different solution methods. By regarding the balancing procedure as an iterative optimisation method, a new and simple proof of its convergence is given, together with some asymptotic results, which are also compared with those of Newton's method. It is pointed out that there are two different forms of Newton's method, according to the choice of variables—untransformed or transformed— in the original distribution balancing problem. When Newton's method is applied to the whole system of equations simultaneously, the trajectory of iterates is observed to depend on this variable choice. For the transformed variables it is noticed that the convergence with the balancing procedure is quicker than with Newton's method applied to the outflow- and inflow- equations, alternately. To guarantee global convergence with Newton's method and to increase the rate a supplementary linear search routine is recommended.     

液体输送管道固液耦合振动的有限元分析

针对在工程中常见的液体输送管道 ,根据Hamilton原理 ,使用有限元法推导了管道的固液耦合振动方程。通过求解振动方程组的特征值得到管道的固有频率及临界流速 ,并讨论了液体的流速、压力变化对管道固有频率的影响。计算结果表明 ,管道的固有频率随流速的增大而降低 ,当流速等于或大于临界流速时 ,管道将发生静力失稳。     

管道缺陷与补板漏磁场识别技术研究

提出了管道漏磁检测过程中缺陷漏磁场与补板漏磁场的识别方法。根据微分形式的麦克斯韦方程组得出漏磁场动态数据模型。利用有限元方法建立管道漏磁检测的数值仿真模型,将缺陷、补板、缺陷与补板同时存在的漏磁场进行对比分析,并通过相邻补板漏磁场的分析,得出补板漏磁场与缺陷漏磁场的识别方法,为提高漏磁检测的精确度提供了重要的理论依据。     

A robust,data-driven methodology for real-world driving cycle development

This paper develops a robust, data-driven Markov Chain method to capture real-world behaviour in a driving cycle without deconstructing the raw velocity–time sequence. The accuracy of the driving cycles developed using this method was assessed on nine metrics as a function of the number of velocity states, driving cycle length and number of Markov repetitions. The road grade was introduced using vehicle specific power and a velocity penalty. The method was demonstrated on a corpus of 1180 km from a trial of electric scooters. The accuracies of the candidate driving cycles depended most strongly on the number of Markov repetitions. The best driving cycle used 135 velocity modes, was 500 s and captured the corpus behaviour to within 5% after 1,000,000 Markov repetitions. In general, the best driving cycle reproduced the corpus behaviour better when road grade was included.     

海洋平台输液管道激振流体特性研究

研究了海洋平台输液管道激振流体的行为特性。依据振荡流体力学及傅里叶变换基本原理，建立了输液管道非定常、不可压缩、黏性振动流的数学模型，将流动分解为稳定流和振荡流2部分，推导出关于流场速度、压力系数的微分方程组，求解了不同条件下的流速和压力。结果表明：海洋平台输液管道激振流体的行为特性受管道结构形状及流体性质的影响。比较等截面管道的变分解和数值解，说明此方法用于研究海洋平台输液管道的流体激振是有效的。     

On the existence of stationary states in general road networks

Our daily driving experience and empirical observations suggest that traffic patterns in a road network are relatively stationary during peak periods. In numerous transportation network studies, there has been an implicit conjecture that stationary states exist in a network when origin demands, route choice proportions, and destination supplies are constant. In this study, we first rigorously formulate the conjecture within the framework of a network kinematic wave theory with an invariant junction model. After defining stationary states, we derive a system of algebraic equations in 3-tuples of stationary link flow-rates, demands, and supplies. We then introduce a new definition of junction critical demand levels based on effective demands and supplies. With a map in critical demand levels, we show that its fixed points and, therefore, stationary states exist with the help of Brouwer’s fixed point theorem. For two simple road networks, we show that the map is well-defined and can be used to solve stationary states with a brute-force method. Finally we summarize the study and present some future extensions and applications.     

腐蚀管道剩余寿命预测方法

基于可靠性理论,提出了一种预测管道腐蚀剩余寿命的新方法,即管道腐蚀可靠性寿命预测方法。该方法包括建立腐蚀管道的失效状态函数、腐蚀速率等变量的概率分布模型、管道失效概率和可靠度随时间的变化规律;然后根据管道所处地区级别和风险等级给定目标可靠度,确定管道的腐蚀剩余寿命。运用此方法预测了新疆采油一厂红浅注汽管道的腐蚀剩余寿命,为该管道腐蚀检测周期的确定提供了科学依据。     

伴有堆积层的管道速度分布规律研究

对具有固定床的水平管道断面的紊流速度分布进行研究。将整个断面分为两部分：一部分为弓形断面,另一部分为固定床断面。弓形断面的速度分布研究是基于圆形断面管道紊流的理论,并且结合一定的假设来数值模拟弓形断面管道的紊流速度分布规律。固定床断面的速度分布研究是基于Ergun理论,最后通过一定的边界条件将两部分断面速度分布组合成整个断面的速度分布。通过大量的实验证明：该研究方法及程序较好地模拟了此断面的紊流速度分布。     

Intelligent cruise control systems and traffic flow stability

There are two kinds of stability associated with traffic flow problems – string stability (or car-following stability) and traffic flow stability. We provide a clear distinction between traffic flow stability and string stability, and such a distinction has not been recognized in the literature, thus far. String stability is stability with respect to intervehicular spacing; intuitively, it ensures the knowledge of the position and velocity of every vehicle in the traffic, within reasonable bounds of error, from the knowledge of the position and velocity of a vehicle in the traffic. String stability is analyzed without adding vehicles to or removing vehicles from the traffic. On the other hand, traffic flow stability deals with the evolution of traffic velocity and density in response to the addition and/or removal of vehicles from the flow. Traffic flow stability can be guaranteed only if the velocity and density solutions of the coupled set of equations is stable, i.e., only if stability with respect to automatic vehicle following and stability with respect to density evolution is guaranteed. Therefore, the flow stability and critical capacity of any section of a highway is dependent not only on the vehicle following control laws and the information used in their synthesis, but also on the spacing policy employed by the control system. Such a dependence has practical consequences in the choice of a spacing policy for adaptive cruise control laws and on the stability of the traffic flow consisting of vehicles equipped with adaptive cruise control features on the existing and future highways. This critical dependence is the subject of investigation here.     

A moving bottleneck

Suppose that a vehicle or convoy enters a two-lane unidirectional roadway and travels at a velocity v^* less than the prevailing traffic. This moving bottleneck may cause a queue to form as vehicles try to pass the obstruction. It is shown that by going to a moving coordinate system traveling at velocity v^* the analysis of this can be transformed into a corresponding analysis of flow past a stationary bottleneck. The theory is then extended to investigate possible consequences of trucks on grades.     

基于灰色马尔可夫理论的油气管道腐蚀剩余寿命预测

以灰色理论的标准GM（1,1）模型和马尔可夫TPM理论为基础,提出了基于灰色马尔可夫理论的油气管道腐蚀剩余寿命预测方法。利用灰色马尔可夫理论预测腐蚀油气管道剩余寿命的步骤主要包括：最大允许腐蚀深度的确定,腐蚀速率的预测以及剩余寿命预测。并基于该方法,采用VB系统开发了实用软件,简便可靠。该方法可以在腐蚀速率波动比较大的情况下预测油气管道的剩余寿命,为油气管道腐蚀检测周期的确定提供了科学依据。     

The prigogine-herman kinetic model predicts widely scattered traffic flow data at high concentrations

The classical derivation of a traffic stream model (e.g. speed/concentration relation) from the equilibrium solutions of the Prigogine–Herman kinetic equation invokes the nontrivial assumption that the underlying distribution of desired speeds is nonzero for vanishingly small speeds. In this paper we investigate the situation when this assumption does not hold. It is found that the Prigogine–Herman kinetic equation has a one-parameter family of equilibrium solutions, and hence an associated traffic stream model, only for traffic concentrations below some critical value; at higher concentrations there is a two-parameter family of solutions, and hence a continuum of mean velocities for each concentration. This result holds for both constant values of the passing probability and the relaxation time, and for values that depend on concentration in the manner assumed by Prigogine and Herman. It is hypothesized that this result reflects the well-known tendency toward substantial scatter in observational data of traffic flow at high concentrations.     

枝状天然气管网流动方程

过去使用的关联矩阵方法在描述枝状天然气管网流动方程时,没有考虑压气站的自耗气,这在一些需要准确描述这部分气量的模型中会产生不可避免的偏差.文中通过增加自耗气源向量的方法对此进行了改进,使得该方法可以完整地描述这部分天然气,能更加准确地对管网的结构和流动方程进行描述.     

The reliability of using the gravity model for forecasting trip distribution

The main purpose of this study is to assess the forecasting capability of the gravity model and to investigate the merit of including K-factors when using the model. Peak hour trip data was obtained for four study year periods 1962, 1971, 1976 and 1981 for the City of Winnipeg. Analysis of the calibration results indicated that the F-factors for the twenty year period were stable within a range of values. In general, however, the K-factors were found to be inconsistent from one prediction period to the next, and when used in forecasting trips they resulted in larger errors than without their use. The validity of using K-factors or the method which has been used to determine them is questionable. It was concluded that while K-factors are very meaningful in theory (as defined), they are not appropriate for use in predicting O-D matrices based on the method by which they are currently estimated (i.e. as a simple ratio). Further study is needed to investigate an alternative method of calibrating the gravity model such as the cell-by-cell regression method.     

An investigation of multiplier effects generated by implementing queue jump lanes at multiple intersections

This paper investigates the combination effects of queue jump lanes (QJLs) on signalised arterials to establish if a multiplier effect exists, that is, the benefit from providing QJLs at multiple intersections is higher than the sum of benefits from providing them individually at each of those intersections. To explore the combination effects on bus delay and total person delay, a delay estimation model is developed using kinematic wave theory, kinematic equations and Monte Carlo simulation. In addition, to investigate the combination effects in offset settings optimised for bus delay or total person delay, offset optimisation models are proposed. Validation results using traffic micro‐simulation indicate the effectiveness and computational efficiency of the proposed models. Results of a modelling test bed suggest that providing QJLs at multiple intersections can create a multiplier effect on one‐directional bus delay savings with signal offsets that provide bus progression. Furthermore, optimising offsets to minimise bus delay tends to create a multiplier effect on one‐directional bus delay savings, particularly when variations in dwell times are not high. The reason for the multiplier effect may be that providing QJLs reduces variations in bus travel times, which makes signal coordination for buses perform more effectively. From a policy perspective, the existence of a multiplier effect suggests that a corridor‐wide scale implementation of QJLs has considerable merit. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Driving cycle prediction model based on bus route features

Bus fuel economy is deeply influenced by the driving cycles, which vary for different route conditions. Buses optimized for a standard driving cycle are not necessarily suitable for actual driving conditions, and, therefore, it is critical to predict the driving cycles based on the route conditions. To conveniently predict representative driving cycles of special bus routes, this paper proposed a prediction model based on bus route features, which supports bus optimization. The relations between 27 inter-station characteristics and bus fuel economy were analyzed. According to the analysis, five inter-station route characteristics were abstracted to represent the bus route features, and four inter-station driving characteristics were abstracted to represent the driving cycle features between bus stations. Inter-station driving characteristic equations were established based on the multiple linear regression, reflecting the linear relationships between the five inter-station route characteristics and the four inter-station driving characteristics. Using kinematic segment classification, a basic driving cycle database was established, including 4704 different transmission matrices. Based on the inter-station driving characteristic equations and the basic driving cycle database, the driving cycle prediction model was developed, generating drive cycles by the iterative Markov chain for the assigned bus lines. The model was finally validated by more than 2 years of acquired data. The experimental results show that the predicted driving cycle is consistent with the historical average velocity profile, and the prediction similarity is 78.69%. The proposed model can be an effective way for the driving cycle prediction of bus routes.     

Estimating travel times and vehicle trajectories on freeways using dual loop detectors

Recent research has investigated various means of measuring link travel times on freeways. This search has been motivated in part by the fact that travel time is considered to be more informative to users than local velocity measurements at a detector station. But direct travel time measurement requires the correlation of vehicle observations at multiple locations, which in turn requires new communications infrastructure and/or new detector hardware. This paper presents a method for estimating link travel time using data from an individual dual loop detector, without requiring any new hardware. The estimation technique exploits basic traffic flow theory to extrapolate local conditions to an extended link. In the process of estimating travel times, the algorithm also estimates vehicle trajectories. The work demonstrates that the travel time estimates are very good provided there are no sources of delay, such as an incident, within a link.     

Infrastructure maintenance,regeneration and service quality economics: A rail example

This paper proposes a formalized framework for the joint economic optimization of continuous maintenance and periodic regeneration of rail transport infrastructure taking into account output consisting not only in traffic levels but also in track service quality. In contrast with much optimization work pertaining to spatially contiguous maintenance works, its principal economic emphasis and objective focus are centered on the optimal allocation of current maintenance and periodic renewal expenses, on their yearly distribution among large network partitions, and on infrastructure pricing. The model equations are based on very simple assumptions of infrastructure degradation laws and on a manager's objective function optimized through optimal control procedures. Equations are tested on national French rail track segment databases using Box–Cox transformations and match rail regeneration and maintenance practices prevailing in France. More generally, the paper makes a broad contribution to capital theory, on the optimal maintenance and renewal of equipment, and defines a method applicable not only to other transport infrastructure but to a wide range of capital goods, including housing, cars and industrial machines.     

机动管线水面浮运铺设牵引力计算及分析比较

机动管线和固定管线不同,是由一根根的管子用连接器或自身阴阳头连接而成。机动管线在水面浮运中所受牵引力的大小是铺设过程中的重要参数。用流速函数描述水面流速分布,得出牵引力的计算公式,并通过Matlab编程分析了任一参数变化时牵引力的变化情况,根据管线自身强度,得出了铺设时的临界点,并对各参数的影响进行了比较,对管线铺设有一定的借鉴意义。