How does purchasing intangible services online influence the travel to consume these services? A focus on a Chinese context

Transportation - A considerable number of empirical studies have explored the effects of information & communication technologies (ICT) on travel in recent years. In particular, the most...     

Do changes in the residential location lead to changes in travel attitudes? A structural equation modeling approach

Transportation - Numerous studies have found that travel attitudes might not only affect travel behavior, but also the residential location choice as people might choose a residential location...     

深水大流速大型构件水下安装设备与应用

结合长江南京以下12.5 m深水航道二期工程仪征水道整治工程梯形空心构件深水大流速没顶安装的特点,研发深水大流速安装专用吊具、配套测量架及测量定位系统,改进传统航道整治中混合堤构件安装工艺,提高安装精度和施工效率,有效解决没顶安装环境下轴线偏差、错台、缝宽控制难度大的问题,实现大型构件深水安装安全、高效、高精度的预期目...     

基于UMAT的冰—结构相互作用数值仿真

基于ABAQUS 用户自定义子程序UMAT,采用已有的冰的弹性失效准则,针对冰与结构的相互作用进行数值模拟。首先, 通过简单算例验证本文开发的UMAT的正确性;然后, 采用开发的UMAT建立单个冰单元受刚性板挤压下的力学模型,得到力—位移曲线;最后, 通过建立圆柱与冰相互作用的仿真分析模型,探讨冰板厚度对结构反力的影响。研究结果表明,采用用户自定义程序UMAT使得模拟更为复杂的冰力学特性成为可能,可为以后开展大规模的冰—结构相互作用研究奠定基础。     

船舶推进轴系冲击特性试验研究

文章对船舶推进轴系冲击特性进行试验研究.为了和理论模型相比较,设计、制作了轴系试验模型,进行了轴系固有频率测试和冲击试验研究.冲击试验测试值与理论预估值基本一致,验证了轴系冲击动力学理论模型的可靠性和适用性.     

干线公路高模量沥青混凝土应用研究

文章试验研究了不同PR/RA改性剂掺量的高模量沥青混凝土(HMAC)的抗车辙性能,分析了层位、层厚、模量、轴载、温度和荷载次数等因素对高模量沥青混凝土路面抗车辙性能的影响程度,提出了合理的路面层位设置、模量取值范围及路面结构组合,并通过某干线公路试验路段,验证了高模量沥青混凝土的抗车辙效果。     

Isolating high-priority metro and feeder bus transfers using smart card data

Fixed-rail metro (or ‘subway’) infrastructure is generally unable to provide access to all parts of the city grid. Consequently, feeder bus lines are an integral component of urban mass transit systems. While passengers prefer a seamless transfer between these two distinct transportation services, each service’s operations are subject to a different set of factors that contribute to metro-bus transfer delay. Previous attempts to understand transfer delay were limited by the availability of tools to measure the time and cost associated with passengers’ transfer experience. This paper uses data from smart card systems, an emerging technology that automatically collects passenger trip data, to understand transfer delay. The primary objective of this study is to use smart card data to derive a reproducible methodology that isolates high priority transfer points between the metro system and its feeder-bus systems. The paper outlines a methodology to identify transfer transactions in the smart card dataset, estimate bus headways without the aid of geographic location information, estimate three components of the total transfer time (walking time, waiting time, and delay time), and isolate high-priority transfer pairs. The paper uses smart card data from Nanjing, China as a case study. The results isolate eight high priority metro-bus transfer pairs in the Nanjing metro system and finally, offers several targeted measures to improve transfer efficiency.     

LNG接收站再冷凝器工艺控制分析

针对目前某LNG接收站采用的再冷凝工艺,在简要介绍再冷凝器结构和工艺的基础上,从温压补偿,比率计算,流量、压力及液位控制方面入手,对再冷凝器串级控制模式下的工艺控制原理进行详细地阐述和分析。该分析是基于某LNG接收站近4年的平稳运营经验形成,对新建LNG接收站再冷凝器的投用和平稳操作具有一定的参考价值。     

The Geometrical Contact between Track and Wheelset

In previous publications the author has described a so-called first-order theory for the motion of a railway vehicle wheelset on a tangent track. In the present report the geometrical aspect of this theory is further evaluated and a method for solving the constraint equations between the coordinates of the wheelset is indicated.     

Analysing Demand for Suburban Trips: A Mixed RP/SP Model with Latent Variables and Interaction Effects

We analyse mode choice behaviour for suburban trips in the Grand Canary island using mixed revealed preference (RP)/stated preference (SP) information. The SP choice experiment allowed for interactions among the main policy variables: travel cost, travel time and frequency, and also to test the influence of latent variables such as comfort. It also led to discuss additional requirements on the size and sign of the estimated model parameters, to assess model quality when interactions are present. The RP survey produced data on actual trip behaviour and was used to adapt the SP choice experiment. During the specification searches we detected the presence of income effect and were able to derive willingness-to-pay measures, such as the subjective value of time, which varied among individuals. We also studied the systematic heterogeneity in individual tastes through the specification of models allowing for interactions between level-of-service and socio-economic variables. We concluded examining the sensitivity of travellers’ behaviour to various policy scenarios. In particular, it seems that contrary to political opinion, in a crowded island policies penalising the use of the private car seem to have a far greater impact in terms of bus patronage than policies implying direct improvements to the public transport service.