The role of professional associations in shipping

This article is in three parts. The first covers the historical development of qualifying associations. The second covers the particular role of maritime institutions that include The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, The Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology and The Nautical Institute. The third and final section considers the future for maritime professional associations in the context of international shipping.     

滑行艇和翼滑艇在正横规则波中的线性横摇仿真研究

建立滑行艇和翼滑艇在正横规则波中的二阶线性横摇运动微分方程,并利用前苏联中央流体动力中心ЦАГИ法得到艇体阻力,利用仿真工具Matlab/Simulink建立滑行艇和翼滑艇的横摇运动、阻力及推进系统的综合仿真模型,仿真计算结果表明建立的横摇运动微分方程较为合理,并验证具有前置V型割划式水翼的翼滑艇其横摇自稳特性要比同等吨位的滑行艇优良许多。     

同步发电机参数辨识的相关方法探讨

随着电网安全及稳定运行问题的重要性日益突出,基于获得准确的系统模型和参数辨识方法,优化同步发电机相关参数将是十分有意义的。本文针对当今几种比较典型的参数辨识方法做了系统的介绍,通过比较得出何种方法对于同步电机的参数辨识是最适合的。     

Estimation of origin‐destination matrices for a multimodal public transit network

This paper presents a procedure for the estimation of origin‐destination (O‐D) matrices for a multimodal public transit network. The system consists of a number of favored public transit modes that are obtained from a modal split process in a traditional four‐step transportation model. The demand of each favored mode is assigned to the multimodal network, which is comprised of a set of connected links of different public transit modes. An entropy maximization procedure is proposed to simultaneously estimate the O‐D demand matrices of all favored modes, which are consistent with target data sets such as the boarding counts and line segment flows that are observed directly in the network. A case study of the Hong Kong multimodal transit network is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.     

A traffic flow simulator for short‐term travel time forecasting

This paper presents an off‐line forecasting system for short‐term travel time forecasting. These forecasts are based on the historical traffic count data provided by detectors installed on Annual Traffic Census (ATC) stations in Hong Kong. A traffic flow simulator (TFS) is developed for short‐term travel time forecasting (in terms of offline forecasting), in which the variation of perceived travel time error and the fluctuations of origin‐destination (O‐D) demand are considered explicitly. On the basis of prior O‐D demand and partial updated detector data, the TFS can estimate the link travel times and flows for the whole network together with their variances and covariances. The short‐term travel time forecasting by O‐D pair can also be assessed and the O‐D matrix can be updated simultaneously. The application of the proposed off‐line forecasting system is illustrated by a numerical example in Hong Kong.     

Analysis of Driver's Decelerating Strategy in a Car-following Situation

This report describes a decelerating driver-model expressed by driving mode transition in car-following situations. The assumptions for constructing the model are that decelerating strategy of a driver is classified into several simple driving modes and that a driver changs his driving modes based on his perceptible characteristics and experiential rules. Deceleration action is divided into three states; following, standing and braking, which are applied to the model. The model has two paths for driver's decelerating action, one of which is selected by the driver based on the perceptible characteristics and experiential rules. The suitability of the model has been experimentally verified.     

小额支付系统的实现与处理流程

本文参考某省移动公司小额支付电子商务平台的实际项目,从工程项目的角度描述了业务功能和系统结构,并详细叙述了其中一种代表性的业务处理流程,为移动小额支付业务提供了完整的概要设计方案.     

海上卫星移动通信系统位置更新速率仿真研究

终端位置更新速率又是卫星通信系统终端位置管理的重要指标,直接影响到海上卫星移动通信系统的性能。从位置区设置方式出发,探讨采用不同的位置管理策略下的位置更新速率计算,并通过STK4.02和OPNET8.0.平台下的数值仿真,分析不同参数影响下的各种管理策略的特点。     

波流联合作用下的船舶系泊

通过波流联合作用下开敞式深水码头系泊试验研究成果的分析,阐述了流对系泊船舶的作用性质,波流联合作用下系泊船舶动态特征,缆绳选择及系缆方式,并对试验方法的选取提出了建议。     

Driver requirements and road traffic informatics

Initially the driver's role as a link in the driver-vehicle-road-traffic control-chain is discussed in a historical perspective. The gradual changes and the advantages and problems arising from these changes are discussed from behavioural point of view.Then the driver tasks are analyzed. A separation is made between trip planning, navigation, road following, traffic interaction, rule compliance, other than traffic tasks, car handling and speed choice. The relations between and the weights of these subtasks are discussed. Some existing driver behaviour models are reviewed in relation to the above mentioned tasks.Finally an effort is made based on the analyses of driver tasks and driver models to specify some general and some more specific potential advantages and problems with expected future RTI-systems.