Potential economic benefits of using a weather ship routing system at Short Sea Shipping

This contribution investigates the economic benefits of using weather ship routing on Short Sea Shipping (SSS) activities. The investigation is supported with the development of a ship routing system based on pathfinding algorithm, the parametrization of the wave effect on navigation, and the use of high-resolution meteo-oceanographic predictions. The optimal ship routing analysis is investigated in a European SSS system: the link between Spanish and Italian ports. The results show the economic benefits using ship routing in SSS during energetic wave episodes. The rate of cost savings may reach 18% of the total costs under particular bad weather conditions in the navigation area. The work establishes the basis of further developments in optimal route applied in relatively short distances and its systematic use in the SSS maritime industry.     

Assessing the impacts of driving environment on driving behavior patterns

Transportation - Considering the role of behavioral and environmental factors on road accidents and traffic intensities, the characterization of vehicle use and driver behavior opens new...     

Assessing the influence of indicators’ complexity on hybrid discrete choice model estimates

Transportation - Hybrid discrete choice (HDC) modeling requires indicators to allow for the identification of latent variables. An indicator usually expresses the level of agreement of a respondent...     

Reassessing the commuting penalty for immigrants: new evidence from Spain

Transportation - This article examines the differences in commuting length between native and immigrant employees in Spain, a relevant issue since immigrants' longer commuting times may, among...     

遮阳棚对隧道进出口明暗适应的影响规律研究北大核心CSCD

为研究隧道进出口路段驾驶员明暗适应的特性及遮阳棚对明暗适应过程的影响规律,文章依托紫荆隧道(无遮阳棚)及巴朗山隧道(有遮阳棚)进行驾驶试验,以驾驶员瞳孔直径及其变化速率为研究参数,分析遮阳棚对隧道进出口路段明暗适应的缓冲效果。研究结果表明:暗适应过程90%以上发生在洞内段,明适应过程54.61%以上发生在洞内段;在隧道进口段暗适应过程中,通过遮阳棚时间为2 s时,最大瞳孔直径变化速率下降4.84%,通过遮阳棚时间为5 s时,最大瞳孔直径变化速率下降33.58%;在隧道出口段明适应过程中,通过遮阳棚时间为2 s时,最大瞳孔直径变化速率下降38.75%,通过遮阳棚的时间为5 s时,最大瞳孔直径变化速率下降49.97%。     

The Concept and Practice of Treatment for Damage in Railway Tunnel Linings Caused by High-pressure Karst Water北大核心CSCD

In recent years, railway tunnels in karst areas have frequently suffered flooding after high-intensity rainfall, which seriously affects the safety of tunnel operation and the order of transportation, and even interrupts the traffic. Based on the water hazard case in the Yuanbaoshan Tunnel on the Zhijin-Bijie Railway Line, this paper explores the causes of lining damage in terms of geology, rainfall, and the design and construction of water hazard sections, and puts forward the treatment technology for tunnel water hazards with the core concept of making full use of existing structures and employing open drainage methods in key sections. Besides, this paper simulates and analyzes the formation of hazards and the treatment effect through numerical simulation. The results show that the subjective causes for the damage in tunnel linings include an insufficient understanding of the water-bearing formations at the geological investigation stage, the underestimation of water hazard risks posed by high-intensity rainfall during construction, and the unimproved waterproof and drainage system in the design alteration, while the objective reasons include the development of karst near the tunnel section that passes through the stratum, the strong connectivity of water conduits, and the high-intensity rainfall in a certain period of time on the tunnel site. As for the simulation results, they show that the increase of external water pressure caused by the sudden rise in groundwater level after rainstorm significantly increases the internal force of linings, and eventually leads to a much lower safety factor of sidewall linings and large scale damage, which is in consistency with the characteristics of the actual on-site damage. After on-site emergency treatment, the tunnel structure has become stable and even encountering unprecedentedly heavy rainfall twice, the tunnel has still remained in a good condition. Since then, no water hazards and other disasters have occurred, which proves that the treatment plan is valid. © 2022, Editorial Office of Modern Tunnelling Technology. All right reserved.     

季冻区隧道离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬及其保温效果研究北大核心CSCD

为防治季冻区隧道中频繁出现的冻害问题,提出一种新型离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬,该套衬具有施工简便、防水性能可靠、防止混凝土掉块、提高聚氨酯使用寿命等优势,采用数值仿真对季冻区施作离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬隧道的温度场及其保温效果进行研究。结果表明:季冻区隧道施作新型离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬后,阻隔了寒冷空气对衬砌结构的影响,围岩正温区范围增大,隧道冻结线由距衬砌0.48 m围岩处前移至保温套衬,有效防止了季冻区隧道冻害的发生;季冻区隧道贴壁式聚氨酯保温层的保温效果为89.90%~96.43%,新型离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬的保温效果为101.94%~107.14%,离壁式波纹钢板保温套衬的保温效果要优于贴壁式聚氨酯保温层。     

走滑断层错动量大小对铁路隧道结构安全性影响的数值分析北大核心CSCD

走滑断层错动容易使穿越活动断裂带的隧道结构遭受严重的破坏。以某铁路隧道穿越某断裂带为工程背景,采用有限差分数值模拟手段,通过分析不同走滑断层错动量下隧道结构的位移、应力和应变,对隧道结构的安全性进行评判。研究表明:走滑断层错动时,除纵向位移外,随着错动量的增加,隧道结构位移越大,且走滑断层错动对在断层区和上盘区域的隧道结构影响最大;在走滑断层错动量>0.6 m后,隧道结构应力受错动量的影响较小,且隧道结构开始破坏,随着错动量增加,破坏范围增大。     

Research on deformation failure mode of slope diseases caused by earthquakeEI北大核心

Research purposes: The slope diseases caused by earthquake are different from other types of slope diseases in general. They have various mechanism and deformation failure modes and can cause large damages. In order to prevent and control these diseases pointedly, based on investigations of 3 slope diseases along the Wenchuan-Yingxiu Road influenced by the "5·12"Wenchuan Earthquake, the analyses and researches were made and done on the slope diseases types, slope structures and mechanism to summarize the deformation failure modes of slope diseases caused by earthquake. Research conclusions: (1) The main types of slope diseases include the collapse, landslide, slumping, fault and rockfall. Collapse is the major disease, up to 71% of the total slope diseases. About 80% diseases happens to rock slope. (2) The deformation failure modes of collapse have 8 types like pull cracking and falling.Landslide has 5types like pull cracking, shearing off and sliding. Slumping has 2 types of shaking loose and slumping. Rock falling has 2 types of throwing and dropping. Disorder falling has 1 type of shaking to crimping. (3) This research result can provide the reference to prevention and control of the slope diseases caused by earthquakes along railways and roads.     

Using data assimilation in laboratory experiments of geophysical flows

Data assimilation is used in numerical simulations of laboratory experiments in a stratified, rotating fluid. The experiments are performed on the large Coriolis turntable (Grenoble, France), which achieves a high degree of similarity with the ocean, and the simulations are performed with a two-layer shallow water model, using the SEEK method for data assimilation. Since the flow is measured with a high level of precision and resolution, a detailed analysis of a forecasting system is feasible. The procedure is tested for the baroclinic instability of a two-layer vortex. It is shown that the method of data assimilation properly captures the details of the initial flow perturbation. Then it is shown by sensitivity studies that an error of the model, attributed to small non-hydrostatic effects, can be distinguished from the error growth associated with the intrinsic instability of the system. Finally, it is experimentally demonstrated that the velocity field in the lower layer can be well controlled by data assimilation limited to the top layer.