Adaptation planning for climate-resilient urban infrastructures

This paper analyzes the interdependency across two critical infrastructures of transportation and motor fueling supply chains, and investigates how vulnerability to climatic extremes in a fueling infrastructure hampers the resilience of a transportation system. The proposed model features both a bi-stage mathematical program and an extension to an ‘α-reliable mean-excess’ regret model. The former aspect allows decision makers to optimize the pre-disaster asset prepositioning against the maximum post-disaster system resilience. The latter aspect of the proposed model devalues the impact of ‘low-probability, high-cost’ sub-scenarios upon model results. The model reveals the reliance of post-disaster urban mobility on the interdependent critical infrastructure of motor fueling supply chains. The results also suggest how investment in the fueling infrastructure’s vulnerable elements protects urban mobility while the transportation network is stressed or under attack.     

基于CSL隧道支护结构的喷膜防水层黏结性能试验研究北大核心CSCD

文章针对隧道渗漏水严重的问题,采用一种新型隧道喷膜防水技术,建立与前、后混凝土均具有黏结性能的隧道支护结构形式(CSL),从而克服混凝土加防水板的传统支护结构在防水性能上的弊端。喷膜防水层与前、后混凝土间的黏结性能是CSL设计的一个重要参数,直接决定CSL的防水和支护性能。鉴于此,文章开展了CSL隧道支护结构喷膜防水层黏结性能试验,研究喷射混凝土基面干湿状态、膜层厚度对CSL黏结性能的影响。研究表明:层间黏结强度与膜层厚度的平方根成反比;在保证喷射混凝土基面无流动水的情况下,喷射混凝土基面含水有助于提高防水膜与喷射混凝土的黏结强度,充分发挥其黏结性能;随着含水率的增加,CSL结构黏结强度呈现逐渐增大的趋势。     

CMC改性海水泥浆性质变化及砂地层成膜试验研究北大核心CSCD

为探究泥水盾构穿越海底砂地层时羧甲基纤维素钠(CMC)对海水泥浆性质及成膜效果的影响,配制不同CMC掺量的海水泥浆,分析泥浆泌水率、黏度、Zeta电位等性质的变化情况,并开展了泥浆渗透成膜试验。研究结果表明:相对于海水泥浆,加入CMC后的泥浆黏度逐渐增大,2h泌水率显著减小,形成的泥膜中结合水含量逐渐变大,泥膜渗透系数减小至4.03×10^(-8)cm/s;改性海水泥浆中粒径小于75μm的细颗粒含量显著增加,静置24h后,泥浆上部呈现浑浊,下部依然存在较严重的沉淀;当CMC掺量达到0.16%时,改性海水泥浆2h泌水率小于10%,成膜渗透流量小于0.01m^(3)/m^(2),可以保证泥浆短期稳定性并形成致密泥膜。     

岩溶隧道排水管结晶堵塞试验与数值模拟研究北大核心CSCD

为实现岩溶区隧道排水系统堵塞过程的精准刻画和预警防控,开展了与现场1∶1等比例的排水系统堵管室内试验,探讨了仿真现场水动力、水化学和干湿循环条件下管道结晶沉淀量的变化规律,构建了考虑水动力和碳酸盐岩组分溶解-沉淀化学反应耦合驱动过程的数值模型,结合室内试验数据,对所建立的隧道排水管结晶堵塞模型进行验证。模拟结果表明,随着时间的推移,模拟值与试验观测值之间的误差逐渐减小,至15 d左右,二者拟合决定系数R2为0.67,证明在相对较长时间尺度下,所构建的数值模型在一定程度上能够较好地预测隧道排水管道内的结晶生成过程,模型能为隧道排水系统堵塞问题的防治提供理论指导,进而为岩溶隧道地质灾害的早期识别与安全评价提供保障。     

利用FEPG进行Navier-Stokes方程的有限元程序的生成

通过有限元生成系统(FEPC)产生了粘性不可压流体Navier-Stokes方程的有限元程序.为了克服计算上的困难,利用算子分裂法将N-S方程表述的物理过程分解为扩散和对流两个过程.导出了扩散方程的弱形式,进而建立起它的有限元方程,利用最小二乘法建立起对流方程的有限元方程.利用所产生的程序对二维的粘性不可压流体的绕圆柱流动问题进行了数值模拟.     

Time-domain TEBEM method for mean drift force and moment of ships with forward speed under the oblique seas

A numerical method for solving 3D unsteady potential flow problem of ship advancing in waves is put forward. The flow field is divided into an inner and an outer domain by introducing an artificial matching surface. The inner domain is surrounded by ship wetted surface and matching surface as well as part of the free surface. The free surface condition for the inner domain is formulated by perturbation about the double-body flow or uniform incoming flow assumption. The outer domain is surrounded by matching surface and the rest free surface as well as infinite far-field radiation boundary. The free surface condition for the outer domain is formulated by perturbation about uniform incoming flow. The simple Green function and transient free surface Green function are used to form the boundary integral equation (BIE) for the inner and outer domains, respectively. Taylor Expansion Boundary Element Method (TEBEM) is utilized to solve the double-body flow and inner domain and outer domain unsteady flow BIE. Matching conditions for the inner domain flow and outer domain flow are enforced by the continuity of velocity potential and normal velocity on the matching surface. Direct pressure integration on ship wetted surface is used to obtain the first-order and second-order wave forces (moments). The numerical predictions on the displacement, added resistance, sway mean drift force and yaw mean drift moment of the modified KVLCC2 ship at different forward speeds are investigated by the proposed TEBEM method. It is also compared with the other numerical results. The physical tank experiment results are also developed to validate the accuracy of numerical tank results. Compared with the experiment solutions, a good agreement can be obtained by TEBEM method.

     

How can stakeholders promote environmental and social responsibility in the shipping industry?

The highly globalized and competitive nature of the shipping industry poses serious governance challenges. Recently, the use of voluntary measures, such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, has been explored in terms of moving towards environmentally and socially responsible as well as safe shipping industry practices. Limited attention has been paid on the role of stakeholders such as consumers, employees, NGOs, and academia in pressuring the shipping industry towards greater environmental and social responsibility. Here, by applying stakeholder theory and drawing on examples of already materialized stakeholder actions and multi-stakeholder initiatives, we study the potential ways that stakeholders can promote CSR in the shipping industry: we explore the resource dependencies between stakeholders, the stakeholder influence strategies, and the importance of multi-stakeholder pressure. We show that stakeholders can gain more power by using indirect strategies such as working via and/or in alliances with NGOs, trade unions, banks and financers, and/or different national or international regulatory bodies, as well as with the industry itself. Our results reveal the potential of multi-stakeholder pressure and action to promote the adoption of CSR activities, support the transparency, legitimacy, and enforcement of the practices, as well as widen the scope and focus of CSR initiatives and practices by focusing on a broad range of social and environmental issues. Finally, stakeholder pressure can push towards improved regulations. The study suggests that increased attention needs to be paid on the multi-stakeholder demands, especially considering the accentuated importance of effective maritime governance in the future.     

Effect of a drag-reducing polymer solution ejection on tip vortex cavitation

Experiments regarding the modification of the foil geometry and/or active or passive mass injection in the vortex core have been performed to investigate the possibility of inhibiting tip vortex cavitation. The ejection at very low flow rates of drag-reducing polymer solutions at the tip of hydrofoils and propeller blades has demonstrated effectiveness as a tip vortex cavitation inhibitor. This paper reports the results obtained with an elliptical hydrofoil, of 8cm maximum chord and 12cm haif-span, operating at Reynolds numbers, of =10⁶, much larger than those previously reported in the literature. Lift coefficients and critical cavitation numbers were determined for a variety of flow and polymer solution ejection conditions. Tangential and axial components of the mean velocity as well as velocity fluctuations along the vortex path were also measured. At 12.5 m/s free stream velocity and a variety of angles of attack, the ejection of a 500 ppm aqueous solution of a drag-reducing polymer at a flow rate of about 5 cm³/s leads to a decrease of up to 30% in the cavitation number. This occurs without modification of the lift coefficient and, hence, of the midspan bound circulation of the foil. Moreover, water injection does not cause any appreciable change in the cavitation numbers. The tangential velocity profiles along the vortex path during polymer ejection indicate that the potential region remains the same, while the viscous core dimension increases, and the maximum tangential velocity decreases substantially as compared to the no ejection or water ejection experiments. Thus, the pressure coefficients at the vortex axis are smaller than for the no ejection or water ejection cases and cause the reduction of the critical cavitation numbers. It is speculated that this inhibition effect is due only to swelling of the polymer solution when exiting the ejection orifice.List of symbols a core radius (distance to the vortex axis for maximum tangential velocity) - C ₁ lift coefficient - c _max maximum chord - Cp pressure coefficient at the vortex axis - Cp _min minimum pressure coefficient at the vortex axis - d _e diameter of the ejection port - m ejection flow rate - P reference pressure - P _v vapor pressure - V free stream velocity - V _a axial velocity - V _t tangential velocity - v _r radial component of the velocity resulting from jet swelling - x downstream distance from the tip of the foil - y, r distance to the vortex axis - angle of attack - r difference between the swollen jet and the ejection port radii - boundary layer thickness - tip vortex intensity - _d ( _de ) desinent cavitation number (with ejection) - _i ( _ie ) inception cavitation number (with ejection) - _ii normal stresses - viscosity - v kinematic viscosity - p specific mass     

A Mathematical Model for Driver Steering Control, with Design, Tuning and Performance Results

A mathematical model for the steering control of an automobile is described. The structure of the model derives from linear optimal discrete time preview control theory but it is non-linear. Its parameter values are obtained by heuristic methods, using insight gained from the linear optimal control theory. The driver model is joined to a vehicle dynamics model and the path tracking performance is demonstrated, using moderate manoeuvring and racing speeds. The model is shown to be capable of excellent path following and to be robust against changes in the vehicle dynamics. Application to the simulation of manoeuvres specified by an ideal vehicle path and further development of the model to formalise the derivation of its parameter values and to put it to other uses are discussed.     

An Extended Adaptive Kalman Filter for Real-time State Estimation of Vehicle Handling Dynamics

This paper considers a method for estimating vehicle handling dynamic states in real-time, using a reduced sensor set; the information is essential for vehicle handling stability control and is also valuable in chassis design evaluation. An extended (nonlinear) Kalman filter is designed to estimate the rapidly varying handling state vector. This employs a low order (4 DOF) handling model which is augmented to include adaptive states (cornering stiffnesses) to compensate for tyre force nonlinearities. The adaptation is driven by steer-induced variations in the longitudinal vehicle acceleration. The observer is compared with an equivalent linear, model-invariant Kalman filter. Both filters are designed and tested against data from a high order source model which simulates six degrees of freedom for the vehicle body, and employs a combined-slip Pacejka tyre model. A performance comparison is presented, which shows promising results for the extended filter, given a sensor set comprising three accelerometers only. The study also presents an insight into the effect of correlated error sources in this application, and it concludes with a discussion of the new observer's practical viability.