Duration analysis for recurrent ship accidents

About 63% of the world’s shipping accidents are recurrent—they occur to ships that have already experienced at least one prior accident. Therefore, reducing recurrent accidents can contribute significantly to maritime safety. We study the factors affecting both first and recurrent accidents, by focusing on the duration between two accidents. Cox proportional hazard models are applied to ship accident data from 1996 to 2015, and the results identify which ships have a high risk of recurrent accidents, based on ship attributes, ship supply and market conditions, shipbuilding country, previous accident type, and ship type. The recurrent rate is high when the ship involved in the accident is old, small, flies a flag of convenience, and has no detention record. In addition, the accident risk increases when the shipping market faces a high bunker price, overcapacity in supply, a high time charter rate, or low newbuilding price. On the other hand, ships built in China and Japan have lower recurrent accident rates than those built elsewhere, although ships built in China have earlier first accidents than do others. General cargo ships have the highest recurrent accident rate, followed by dry bulkers, container ships, and tankers, in that order.     

A practical identifier design of road variations for anti-lock brake system

Emergency brake technologies have always been a major interest of vehicle active safety-related studies. On homogeneous surfaces, traditional anti-lock brake system (ABS) can achieve efficient braking performance and maintain the handling capability as well. However, when road conditions are time variant during the braking process, or different at the bilateral wheels, braking stability performance is likely to be degraded. To address this problem and enhance ABS performances, a practical identifier of road variations is developed in this study. The proposed identifier adopts a statechart-based approach and is hierarchically constructed with a wheel layer and a full vehicle layer identifier. Based on the identification results, modifications are made to a four-phase wheel-behaviour-based ABS controller to enhance its performance. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed identifier in collaborating with the modified ABS controller are examined via simulations and further validated by track tests under various practical braking scenarios.     

旋压皮带轮芯模退料装置的改进

基于对旋压皮带轮旋压成型技术的研究,在退料力分析基础上,对退料装置的结构进行了改进,并采用了退料油缸,解决了旋压皮带轮退料难的问题,提高了该产品的加工质量和生产效率。     

RCrO4(R=Er,Tm)的电子结构和半金属铁磁性

用第一性原理研究了RCrO4(R=Er和Tm)氧化物的电子能带结构和半金属铁磁性,发现锆石相的RCrO4是优质的半金属铁磁材料,具有达到0.35eV的半金属能隙。为了研究磁相互作用的机制,采用密度泛函理论和广义梯度近似计算电子能带结构、态密度和自发磁矩,发现其磁性来源于R的f轨道电子、Cr的d轨道电子和O的p轨道电子的自旋极化。穿过费米能级的能带主要来源于R(4f)-O(2p)-Cr(3d)的杂化能级,并对磁性和电子输运性质起着关键作用。     

58m多用途拖船下水计算分析

着重介绍了58m多用途拖船#2船在较低水位下水时采取的改善措施,对下水计算结果进行验证分析以确定下水计算的正确性。     

港机金属结构故障诊断与安全使用期预估

1港口起重机金属结构故障诊断 金属结构的故障诊断是故障诊断工程领域的一个重点和难点,这是因为:①结构庞大,故障产生的部位很难确定;②开裂是结构最普遍的故障,它存在着潜在的危险;③金属结构折断是突发恶性故障,这种故障难于事前准确诊断.     

城市轨道交通噪声预测方法

在对城市轨道交通的噪声源特点进行分析的基础上,用类比法、比例法、模式法、模型法比较了国内外比较成熟的铁路噪声预测方法,提出把城市轨道交通噪声作为一个线声源、噪声源分解为轮轨噪声和牵引噪声分别进行预测的方法,并给出了详细的计算步骤.结合曼谷机场连接线工程,实例证明了此方法的可操作性及科学性.     

生态型渗水路面的设计与应用

城市路面硬化程度越高,给城市生态环境带来的危害就越大。修建生态型渗水路面是保护城市生态环境的需要。渗水路面结构由渗水路面砖和透水基层结构组成。适用于城市人行道、居住区内部道路、城市广场路面及小型车停车场等。该文介绍了生态型渗水路面的设计与应用。     

深圳轨道交通3号线高架车站站台的选型

我国城市轨道交通高架车站的设计,其型式的选用不仅直接决定工程造价,在一定程度上还影响到居民出行的方便性和城市景观的协调性.在介绍车站选型原则的基础上,结合深圳轨道交通3号线标准高架车站的设计过程,分析了沿线环境特点;通过对高架车站两种主要型式(岛式站台和侧式站台)的系统比较分析,提出了深圳轨道交通3号线应采用岛式站台.     

Evaluating the maneuverability of a new type of self-propelled barge

A new type of self-propelled barge was designed specifically for use on the Chishui River. This paper presents experimental results of its performance from tests in water of different depths,while bearing different loads. For test purposes,one of the best self-propelled barges from the Chishui River was used as a performance reference. The comparison showed that the new design has better maneuvering performance.