Foldable container in empty container repositioning in intermodal transportation network of Belt and Road Initiative: strengths and limitations

In 2013, the concept of the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (Belt and Road)’ was initiated by the Chinese government, which involves Asian, European and African continents and their adjacent seas. Logistics plays a core role in such a large framework of economy and trade. In recent years, China, European Union, and Southeast Asia pay much attention to the design and development of the intermodal transportation network towards both economic and environmental efficiency. In this paper, we propose an empty container repositioning model in the intermodal transportation network of Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative by considering both standard and foldable containers. In this model, empty containers are repositioned from the inland of the original area, such as China, to other areas of B&R Initiative related countries and regions, such as European Union and Southeast Asia. We develop a mixed integer linear programming model to determine the optimal repositioning of empty containers via the intermodal transportation network. An Artificial Bee Colony algorithm is developed to solve large size problems in practice and numerical experiments are conducted to show the efficiency of our proposed algorithm. We provide managerial insights regarding the impact on the network performance of foldable containers transportation.     

Disaster prevention and strategic investment for multiple ports in a region: cooperation or not

With the growth of maritime transportation, seaports have become critical to the world economy as linking nodes between shipping and inland transport. However, the port system is fragile under certain unconventional emergency events. This study addresses the issue of investment on disaster prevention within the port competition context. The present model discusses and compares four situations of different relationships and strategies of pre-disaster prevention between two adjacent ports. Results indicate that both ports increase the disaster prevention investment under the cooperation scenario compared with that in the case of non-cooperation wherein they are complementary ports. Meanwhile, a numerical simulation is conducted to examine the collective and individual rationality of both ports. Although cooperation strategy decreases the total risk cost of two ports, one of the two ports may profit, whereas the other may suffer losses.     

计算流体动力学(CFD)在配管中的应用

随着软件技术的发展,计算流体动力学(CFD)在炼油化工行业中得以应用。文中以计算流体动力学模拟软件FLUENT为例,详细描述了利用计算流体动力学方法优化分支配管结构,结果表明CFD方法能够科学直观地解决此类配管优化问题,有着广泛的应用前景。     

输入多采样率数字控制系统的鲁棒极点配置

讨论了输入多采样率状态反馈鲁棒极点配置问题。由于输入多采样率采样,增加了系统的实际输入的个数,使得实现极点配置的状态反馈控制系统中具有自由度。现将这一自由度明确地表示为自由参数的形式,并利用优化算法选择这些参数,增强闭环系统的鲁棒性。     

旭普林无砟轨道路基施工研究

系统地阐述了德国旭普林无砟轨道（双块式轨枕）在路基上施工的工艺和技术方案,对同类型的路基施工具有重要参考价值。     

委内瑞拉某机务段修复工程人工费成本分析

1委内瑞拉铁路现状委内瑞拉中西部铁路修复工程位于委内瑞拉玻利瓦尔共和国境内中西部地区,全长241.4km,由2段组成。其中,卡贝略港―巴基西梅托段(简称卡—巴段)173.8km,始建于1959年,运营40多年来,由于资金、设备和人力等原因,铁路设施缺乏必要的养护和维修,导致旅客列车停运,     

基于遗传神经网络的相似重复记录检测方法研究

设计实现了一个相似重复记录检测系统,该系统包括预处理模块、聚类模块、字段匹配模块和记录匹配模块,支持聚类算法和字段匹配算法的定制扩充。并通过实验对比了几种著名的算法,实验结果表明该系统提高了相似重复记录检测的精确度。     

基于测斜仪数据的边坡灰色预报

钻孔测斜仪是一种测定钻孔横向位移的原位监测仪器,在边坡工程原位监测中应用最为广泛。通过监测确定岩（土）体内滑裂面的位置、大小和滑动方向,对分析边坡稳定性、确定滑坡动态起着重要作用。介绍钻孔测斜仪的组成、工作原理,测斜管的埋设技术和监测技术,并应用灰色系统理论对边坡变形的发展趋势进行预测,同时对边坡防护提出合理建议。     

主动旋流管道除垢系统的三维数值模拟

为分析主动旋流管道除垢系统的清洗效果,建立了以高压高速空气为介质的内置螺旋凹槽管的环形流动模型,利用fluent软件对光滑管和内置螺旋凹槽管进行数值模拟,并利用网格无关性验证模型网格。模拟结果表明：内置螺旋凹槽管的环形流动呈复杂的三维螺旋流动,而光滑管则呈普通的直线流动。在相同的条件下,内置螺旋凹槽管的切向速度比较剧烈,而光滑管的切向速度几乎为零,内置螺旋凹槽管的径向速度也比光滑管的大。内置螺旋凹槽管的切向和轴向速度的增大,使边界层减弱,有利于增大管壁的冲刷力,从而增强清洗管道的效果。     

基于ACCESS的斜拉桥病害数据库系统开发

针对目前高速公路桥梁管理系统无法对悬索桥、斜拉桥的上部、下部结构的重点部位提供病害管理的情况,依据斜拉桥桥梁养护检测中的病害特点及类型,利用ACCESS工具开发出斜拉桥病害数据库,提供病害录入、查询、统计、分析等功能,解决了斜拉桥重点部位病害动态管理的问题.