Rail line length in a crosstown corridor with many-to-many demand

An analytical model that determines the optimal location and length of rail line along a crosstown transportation corridor with the objective of minimizing the total transportation cost is presented. A general, many-to-many passenger demand pattern is considered. The objective function, which includes the rail and bus riding costs, rail and bus operating costs, rail fleet costs and rail line costs, is minimized by using the classical optimization method with the aid of a computer program developed for the model. The model is applied to the Northwest-South transportation corridor in Calgary, Alberta, and the sensitivity of the optimal rail line location and length to the unit cost and demand parameters at their reasonable ranges is tested. It is found that although the total passenger demand, unit rail line cost, and unit bus operating cost have greater influence than the unit bus and rail riding costs, and unit rail fleet and operating costs, the optimal line length is generally insensitive to all these parameters. It is also found that the length of the existing LRT line in the corridor is comparable to the optimal line length obtained from the model, but the existing line should be extended further south in order to meet the heavier demand in that direction optimally.     

Examining the effect of life course events on modality type and the moderating influence of life stage

Transportation - Previous research has demonstrated the relevance of life events to explain changes in travel behavior. Less clear is the moderating role played by life stages on the relationship...     

Numerical Study of the Transition Between Reentrant Jet and Twin Vortex Flow Regimes in Ventilated Cavitation

Contrary to natural cavitation, ventilated cavitation is controllable and is not harmful. It is particularly used to reduce the drag of the hydraulic vehicles. The ventilated cavitation is characterized by various gas regimes. The mechanisms of ventilated cavitation are investigated in the present work with CFD based on a 2D solver. The attention is especially focused on the transition between the reentrant jet and twin vortex regimes. The results confirm that the product of ventilated cavitation number and Froude number is lower than 1 (σ_cFr?<?1) in the twin vortex regime, while it is higher than 1 (σ_cFr?>?1) in the reentrant jet regime, as reported in the literature. Further analysis shows that ventilated cavitation is significantly influenced by the natural cavitation number.     

美国铁路车钩缓冲装置的发展(待续)

介绍美国铁路车钩缓冲装置的发展过程、结构特点及运用情况。     

Mal-operation Reason Analysis and Solution for Differential Voltage Protection of Shunt CapacitorsEI北大核心

Research purposes: Shunt capacitors are the important device of power system in electrified railway. The relay for shunt capacitors is equipped with over-current, harmonic over-current, difference current, differential voltage protections, etc. When HXD locomotive went through some power supply arms on Long-Hai line, mal-operation of differential voltage protection for shunt capacitors occurred frequently. According to load characteristic of AC-DC-AC locomotive and actual situation on site, the fault wave of differential voltage protection in a traction substation is analyzed, the reason of mal-operation is found, and the corresponding solution is got. Research conclusions:(1) The mal-operation reason of differential voltage protection is caused by Fourier transform which is influenced by frequency aliasing. The influence of frequency aliasing results in the amplification of differential voltage value and mal-operation of differential voltage protection. (2) By altering the sampling frequency from 20 points per period to 100 points per period, the influence of frequency aliasing on Fourier transform is eliminated. (3) There have been no longer mal-operations of differential voltage protection, ever since the revised program of protection came into use. (4) In the area of power supply system of electrified railway, this analytical method and solution have important reference value in analysis and application of electrical quantities with higher harmonics. © 2018, Editorial Department of Journal of Railway Engineering Society. All right reserved.