Optimal traffic assignment to urban streets with air pollution consideration

Traffic assignment is usually determined solely on the basis of minimum travel time through the network. The present study on traffic assignment has taken into account not only traffic performance but also air quality over the street. A simple model of highway air pollution is developed by considering macroscopic material balance of polluted air mass over a segment of a highway that passes through an urban area, A new traffic assignment scheme has been developed based on the air pollution model. The optimal traffic assignment obtained by the new scheme is affected significantly by meteorological conditions.     

Examining the influence of firm performance on business risk-taking and the mediation effect of scale of operations in the container terminal industry

Container shipping and its related service sectors help accelerate globalization of the world economy. This industry has been experiencing rapid growth, prompting container terminal operators to increase their handling capacity in response. Providing container terminal services requires substantial capital investment in physical assets such as cargo handling facilities and information systems. On the other hand, operating container terminals is a long-term investment that typically spans several business cycles. Hence prudent asset management using appropriate tools is critical for container terminal operators to sustain their businesses. Generally, due to risk-adverseness, investors are unwilling to take more risk in their investment unless they can reap a higher return. Contrary to this argument, this study finds no direct influence of better firm performance as a proxy of higher return on business risk-taking by container terminal operators. Instead, scale of operations is positively associated with business risk-taking, suggesting that container terminal operators with a larger scale of operations are willing to take more business risk.     

水平地震作用下单桩横向非线性动力响应的三维有限元数值模拟

针对水平地震作用下的桩土相互作用体系,利用有限元软件ANSYS建立了单桩-地基土系统三维有限元模型。运用此模型,对系统进行考虑地基土的材料非线性和桩土界面状态非线性的单桩横向地震响应计算,并进行了自由场响应的计算。计算结果表明:土体的材料非线性与桩土界面状态的非线性特性对单桩的横向水平地震响应有着一定的影响。     

动力总成悬置系统建模与解耦优化

将悬置看作弹簧阻尼元件,优化动力总成悬置系统的刚度矩阵,从而合理布置各阶频率,使模态间振动解耦。通过Maxwell力学模型求解悬置的频变特性和幅变特性,并建立含该力学模型的整车刚柔耦合动力学模型。计算出的整车系统振动响应表明,解耦优化后的悬置系统明显改善了悬置系统的隔振效果。     

结合相关模板匹配和改进的积分投影眼睛定位方法

对眼睛快速、准确的定位是对运动中的人脸进行实时识别的重要前提.提出了1种结合人脸特征、相关模板匹配和改进的积分投影的方法,实现了快速有效的眼睛定位.在图像预处理的基础上,结合最大类间方差阈值分割法的二值化处理、数学形态学的开运算、相关模板匹配以及改进的积分投影得出人脸区域,然后根据人脸特征间的几何关系,利用改进的积分投影及其统计数据的峰值位置确定眼球的中心位置.实验表明,该方法具有很好的定位效果,对不同角度、不同方向的倾斜人脸、脸部表情及姿势变化等具有很好的鲁棒性.     

武汉天兴洲公铁两用长江大桥3号主塔墩围堰锚锭系统设计

武汉天兴洲公铁两用长江大桥3号主塔墩围堰尺寸为69.5 m×44.0 m×15.0 m。在水深、体积大、结构及施工过程复杂,缺乏类似工程经验的条件下,按照系统的概念,以安全可靠、经济合理为原则,合理确定流水压力,对锚锭定位系统进行了设计。     

整车试制阶段的电器故障诊断方法

以整车装车与跑车验证案例为背景，讨论汽车开发过程中汽车电器故障诊断的方法，阐述如何应用零部件置换原则来分析故障的重要性等级（significance）。     

Nonlinear three-dimensional wagon-track model for the investigation of rail corrugation initiation on curved track

A nonlinear wagon-track model on curved track has been developed to characterize rail corrugation formation due to self-excitation of the wheel-rail stick-slip process. In this model, wagon movements were described using up to 78 degrees of freedom (DOFs) to model a three-piece freight bogie. Innovatively, the wheelset movements are described using nine DOFs, including torsional and bending modes about the longitudinal and vertical directions. The track modelling is considered as a one-layer structure (two rail beams on discrete spring and damper elements). The wheel sliding after creepage saturation is considered in the wheel-rail interface modelling. Simulation of a case study shows that the frequencies of the wheel stick-slip process are composed of the basic frequency, which might come from the combined effect of sleeper-passing frequency and one-third of the combined torsional and bending frequency of the wheelset, and the double and triple basic frequencies, which form the wavelengths of rail corrugation at different situations.