Labour relations and the transfer of the Panama Canal[1]

The international maritime community is concerned about Panama's preparedness to undertake the responsibility of what many consider to be the world's greatest maritime asset, the Panama Canal. In accordance with treaty provisions, the longer within the dominion of the U.S. government and its attendant regulatory framework and policies. To a great extent, Panama's efforts to prepare for the transfer thus far have been driven by its objective of a seamless transfer, whereby the status quo (meaning the Canal's existing institutional and organizational framework and attendant policies and procedures) would be preserved as much as possible. This would assure the maritime community that it can expect the same service and cost standards traditionally enjoyed under the Panama Canal Commission's stewardship. Still of great concern, however, is the continued reliability and productivity of the Canal's labour force; the Canal's reliability and efficient performance in the past is often attributed to its history of harmonious labour management relations. This article addresses some of the critical labour relations issues that will need to be considered even if Panama's status quo objective for the transfer is achieved.     

沥青混合料抗车辙性能的分形描述方法

为了准确模拟沥青混合料抗车辙性能, 采用分形理论分析了沥青混合料微观结构, 研究了粗细集料不同级配分形维数对沥青混合料抗车辙性能的影响, 并根据级配分形维数公式计算了沥青混合料的分形值, 进行了沥青混合料车辙试验和微观结构的电子扫描。分析结果表明: 4.75 mm通过率是集料尺度的分界点, 集料分形维数与抗车辙性能有一致相关性, 分形值越大, 抗车辙能力越高; 根据路用性能设计集料级配可以定量地分析沥青混合料的级配差异和路面性能, 及路面微观结构与宏观路用性能的关系。     

Sail–sail and sail–hull interaction effects of hybrid-sail assisted bulk carrier

In a previously reported study, wind tunnel experiments were undertaken to investigate the aerodynamic characteristics of hybrid-sails in isolation. Such sails are seen as providing a worthwhile reduction in the delivered power to the propeller and hence the engine generated thrust, with a corresponding reduction in the CO₂ production of diesel engine exhaust. In this paper, wind tunnel testing is used to investigate sail–sail interaction effects for two sets of four identical hybrid-sails, and the sail–hull interaction effects for the same two sets of four identical sails in the presence of a bulk carrier hullform. The analysis presented suggests that to build a sail-assisted ship requires an appreciation of the sail–sail and sail–hull interaction effects.     

多种交通方式下的城市空间分配

从集计角度分析了运行多种交通方式的城市交通系统。利用目前已受关注的宏观基本图（简称MFD）,描述城市交通的整体特性。以旧金山某区为例,使用现有数据,通过仿真论证如何应用MFD监管真实交通网络。然后讨论了同一路网中不同交通方式间如何相互作用,以及如何将这些作用纳入包含多种交通方式路网的MFD。研究得到的两个主要结论是：1）证实了已有研究猜想——对市区拥挤区域限行,可提高包括被限行者在肉的所有出行者的机动性;2）公交方式提供专用道路空间可提高所有交通方式的可达性。     

政府干预与政策竞争:欧盟阻止船舶移籍的经验及其对中国的启示

从政策选择上对如何阻止长期以来困扰国际海运业的船舶移籍问题进行探讨，基于对国内外船舶移籍现状及其发展过程的分析，深入分析了欧盟成员国在阻止船舶移籍方面所采取的政府干预与政策竞争策略，指出了中国改善船舶移籍状况的政策取向。     

6502站继电器采集故障原因分析

本文通过对6502站继电器采集故障原因进行分析,提出用增加复示继电器、缩短电缆长度或采集电缆单独敷设的方法,减少采集故障发生,确保列控中心识别进路信息采集的正确性。     

制动电阻器多学科设计优化

为了确保机车、动车制动电阻器整体性能提高,以某型号特种内燃动车制动电阻器传热性能、经济性能、质量以及抗热冲击性能为目标函数建立多学科设计优化模型,并充分考虑各学科之间的耦合效应,采用自适应混沌优化算法对多学科设计优化模型进行求解。多学科设计优化结果表明,该制动电阻器传热性能增加11.51%,设计成本下降7.05%,质量减少7.21%,抗热冲击性能增加15.50%,整体性能提高9.97%。优化前后特种内燃动车制动电阻器的安全温度对比实验表明,制动电阻片的安全温度由优化前的500℃提高到优化后的550℃。     

Parameters Optimization for HEV Based on Simulated Annealing Particle Swarm Algorithm

分别采用多层次参数扫描(MLPS)算法和模拟退火粒子群优化(SAPSO)算法对并联式混合动力车逻辑门限控制策略的参数进行优化.将优化后的车辆以TEST-CITY-HWY测试循环进行仿真,并将结果与优化前的车辆的仿真结果进行对比.结果表明,经MLPS算法优化后,燃油消耗和HC与NOx排放分别下降了11.98％、6.01％和4.03％,但CO排放增加了25.18％;经SAPSO算法优化后,燃油消耗和HC、CO与NOx排放分别下降了13.61％、9.57％、27.78％和18.53％,且电池荷电状态(SOC)比MLPS优化略高.说明SAPSO算法在混合动力车控制参数优化效果上明显优于MLPS算法.     

柴油机故障诊断专家系统知识库设计

在分析柴油机故障诊断知识特点的基础上,采用模糊化方法对柴油机运行状态参数进行处理,采用综合型知识方式来表达柴油机故障诊断知识,采用多库多层次的方式组织知识库,并对知识库采取一系列方式进行管理与维护。应用表明,柴油机故障诊断专家系统的预报准确率较高,具有较强的实用性。