Effect of fatigue strain range on properties of high-strength structural steel

Ship hulls are built with stiffened steel plates and experience continuous fatigue load cycles when in service. Mechanical properties of the steel are expected to change due to the application of these cyclic loads. Therefore, the mechanical properties of the material at various levels of fatigue damage need to be understood. This paper presents two test series that were conducted to determine the effect of two different strain ranges (2000 and 3000 micro strains) of fatigue cycles on the mechanical properties of high-strength structural steel. The test results indicate that the cycle-dependent behaviours of the material can cause a slight increase or a significant decrease in the yield strength when compared to its virgin state. However, the ductility of the steel does not change much as the strain cycle increases.     

Acceleration noise and level of service of urban roads - A case study

Capacity measurement of roads under mixed traffic conditions as prevailing in India is ambiguous as it varies with time, composition of traffic and roadway encroachments. High incidence of slow moving vehicles and tricycles adds to the problem. Volume - capacity ratio appears to be an inadequate measure of defining level of service under mixed traffic situations. An attempt is made in this paper to explore the possibility of presenting unconventional parameters like standard deviation of speed, co-efficient of variation of speed and acceleration noise as possible measures of level of service. Tentative ranges of acceleration noise are proposed in association with flow and speed to explain level of service of urban roads catering to mixed traffic. The results are based on a study conducted in Madras, a major metropolitan city of India.     

Subsidy and public transit performance: A factor analytic approach

The need to measure and evaluate transit system performance has led to the development of numerous performance indicators. However, depending upon the indicator, we oftentimes reach different conclusions regarding transit system performance. The research reported in this paper uses factor analytic methods to generate a set of underlying attributes (factors) that capture the performance of public transit systems in Indiana. Similar to what is reported in the literature, this study finds three attributes that best describe transit system performance: efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance. Based upon systemsÕ factor scores, the study finds that systems scoring highly on one attribute generally perform well on the remaining attributes. Further, there is an inverse relationship between system performance and subsidies, a finding that supports performance based subsidy allocations.     

铁路货运代理向第三方物流全面转变的途径

阐述第三方物流的定义、第三方物流企业的分类及其与传统的货运代理企业的区别，以及铁路货运代理向第三方物流全面转化的必要性和可行性，对中国铁路物资总公司发展第三方物流的案例进行了分析，并论述了铁路货代理向第三方物流全面转化的途径。     

抓住机遇加快发展充分发挥铁路在现代物流中的重要作用

1快速扩充运输能力,为现代物流业的发展提供可靠的运力支撑 近些年来,特别是党的十六大以来,随着全面建设小康社会的大力推进,我国铁路客货运量不断增长,市场化进程不断加快,运输效率不断提高.2004年,我国铁路旅客周转量、货物发送量、换自周转量、货运密度和运输换算密度均为世界第一,以占世界铁路6%的营业里程,完成了世界铁路24%的运输量,运输效率和运输能力利用率处于世界领先水平.     

构建与社会主义市场经济相适应的现代人本管理体系

从社会主义市场经济发展的需要出发,以人的自由全面发展为目标,分析了构建现代人本管理体系的原因,并提出了一个基本构建思路.     

搅拌摩擦焊在铝合金船舶上的应用

使用传统铝合金焊接技术，因铝合金材料的特性，在高温下熔化，冷却后产生变形，而薄板焊接较大的变形很难校平。搅拌摩擦焊是一种新型纯机械化固相连接技术，其焊接后变形小、质量稳定、力学性能好。介绍搅拌摩擦焊的基本原理和国外的应用状况，与铝合金传统的金属焊条惰性气体焊（MTG）和钨极惰性气体焊（TIG）进行比较，分析搅拌摩擦焊应用的经济性。     

Second-order perturbation added mass fluctuation on vertical vibration of tension leg platforms

Total motion in waves can be considered as a superposition of the motion of the body in still water and the forces on the restrained body. In this study the effect of added mass fluctuation on vertical vibration of tension leg platforms (TLP) in the case of vibration in still water for both free and forced vibration subjected to axial load at the top of the leg is presented. This effect is more important when the amplitude of vibration is large. Also this is important in fatigue life study of tethers. The structural model used here is very simple. Perturbation method is used to formulate and solve the problem. First- and second-order perturbations are used to solve the free and forced vibrations, respectively.     

人工神经网络在故障诊断系统中的应用

人工神经网络以其独到的联想、记忆、储存和学习功能，在故障诊断领域受到了广泛关注。其中，BP网络是最成熟、应用最广泛的一种网络。但BP网络在实际应用中也存在诸多不足，如学习率的取值需要凭借经验或试算选取，网络学习收敛速度慢以及易陷入局部最小点等。针对BP网络的这些不足，采用了Rumelhan附加惯性冲量和动态调整学习率相结合的改进的BP网络方法，并尝试用该改进算法来对凝汽器进行故障诊断。事实证明，在平均情况下，本系统收敛速度远远快于基本的BP算法。