Optimal tank-trailer routing using the ILOG constraint programming – a Taiwan case study

Abstract

This paper investigates the routing of pressurized tank trailers and proposes a scheduling plan which ensures the practical delivery of industrial gases under the objective of reducing transportation costs. Using constraint programming, we solve a combinatorial optimization problem that incorporates both hard and soft constraints for routing and scheduling tank trailers. Hard constraints are resource and safety/regulation constraints, whereas soft constraints are utilization and efficiency constraints. This approach enables tank-trailer routing and scheduling management to consider different combinations of parameters and view the results in ‘real-time.’ The routing and scheduling results based on a case study in Taiwan fulfil the goals of avoiding risks associated with transporting industrial gases, and attaining efficient delivery while conforming to regulations and consistent with good business practice. The results also suggest that significant economies in distribution costs are possible.     

我国汽车环保检测业的发展现状与出路

在汽车行业快速发展的今天,汽车环保检测业作为汽车市场的服务行业,也逐步发展起来。本文首先阐述了我国汽车环保检测业的发展现状,重点分析了行业存在的问题,最后提出了行业发展的对策。     

大成桥加固维护设计

阐述沈阳市大成桥病害加固维护处理,基于原施工图设计模型的复核计算及加固结构计算制定较为切实可行的加固维护方案,并按照该加固方案对大成桥实施了加固维护。实践证明,所采用方案是切实有效、经济合理的,可为解决类似桥梁的病害提供借鉴。     

电缆隧道下穿城市桥梁结构数值模拟

以重庆市江北城变电站至五里店站电缆隧道下穿对山立交桥梁工程为背景,利用有限元软件Midas-GTS模拟电缆隧道开挖过程,分析电缆隧道开挖对市政桥梁工程运营的安全性和可行性,并提出电缆隧道施工中应该注意的问题,其对以后类似工程具有良好的参考价值和指导意义。     

机床夹具设计过程中夹紧力的计算

在机床上加工零件时,为了保证加工精度,必须先对工件进行定位并将其夹紧。夹具夹紧力的作用主要是保证工件的定位基准与定位件保持良好的接触,使加工时不致于受切削力、离心力、惯性力及工件自重等作用而移位;夹紧力通过大小、作用点和方向来体现在夹具设计。     

A Variable Time-Discretization Strategies-Based,Time-Dependent Shortest Path Algorithm for Dynamic Traffic Assignment

Within the simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment (SBDTA) model, the time-dependent shortest path (TDSP) algorithm plays a crucial role in the path-set update procedure by solving for the current optimal auxiliary solution (shortest path). Common types of TDSP algorithms require temporal discretization of link/node time/cost data, and the discretization could affect the solution quality of TDSP and of the overall SBDTA as well. This article introduces two variable time-discretization strategies applicable to TDSP algorithms. The strategies are aimed at determining the optimal time discretization for time-dependent links/nodes travel time data. The first proposed strategy produces a specific discretization interval for each link. The second proposed strategy generates time-varying intervals for the same link over the analysis period. The proposed strategies are implemented in a link-based time-dependent A* algorithm in a SBDTA model DynusT and tested with two numerical experiments on two traffic networks. The results show that the proposed discretization methods achieve the research goal—to flexibly and scalably balance the memory usage and run time for SBDTA without degrading the convergence. This property is rather important when dealing with a large real-world network with a long analysis period.     

基于ABAQUS离心叶轮应力的有限元分析

通过对叶轮自然频率的提取可以得到结构的基本周期。将叶轮载荷的施加周期与基本周期作出对比,可确定叶轮的分析类型为瞬态动力响应或稳态静力分析。作为叶轮的稳态静力分析,需要考虑三个问题:起始阶段旋转加速度引起的应力;起始阶段之后恒定旋转速度引起的向心力;上述两项引起应力效应的叠加。通过这些分析能为叶轮选择材料与减重。     

地铁望城坡站附属结构改造设计的数值分析

长沙地铁2号线望城坡站建设先于大河西交通枢纽工程中心,交通枢纽工程中心与望城坡站附属2号风道与Ⅲ号出入口结合部位考虑进行合建。因此,交通枢纽施工前需要对望城坡站附属2号风道与Ⅲ号出入口结构进行改造。为研究改造措施的合理性,采用有限元分析软件ANSYS,对施工过程进行模拟。通过对地铁附属结构改造前后周边位移、内力的变化进行对比分析,确定采取桩顶连梁将围护桩、出入口结构和风道连成一个整体,以增强车站附属结构的整体性。得出结论如下:改造工程主要是对出入口通道结构进行保护;由于围护桩的隔离作用,不需要对风道进行保护。     

沅水桃源枢纽左岸船闸桥区船模通航条件试验研究*

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特大型溶洞隧道综合处治方案及施工技术

为解决岩溶地区公路隧道修建过程中特大型溶洞难跨越的问题,采用理论与现场相结合的方法,综合考虑特大型溶洞的特点与处治难点,提出采用"承载桩基-纵横框架梁板-钢筋混凝土挡墙"组合处治结构与洞渣回填综合处治的方案,在此基础上建立一套以回填为基础、自下而上交叉施工处治结构的施工方法,并提出洞渣回填、承载桩基、纵横框架梁板结构及钢筋混凝土挡墙结构施工等关键技术。现场施工实践证明,该溶洞处治效果良好,能保证隧道施工安全与结构安全。