Shape Optimization of Elliptical Road Containers Due to Liquid Load in Steady-State Turning

A numerical analysis of liquid load in elliptical road containers undergoing a steady-state turning manoeuvre is presented for containers of unrestricted size and for containers of fixed capacity. The liquid load is expressed in terms of the horizontal and vertical forces and the overturning moment created by these forces around the middle bottom point of the container. The moment is obtained by integrating the liquid free-surface equation and using numerical calculation of the resulting expressions. An optimization study with an objective to minimize the peak overturning moment is performed on containers of fixed capacity to identify the optimal height/width ratio of the container. The results of this investigation being of a general nature, i.e. with no restriction for an application, are particularly intended for road tankers under a steady turning manoeuvre, where they can be applied with high degree of accuracy.     

Transit assignment under crowded conditions

This paper presents a transit assignment algorithm for crowded networks. Both congestion in vehicles and queuing at stations are explicitly taken into account in predicting passenger flows for a fixed pattern of origin-destination trip demands. The overflow effects due to insufficient capacity of transit lines are considered to be concentrated at transit stations, while the in-vehicle congestion effects (or discomforts) are considered to be dependent on in-vehicle passenger volume. Overflow delay at a transit station is dependent on the number of excess passengers required to wait for the next transit car. We use a logit model to determine the split between passengers that chose to wait for the next transit car and passengers that chose to board on the alternative transit lines. The proposed algorithm predicts how passenger will choose their optimal routes under both queuing and crowded conditions.     

发动机曲轴弯扭复合疲劳强度的试验评估方法

本文叙述了曲轴弯矩复合疲劳强度的实验评估方法，其中包括试验装置，弯矩扭矩比的选定和安全系数估算，并给出了应用实例。     

汽车车身面漆颜色的选择

主要介绍了车身面漆颜色与工业美学、安全性、生产管理、材料成本等因素之间的联系,为选择车身面漆颜色提供参考。     

汽车离合器钢片的热处理

离合器钢片多数是大直径的薄片件，技术要求高，热处理难度较大。介绍了国内离合器钢片的各种热处理工艺和设备，着重介绍大量生产所用的工艺方法和热处理设备。     

基于Multigen Creator和Vega的"数字校园"演示系统开发

为了展示武汉大学美丽的校园风貌 ,充分利用我校新近引进的虚拟现实系统 ,开发了一个“数字校园”演示系统 ,实现了虚拟现实表现的基本功能。介绍了该演示系统的有关技术细节 ,包括系统构成、数据处理流程和应用软件的二次开发技术等     

芜湖长江大桥吊索塔架的设计与施工

芜湖长江大桥无为岸九孔钢梁中有八孔采用吊索塔架辅助全伸臂方法施工。吊索塔架为轴心受压杆件,经吊索传来的力通过塔架中心立柱顶部拉板分配给中心立柱,中心立柱通过其下的支承座支承在钢梁顶的支承垫座上,将力传给钢梁。当塔架作业时,中心立柱将被顶起,塔架的走行结构也将被顶离轨顶。吊索塔架由中心立柱、立柱下支承座、垫座、万能杆件系统、走行结构、吊索和锚箱及下锚箱加长拉板等几部分组成。走行机构有四组,走行轨道设在钢梁上弦杆顶。中心立柱由标准节、顶节、底节、顶部拉板和立柱上支承座五部分组成。     

造船企业生产物流的组织

介绍了造船企业生产物流的概念，分析了造船企业生产物流的特征，提出了合理组织造船企业生产物流的基本原则。从空间、时间以及人员三方面阐述了现代造船模式下的造船企业生产物流系统的组织形式。     

基于闭环力反馈原理的非线性液压主动阻尼悬架模型的研究及优化设计

本文在理论上建立了一套基于主动力反馈原理的新型主动阻尼悬架的设计和优化方法。首先提出了该主动阻尼悬架的实现模型，该模型是在传统的液力减振器的基础上，应用半主动控制的思想，结合力反馈的原理建立起来的内部液压反馈阻尼网络模型。理论优化分析和计算机仿真表明，通过该液阻网络模型，即可以实现电控的主动阻尼悬架的功能，它可以根据汽车行驶路况的好坏，自适应地调节悬架阻尼大小以实现主动阻尼悬架的最优控制。     

The Nigerian shipping industry and indigenous shipping companies

The shipping industry in Nigeria since the early 1990s has been experiencing a continuous disastrous downturn. Nigerian shipping companies' participation in international shipping has continued to be very limited. Their presence and impact is hardly felt in the world's shipping industry. Both the national carriers (that is shipping companies with national carrier status) and other indigenous private shipping companies have vessel as well as management problems. These problems have led to the poor performance of the Nigerian shipping industry for over a decade now. The carriers in the industry are not attaining for the country the gains that are supposed to emanate from shipping. This paper points out the importance of shipping to a nation, identifies the problems the country's shipping companies are facing and proffers solutions that include merging of the companies to have strong financial standing and a competitive edge.