Total oil spill costs and compensations

Although counteracting environmental programmes and policies have been strengthened, large oil spills still occur at irregular intervals. The total oil spill costs and their compensations have attracted much interest from various parties, such as local stakeholders, and state and federal governments. This paper addresses five major cost categories whose aggregations are expected to cover the overall direct and indirect costs after the release of an oil spill. Among them, research costs should not be neglected, since they tend to be high if public attention has been drawn to the case. Through an examination of the relationship between the total oil spill costs and their admissible claims, we found that:

1. admissible claims do not cover the overall costs of the oil spill, and
2. admissible claims cannot be compensated in full in the case of large spills.

Clearly, a sound oil spill contingency management aims to minimize both the environmental impacts of areas most at risk and the total oil spill costs. In this paper an economic model for measuring environmental damages following an oil spill is addressed and applied to the Prestige case which happened to be the worst oil pollution in the history of Spain. The model indicates how an ideally a priori economic evaluation may intuitively help managers to make informed as well as fast decisions in contingency cases.     

根据墩台抗推刚度分配梁式桥的水平力

在水平荷载作用下，梁式桥的合理计算在工程中具有较大的意义。本文揭示各墩台所分摊的水平力与组合墩台^①抗推刚度大小成正比。这个计算方法概念清楚、计算简单，便于实践中应用。     

公路交通参数检测器的设计

提出了一种公路交通参数检测器的设计方案。检测器分为检测模块与处理模块两部分，利用LC并联谐振电路与锁相环工作原理，设计了基于单片计算机的检测模块；根据检测器的性能要求，设计了基于单片计算机的处理模块，完成对数据的采集、处理、存贮与传输。本检测器具有实用性好、抗噪声与防串音能力强、工作稳定度高和易于实现联网工作的优点。     

军用半挂汽车列车的现状和发展趋势

介绍了国内外军用半挂汽车列车的发展现状,根据军用半挂汽车列车的运载对象和使用环境,分析了其性能特点、关键技术和发展趋势.     

大众轿车无分电器点火系统故障诊断与检修

阐述无分电器点火系统的分类与基本原理,以奥迪A6为例介绍大众轿车无分电器点火系统的构成、故障诊断与检修方法。     

基于区位商法的装备制造业产业集群集中度测定

研究装备制造业产业集群集中度测定,在分析比较了产业集群集中度测定的几种方法的基础上,以辽宁装备制造业为例,对区位商法测定产业集群集中度作了实证研究,结果显示辽宁装备制造业集群集中度较高,最后对区位商法应用的局限作了初步的探讨.     

基于半刚性基层的长寿命沥青混凝土路面有限元分析

利用三维有限元对采用半刚性基层的长寿命路面结构进行了分析计算。结果表明：对于采用半刚性基层的路面结构,如果想达到长寿命路面的要求,必须加厚沥青联结层厚度。     

基于伴随算法的客车造型风阻优化研究

采用伴随优化算法对某中型客车进行造型风阻的优化设计,快速识别影响气动阻力的关键造型特征,并提出有效的优化方案,使整车造型风阻降低20.2％.     

现代汽车发动机冷却系统的发展趋势

传统发动机冷却系统由于自身的被动性影响,其工作性能受到限制。在部分负荷时会造成功率损失,而汽车在这种工况下行驶的时间最长。介绍一些先进冷却系统的结构设计和特点,如精确冷却系统、分流式冷却系统、可控式冷却系统等。这些系统既起到保护发动机的作用,又改善燃油效率和降低排放污染物。     

城市道路指路标志文字信息的布置

过多的信息使城市道路指路标志尺寸较大,设置与维护成本增加,有必要研究指路标志信息布置方法。通过室内仿真试验,比较了高信息量条件下,驾驶人对两种指路标志信息布设方式认知时间的差异。利用现场试验,研究指路标志字间距、行间距与视认距离的关系。结果表明,高信息量条件下采用两块标志显示信息有利于驾驶人阅读,建议字间距为汉字高度的1／10,行间距为汉字高度的1／5。