Today, car sharing represents a generally accepted and widespread mode of individual transport. Car sharing providers operate their fleets effectively in many cities around the world. Surprisingly, rural areas don’t seem to have been considered in provider’s current expansion strategies. However, studies suggest that car sharing would have the greatest impact on improving sustainability and reducing traffic if it were offered nationwide. In this paper, we analyze the factors that prevent car sharing enterprises from developing their services in rural regions. Supported by a simulation model, we elaborate strategic implications on how to deal with potential hindrances such as lower demand or longer driving distances. For this purpose, a symbiosis of urban and rural car sharing services was analyzed. Our findings indicate a certain feasibility of rural car sharing development, while highlighting the positive effect it could have on car sharing demand in urban areas.
In this paper, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) was used to implement a real-time cylinder pressure analysis. The goal of the project was to improve the accuracy of calculated heat release and center of combustion calculations to enhance the precision of engine control functions. Compared to today’s real-time pressure analysis systems, several additional physical effects were taken into account for this objective. The wall heat transfer was calculated based on the approach published by Hohenberg. A chemical equilibrium with six substances was assumed for the mixture composition and a real-time calculation method was developed. Furthermore, a two-zone model was adapted and implemented for this realtime analysis. The validation of the results and the rating of the improvement in precision were based on GT-SUITE simulation results as an offline reference tool. Compared to state-of-the-art analysis systems, it was possible to reduce the average error of the center of combustion position from 1.6° to 0.5° crank angle (CA) by taking the investigated effects into account. Moreover, it was possible to significantly reduce the time required for the calculation from one complete combustion cycle to 0.2°CA at an engine speed of 3,000 rpm by using a continuous calculation method on the FPGA. This led to an additional improvement of the ability to control the engine, especially under highly dynamic operation conditions. 相似文献
Friction within the wheel–rail contact highly influences all aspects of vehicle–track interaction. Models describing this frictional behaviour are of high relevance, for example, for reliable predictions on drive train dynamics. It has been shown by experiments, that the friction at a certain position on rail is not describable by only one number for the coefficient of friction. Beside the contact conditions (existence of liquids, solid third bodies, etc.) the vehicle speed, normal loading and contact geometry are further influencing factors. State-of-the-art models are not able to account for this sufficiently. Thus, an Extended-Creep-Force-Model was developed taking into account effects from third body layers. This model is able to describe all considered effects. In this way, a significant improvement of the prediction quality with respect to all aspects of vehicle–track interaction is expected. 相似文献
S surface controllers have been proven to provide effective motion control for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). However,
it is difficult to adjust their control parameters manually. Choosing the optimum parameters for the controller of a particular
AUV is a significant challenge. To automate the process, a modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO) algorithm was proposed.
It was based on immune theory, and used a nonlinear regression strategy for inertia weight to optimize AUV control parameters.
A semi-physical simulation system for the AUV was developed as a platform to verify the proposed control method, and its structure
was considered. The simulation results indicated that the semi-physical simulation platform was helpful, the optimization
algorithm has good local and global searching abilities, and the method can be reliably used for an AUV. 相似文献
Perforin is expressed mainly in activated cyto-toxic T lymphocytes (CTLs ) and natural killer(NK) cells. The human perforin gene has beencloned. The full length of its cDNA is l668bp, andthe mature HP protein is made up of 534 aminoacid residues with a molecular weight of 66Kd~75Kd. In CTLs and NK cells, perforin is stored incytoplasmic granules and is a major effector of cy-tolysis by these cells. Upon granules releasing,perforin monomers insert into the plasma mem-branes of target ce… 相似文献