An analysis of the Spanish high capacity road network criticality

The analysis of complex networks has been carried out in different fields using an ample variety of method and concepts. Recently, in the general literature of regional economics, the concepts of resilience, connectivity, vulnerability and criticality have been gaining their momentum. The aim of this paper is to provide an analytical framework, using well-known accessibility indicators, in order to calculate the critical links or road sections of the Spanish high-capacity road network. Our analysis will be based on approximately four hundred sections that will be classified in five different groups according to their criticality degree in the whole network. Our analysis will be complemented with the comparison of the results obtained in five different scenarios, namely the average criticality using the effects on the whole country, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Pontevedra. Furthermore, the paper will also analyze what kind of intrinsic characteristics of the sections favor or not the links’ criticality using a method based on a classification and regression tree. This analysis is crucial to understand other important concepts that are recently being studied in network and spatial economics, like, for example, resilience and vulnerability. It is concluded that the number of relations or routes, being a trunk or not, the road density and the time to Madrid capital play an important role in the criticality of the roads section in the high capacity road network.     

海上浮式结构物的水动力仿真研究

基于粘性计算流体力学的方法建立三维数值波浪水池,模拟有限振幅波的传播,并计算三维球体在规则波环境下所受的波浪力。采用两相不可压的RANS方程求解非定常不可压缩粘性流体,并采用流体体积函数(VOF)法对自由面进行动态模拟。通过编写用户自定义函数(UDF)设置边界入口速度和波高,实现在波浪水池尾部1~2倍波长区域消波,最终求出有限振幅波的模拟结果以及规则波中三维球体所受的波浪力,该结果与势流理论边界元法得到的结果在趋势上吻合良好。该研究方法为模拟分析其他海洋结构物在波浪中的水动力奠定基础,丰富与扩展了数值波浪水池的应用。     

Port choice in container market: a literature review

As a result of the intense changes occurring in port environment over the last decades, new models of competitiveness have been developed, where port authorities try to increase their attractiveness. In this context, one of the most debated issues in this area of research is still the role played by port authorities in defining port competitiveness. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of port choice literature enabling to identify the main port choice’s criteria in order to define the role played by Port Authorities and to point out future lines of research that should be undertaken to fully incorporate current ports’ environment and performance. The results show that although some studies point out the importance of geographical factors in port choice, a larger number of studies defend the increasing role played by port authorities in determining the competitiveness through investing in port infrastructure, improving port efficiency or hinterland accessibility. Despite the existing models contributing on this topic, there are still some gaps in terms of measuring the port performance, including port strategies and studying the port choice for specific industries.     

Fast Tool for Structural Monitoring of a Pier After Impact of a Very Large Vessel Using Ambient Vibration Analysis

Operational modal analysis is a non-destructive structural investigation that considers only the loads resulting from service conditions. This approach allows t...     

航道骨架护岸结构的稳定性影响规律及其优化*

为探究不同结构形式航道骨架护岸结构的稳定性影响规律,选择出最佳护岸结构形式,并对该形式进行结构优化,结合沙河漯河—平顶山航运工程的实际情况,利用PLAXIS 3D分别建立了几种护坡的三维结构模型。结果表明：在人字形、菱形、拱形骨架3种形式中,使用拱形骨架时,岸坡的滑动破坏面范围最小,岸坡的安全系数最大;在设计拱形骨架护岸结构时,应首先考虑不同拱径对岸坡土体位移的影响,在对岸坡土体沉降控制较严格的工程上,可进一步考虑不同拱宽的设计取值对其不同影响;本工程建议拱形骨架护岸结构的设计参数由原设计方案（拱径2.5 m、拱宽0.05 m、埋深0.300 m）优化为正交方案（拱径4.5 m、拱宽0.05 m、埋深0.450 m）,在减小岸坡土体位移的同时仅增加不到55 m3的混凝土用量。     

反舰导弹远程作战体系能力评估

通过对反舰导弹远程作战体系构成进行研究,分析影响反舰导弹远程作战能力的主要因素,运用层次分析法来确定影响反舰导弹作战效能的各指标的权重,并对各指标进行评价,从而为科学合理地进行反舰导弹远程攻击能力评估提供一种方法,为优化反舰导弹远程作战体系的构成提供一种参考依据.     

水泥稳定碎石基层的弹塑性特性（双语出版）

为了认识水泥稳定碎石基层的弹黏塑性特性，优化路面结构的设计计算，选用路面常用的骨架密实和悬浮密实2种水泥稳定碎石基层材料，振动压实成型了Φ150×150 mm标准圆柱体试件，应用微机控制万能试验机，设定不同加载速率（0.5，1，1.5，2，4 mm·min^-1），进行简单加载、循环加卸载、抗压回弹模量、徐变和松弛等试验，测试试件的应力-应变及其随时间的变化，分析强度、刚度、徐变与松弛等变化规律及加卸载应力-应变特性，研究水泥稳定碎石基层的弹塑性特性，提出改进型本构模型。结果表明：加载速率对试验结果的总体影响小于4.4%（相对误差），且60 min的徐变变形最大为0.03%，14 min的应力松弛最大为6.9%，表明水泥稳定碎石基层的黏性极弱，可以忽略不计；每次加载卸载后均有回弹变形和永久变形出现，反映了水泥稳定碎石基层的弹塑性性质，且服从有应力强化的弹塑性固体模型，可以用广义圣维南模型模拟分析；提出的改进型邓肯-张本构模型数值模拟具有很好的有效性，可以用来分析水泥稳定碎石的应力-应变曲线；0.4σ_max（σ_max为水稳碎石混合料的破坏强度）对应的割线模量十分接近传统的回弹模量，说明简化的0.4σ_max取值法可以用来测试水泥稳定碎石基层的回弹模量；从总体路用技术性能来看，骨架密实型的水泥稳定碎石基层要优于悬浮密实型。     

GPS-based speed collection method for road traffic noise mapping

One of the most difficult and expensive tasks in making noise pollution maps is the collection and processing of the data needed to create acoustic models. In the case of road traffic noise maps, obtaining speed data for light and heavy vehicles a problem that has usually been avoided by using a road’s speed limit or by making assumptions based on experience from similar road types. Here global positioning systems-based techniques are applied for acquiring vehicle speed data and adapted to fulfill the requirements of noise prediction models.     

Between-mode-differences in the value of travel time: Self-selection or strategic behaviour?

Using stated preference survey data, we measure the value of travel time for several transport modes. We find, like many before us, that the value of travel time varies across modes in the opposite direction of what would be the consequence of differences in comfort. We examine three candidate causes for the observed differences: Comfort effects, self-selection and strategic behaviour of respondents. Using experiments with both the current and an alternative mode we find that the differences in the value of travel time are consistent with self-selection and comfort effects. Moreover, respondents having bus as the current or the alternative mode seem not to value comfort differently across modes. Strategic behaviour seems to play no role.     

Online and in-store purchase behavior: shopping channel choice in a developing economy

Transportation - Developing economies are still in the stage of e-commerce deployment, unlike in developed countries, where online shopping is already a common purchase channel. This research aims...