防止国内航行船舶封闭处所安全事故的思考

该文分析了国内航行船舶进入封闭处所安全管理的现状和存在的问题,从制度制定、航运公司安全管理、船员训练操作、海事安全监管等角度进行归纳分析,提出了制定完善国内船舶进入封闭处所法规规范、加强对国内航行船舶实施进入封闭处所安全管理的相关建议,希冀对改进国内船舶安全管理水平、减少因进入封闭处所操作导致的伤亡事故具有一定指导意义。     

Optimizing one‐way traffic network reconfiguration and lane‐based non‐diversion routing for evacuation

Unfortunately, situations such as flood, hurricanes, chemical accidents, and other events occur frequently more and more. To improve the efficiency and practicality of evacuation management plan, an integrated optimization model of one‐way traffic network reconfiguration and lane‐based non‐diversion routing with crossing elimination at intersection for evacuation is constructed in this paper. It is an integrated model aiming at minimizing the network clearance time based on Cell Transmission Model. A hybrid algorithm with modified genetic algorithm and tabu search method is devised for approximating optimal problem solutions. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed model and solving method, two cases are illustrated in this paper. Through the first example, it can be seen that the proposed model and algorithm can effectively solve the integrated problems, and compared with the objective value of the original network, the network clearance time of the final solution reduces by 47.4%. The calculation results for the realistic topology and size network of Ningbo in China, which locates on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean, justify the practical value of the model and solution method, and solutions under different settings of reduction amount of merging cell capacity embody obvious differences. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Do China Mainland and SARs Constitute an Optimal Currency Area?Evidence from Nonlinearity and Stationarity Behavior Testing on Real Exchange Rates

In this article, we use the unrestricted two-regime autoregressive threshold model to test both nonlinearity and stationarity of China’s real exchange rate against its Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions (SARs). Our main finding is that China’s real exchange rate is neither linear nor stationary, indicating that the purchasing power parity does not hold between China Mainland and its two SARs, which implies, to certain extent, the three economies may not meet the condition of constituting an optimal currency area.     

梁格法在变宽箱梁配束中的应用

对一单箱多室变宽连续箱梁桥分别利用梁格法和平面杆系法建模分析，并将二者计算结果进行对比，指出宽幅桥在结构受力上的一些特点，并据此对杆系模型的配束方案给出修改建议，为今后类似桥梁的结构计算和预应力布置提供一定的参考。     

A GIS‐based traffic analysis zone design: technique

The main purpose of this paper is to develop an efficient method to design traffic analysis zones (TAZs), which is necessary for implementing a planning process with Geographic Information System (GIS) for Transportation (GIS‐T), using statistical spatial data analyses and GIS technology. The major roles of GIS in this method are: (1) to produce basic spatial units (BSUs) with topological data structure; (2) to integrate various procedures during the TAZ generation including computer program routines; and (3) to visualize the output of each TAZ generation. One of the most significant reasons for obtaining well‐defined TAZs is the fact that they are defined at the outset of transportation demand modeling, used from trip generation to trip assignment, and will ultimately affect transportation policy decisions.

Toward obtaining well‐defined TAZs, this paper concentrates on two important constraints: homogeneity and contiguity. Iterative partitioning technique is adopted to promote the optimum homogeneity of generated TAZs, while a contiguity checking algorithm is developed to ensure contiguous TAZs are generated by the iterative partitioning technique.     

时速160 km的国外低地板铰接动车组严重晃动问题测试研究

针对国外某型号低地板铰接动车组存在的车体严重晃动、平稳性指标超标以及由此导致的限速运营问题,开展了轮轨接触关系和悬挂系统振动传递情况的线路测试。采用实车线路运行视频监测方法,对车体的运行姿态、悬挂系统振动传递、结构模态及轮对振动等进行了综合分析。结果发现,轮对低频蛇行通过悬挂系统传递给车体,激发出车体的刚体摇头和结构菱形模态耦合振动,从而导致平稳性指标超标。车载视频监测方法发现轮对确实存在1 Hz低频大幅值蛇行运动,空簧变位显著,即视觉上捕捉到了轮对蛇行与车体摇头的关系。经过分析和测试验证,改进的踏面镟修廓形可以改善轮轨接触关系,控制轮对蛇行运动,避免车体异常晃动,保证车辆运行的平稳性。     

Delivering Value for Money to Government through Efficient and Effective Public Transit Service Continuity: Some Thoughts

Abstract

This paper documents some thoughts on the reform agenda in public transit that is occurring throughout the world. The specific focus is on a growing commitment to competitive regulation through competitive tendering, and the efforts by a few governments (notably in Australia) to take control of the tangible assets used by private operators as a mechanism to exercise the opportunity, if so taken, to put services out to competitive tender. The paper reviews the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on contracting regimes and asset ownership, and the role that government and the operator might play in a setting in which building trusting and collaborative partnerships has merit in delivering services that are in the main funded from the public purse.     

Optimizing sustainable feeder bus operation considering realistic networks and heterogeneous demand

A mathematical model is developed to optimize social and fiscal sustainable operation of a feeder bus system considering realistic network and heterogeneous demand. The objective total profit is a nonlinear, mixed integer function, which is maximized by optimizing the number of stops, headway, and fare. The stops are located which maximize the ridership. The demand elasticity for the bus service is dependent on passengers' access distance, wait time, in‐vehicle time, and fare. An optimization algorithm is developed to search for the optimal solution that maximizes the profit. The modeling approach is applied to planning a bus transit system within Woodbridge, New Jersey. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.