智能车辆机器视觉发展近况

简要回顾了机器视觉的早期发展，从简单的特定场合应用到模拟人眼的复杂系统设计，介绍了机器视觉产品在智能汽车上的应用情况，分析了世界各国在车用机器视觉技术领域研究开发情况以及未来发展趋势。     

城市公交客车发展趋势

本文从未来十年城市社会经济和文化发展的角度分析了公交客车发展的趋势:即动力设计环保化、形体设计大型化、技术配置多样化、性能选择人本化、信息沟通智能化、外观设计艺术化、操作系统自动化、应急设置可靠化、总成寿命同步缩短化、车身结构轻型化。     

基于发动机热力过程的汽车排气消声器设计

基于发动机的热力循环理论和管道声学理论，利用AVL公司的B(X)ST软件联合建立了发动机和消声器的仿真模型，在此基础上进行了Flyer轿车的排气消声器设计，试验证明这种设计方法能够充分考虑发动机的综合性能和消声性能。     

我国汽车金融业的发展现状及趋势展望

首先分析了国内外汽车金融业的发展状况，并从当前我国汽车金融业存在的问题入手，着重从内部和外部环境2个方面进行了分析，从而有针对性地提出了我国汽车金融服务的改革思路和解决相关问题的政策建议，并对未来发展趋势作出理性预测和判断，制度设计上更趋于合理、完善；服务质量和水平逐步与国际接轨；竞争推动下的具有中国特色的金融创新渐趋活跃。在此基础上笔者设想了一种银行一体化的营销模式，权当为未来银行汽车金融业务的开展作一有益尝试。     

山区公路地质灾害评价模型探讨

目前对公路沿线地质灾害的评价方法以定性评价为主,尚未形成一套行之有效的定量或半定量评价体系和方法。文章根据公路工程的特点以及现有的地质灾害评估理论和实践,并结合公路地质灾害野外调查情况,提出了公路地质灾害发育程度、危害性、发展趋势及危险性评价方法,可供有关部门参考。     

整合的虚拟产品开发技术应用研究

针对车辆这样复杂系统的开发工作,构建一个整合的虚拟产品开发技术框架,并成功地将其应用于某轻型客车的前悬架改型设计之中。本文建立了整车刚弹耦合动力学分析模型,采用动力学分析软件ADAMS对整车进行了动力学性能分析,确定了改型设计的实施方案,并输出了后续有限元分析工作所需的动载荷;利用数字化模型技术,依据原有的零部件模型,通过修改模型特定数字特征来完成零部件的改型设计;使用有限元分析软件NASTRAN对改型零部件的静、动强度进行了分析,提出改进方案,确保改型设计方案的可靠、可行。整合的方法有效综合了各种开发手段的优势,减少了重复设计时间,避免了在产品开发后期阶段的返工,并增强了物理样机与实际产品性能之间的相似性。     

西部公路发展策略研究

采用SWOT分析法作为西部公路发展策略的制定方法,在对西部公路交通系统的内外部环境影响因素归纳、剖析的基础上,给出了西部公路内外部环境分析与评价的方法,按重要性确定了西部公路发展环境的优势(S)与劣势(W)、机会(O)和威胁(T)因素,并采用定量与定性方法相结合提出了西部公路发展的建议策略,为西部公路发展在策略层面提供了理论指导。     

Transport energy consumption in mountainous roads. A comparative case study for internal combustion engines and electric vehicles in Andorra

This paper analyses transport energy consumption of conventional and electric vehicles in mountainous roads. A standard round trip in Andorra has been modelled in order to characterise vehicle dynamics in hilly regions. Two conventional diesel vehicles and their electric-equivalent models have been simulated and their performances have been compared. Six scenarios have been simulated to study the effects of factors such as orography, traffic congestion and driving style. The European fuel consumption and emissions test and Artemis urban driving cycles, representative of European driving cycles, have also been included in the comparative analysis. The results show that road grade has a major impact on fuel economy, although it affects consumption in different levels depending on the technology analysed. Electric vehicles are less affected by this factor as opposed to conventional vehicles, increasing the potential energy savings in a hypothetical electrification of the car fleet. However, electric vehicle range in mountainous terrains is lower compared to that estimated by manufacturers, a fact that could adversely affect a massive adoption of electric cars in the short term.     

Vehicle kilometers traveled reduction impacts of Transit-Oriented Development: Evidence from Shanghai City

The role of residential self-selection has become a major subject in the debate over the relationships between the built environment and travel behavior. Numerous previous empirical studies on this subject have provided valuable insights into the associations between the built environment and travel behavior. However, the vast majority of the studies were conducted in North American and European cities; yet this research is still in its infancy in most developing countries, including China, where residential and transport choices are likely to be more constrained and travel-related attitudes quite different from those in the developed world. Using the data collected from 2038 residents currently living in TOD neighborhoods and non-TOD neighborhoods in Shanghai City, this paper aims to partly fill the gaps by investigating the causal relationship between the built environment and travel behavior in the Chinese context. More specifically, this paper employs Heckman’s sample selection model to examine the reduction impacts of TOD on personal vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT), controlling for self-selection. The results show that whilst the effects of residential self-selection are apparent; the built environment exhibits the most significant impacts on travel behavior, playing the dominant role. These findings produce a sound basis for local policymakers to better understand the nature and magnitude toward the impacts of the built environment on travel behavior. Providing the government department with reassurance that effective interventions and policies on land use aimed toward altering the built environment would actually lead to meaningful changes in travel behavior.     

The potential mitigation of CO2 emissions via modal substitution of high-speed rail for short-haul air travel from a life cycle perspective – An Australian case study

The objective of this study is to provide a strategic evaluation of the mitigation of CO₂ emissions via modal substitution of high-speed rail for short-haul air travel on the Sydney–Melbourne, Australia city-pair from a life cycle perspective. It has been demonstrated that when considering CO₂ emissions from vehicle operations, the modal shift from air to high-speed rail on this city-pair has the potential to provide a means of CO₂ mitigation. However, uncertainty exists with regard to the level of mitigation potential when considering the whole-of-life performance of the systems. Given the significant difference in the infrastructure requirements between the air mode and the high-speed rail mode, this study quantifies the life cycle CO₂ load attributable to each system and examines the effect on CO₂ mitigation potential. The study concluded that while the inclusion of the linehaul infrastructure did increase the CO₂ load associated with high-speed rail mode, it did not equate to or exceed the CO₂ load per trip as experienced by the air mode. The avoided annual life cycle CO₂ emission in the target year 2056 was 0.37 Mt representing an 18% reduction when compared to the air mode only on the city pair. In fact, the scenario comparison indicated that the substitution of high-speed rail for short-haul air travel on the city pair resulted in CO₂ emissions avoidance throughout the longitudinal period.