The effect of attitudes toward cars and public transportation on behavioral intention in commuting mode choice—A comparison across six Asian countries

This study investigated the contribution of psychological factors in explaining the choice of transportation mode in six Asian countries. Data were collected from 1118 respondents in Japan, Thailand, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The dependent variable was the intention to use one of three modes for work travel after getting a job: car, public transit, or other modes. The explanatory variables were three attitude factors taken from a previous study, including: 1/symbolic affective, reflecting affective motives of travel mode use; 2/instrumental, referring to functional attributes of travel modes; and 3/social orderliness which represents for environmental friendliness, safety, altruism, quietness et cetera. Several logit model estimates were made using the samples from the six countries separately and together. We obtained three main findings. First, attitude variables about the car were all significant determinants for the entire sample from Asian countries. Second, the social orderliness aspect of public transit was a common concern of respondents from developing countries in selecting this mode for work trips. Third, in countries in which the intent to use a car was not very high, attitude factors about the car were found to be significant determinants of the behavioral intention to commute by car but were less significant in countries in which the desire to use a car was high.     

Extension of the super-elements method to the analysis of a jacket impacted by a ship

The aim of this paper is to present a simplified analytical method for estimating the crushing resistance of an oblique cylinder impacted by the stem of a striking ship. The collision angle of the vessel is arbitrary, i.e. oblique collisions are also considered in this article. The two extremities of the tube are assumed to be clamped. These developments are intended to be used for evaluating the crashworthiness of an offshore wind turbines jacket. To achieve this goal, closed-form expressions are first derived for the particular situations of a horizontal and a vertical cylinder by applying the upper-bound method. An interpolation formula is then proposed to get the resistance opposed by the tube for any inclination angle. In order to validate these theoretical developments, some comparisons are made with the results of numerical simulations. These latter are performed using the finite elements software LS-DYNA. In almost all cases, the analytical prediction of the resistance is found to be in quite good agreement with the numerical ones. Finally, another comparison is made by simulating an OSV collision with a full jacket. In this case, the theoretical model is found to be insufficient for large impact energies and points out the need of further research.     

土压平衡盾构到达钢套筒辅助施工接收技术

针对南京地铁3号线TA08标浮大区间土压平衡盾构法隧道施工遇到的特殊工程地质条件,采用土压平衡盾构到达钢套筒辅助工艺解决了施工难题。该技术不仅有效避免盾构到达接收过程中涌水、涌砂等风险,确保出洞安全,而且,钢套筒盾构接收方法的成功使用,提高了盾构到达接收洞门的密封质量及管片的拼装质量。     

造船企业80后员工特征分析及管理方法探讨

考虑到造船企业吸纳了大量的80后员工,如何有效管理这些80后员工,发挥他们的长处,营造和谐的企业氛围,为80后员工提供更好地职业发展空间,为企业创造更大价值,成为企业管理者和人力资源部门关注的焦点,通过对80后员工所处的职业阶段特点和职业心理特征的分析,提出进行有效管理激励的思路和对策。     

Operating cost based cruise speed reduction for ground delay programs: Effect of scope length

Ground delay programs typically involve the delaying of aircraft that are departing from origin airports within some set distance of a capacity constrained destination airport. Long haul flights are not delayed in this way. A trade-off exists when fixing the distance parameter: increasing the ‘scope’ distributes delay among more aircraft and may reduce airborne holding delay but could also result in unnecessary delay in the (frequently observed) case of early program cancellation. In order to overcome part of this drawback, a fuel based cruise speed reduction strategy aimed at realizing airborne delay, was suggested by the authors in previous publications. By flying slower, at a specific speed, aircraft that are airborne can recover part of their initially assigned delay without incurring extra fuel consumption if the ground delay program is canceled before planned. In this paper, the effect of the scope of the program is assessed when applying this strategy. A case study is presented by analyzing all the ground delay programs that took place at San Francisco, Newark Liberty and Chicago O’Hare International airports during one year. Results show that by the introduction of this technique it is possible to define larger scopes, partially reducing the amount of unrecovered delay.     

超薄沥青混合料室内试验方法研究

超薄沥青混凝土面层是一种摊铺厚度为1.5～2.5cm之间的细粒式沥青面层,其主要目的是用于旧路的功能性恢复以及新建公路表面功能层。在大量室内试验的基础上,探索了超薄沥青混合料室内试验评价方法。     

渗流作用下利用有限元强度折减法的边坡稳定性分析

应用ADINA程序分析了天然情况下边坡的稳定性,得到了安全系数和滑面的位置,并与ANSYS以及传统条分法GEO-SLOPE程序的计算结果进行了对比;在渗流作用下,基于渗流方程和温度方程的原理,把温度场所对应的温度荷载转化为孔隙水压力荷载施加在稳定性分析的计算模型上,对边坡进行了稳定性分析。结果表明,采用该方法计算得到的安全系数与采用传统极限平衡法计算得到的安全系数相比,两者之间的误差在3%以内,说明利用温度场进行渗流计算,再采用有限元强度折减法来进行边坡的稳定性分析是可行的。     

铈锆氧化物固溶体制备方法的比较研究

分别采用均匀沉淀法和共沉淀法制备了铈锆氧化物固溶体,研究了制备方法对铈锆氧化物固溶体的晶体结构、比表面积以及储氧能力的影响。结果表明,均匀沉淀法制备的铈锆氧化物固溶体的比表面积小,储氧能力较强,所制得的三效催化剂具有良好的催化活性,但该方法所制备的铈锆氧化物固溶体耐高温性能较差。     

大中型客车驱动桥主减速器总成柔性组装线工艺方案综述

主减速器总成组装工艺水平是影响驱动桥性能的重要因素。全面分析了主减速器总成组装工艺方案，精心策划了组装线布局，合理配置了在线检测系统。提升了产品质量，实现多品种共线柔性生产的要求。     

西部地区高速公路发展规划生态环境影响评价——指标体系构建及评价方法探讨

在探讨战略环境评价意义的基础上，按照战略环境评价指标体系构建的一般步骤，针对高速公路规划自然生态环境的影响因素，建立了公路交通发展的战略性生态环境评价的可选指标集，并根据指标的特点给出了一种基于GIS技术的评价方法。这种构建指标体系的方法简单易行，评价要素明确，层次分明，构建的可选指标集可为西部地区高速公路发展规划生态环境评价提供参考。