Metro train-track-tunnel-soil vertical dynamic interactions – semi-analytical approach

An accurate evaluation of the metro train-track-tunnel-soil dynamic interactions is very important in engineering practice. Therefore, an innovative train-track-tunnel-soil vertical coupled model was established to calculate the train-induced dynamic response of the system based on the integration of the substructure method and the semi-analytical approach. The modelling of each subsystem was presented, including the multi-rigid model of the train subsystem, the beam model of the track subsystem and the semi-analytical model of the tunnel-soil subsystem. The wheel-rail contact theory, the fastener force model and the displacement compatibility conditions were used to determine the dynamic interactive relationship between the subsystems. An explicit integral approach was used in the proposed model to analyse the complex system in the time domain which was capable of modelling highly nonlinear loading behaviours of the train-track-tunnel-soil system. The proposed model was validated by comparing with the vehicle-track coupled dynamics software VICT, the Pipe-in-Pipe model and the measured data from the onsite test in the tunnel of Ningbo Metro line 2. An illustrative example of the model was then presented to display the dynamic responses of the tunnel system under the passage of a metro train.     

A human-in-the-loop wireless warning message notification model and its application in connected vehicle systems

Objective: Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication has become one of the most active fields of research recently. The implementation of the wireless connected vehicles has widely extended the transmission range of warning messages to inform drivers of hazards ahead. The present study addressed the human component with mathematical modeling of the human reaction time to warning messages in the connected vehicle systems (CVSs) with different confidence intervals (CIs). Methods: In the present study, human performance in warning responses is modeled by extending an existing mathematical model of human performance with the complexity level of tasks. The modeling of human performance with different levels of uncertainty is integrated to propose the warning message notification model in the CVS settings. The warning message notification models were proposed to model the CVSs parameters including maximum available message notification delay, the maximum available machine processing time, the minimum acceptable message notification range, and the designed message display delay. Results: The optimal designs of CVSs parameters were presented in general and for specific conditions by applying the modeling of human performance with different CIs (i.e., 95% and 99% CI) and the warning message notification model with human in the loop. A software interface with the message notification model implemented was presented to discuss the practical benefits of the current work in the design of CVSs.     

Steady sailing performance of a hybrid-sail assisted bulk carrier

The steady sailing performance of a sail-assisted bulk carrier is investigated utilising towing-tank derived hydrodynamic derivatives and wind tunnel measured aerodynamic properties of the sails and the ship. The aerodynamic characteristics investigated include the ship hull at the fully-loaded draught, the sail–sail interaction effects for two sets of four identical hybrid-sails, and the sail–hull interaction effects for the same two sets of identical sails in the presence of the selected bulk carrier hull-form. This is in addition to lift–drag measurements of single isolated sails of each shape. The form of the two sets of soft sails was rectangular and triangular. This paper is concerned with assessing the benefits of a sail-assisted ship operation, and hence a steady-state rather than complete time-domain integrations of the governing equations are reported. The results of the completed analysis suggest that the benefits of the derived sail generated driving force are greater than the overhead of equipping the ship with a selected system of hybrid-sails. Sail-assisted ships could represent an important contribution to an improving global environment by reducing the demands for a driving force through the propeller.     

两船在波浪中耦合运动的三维频域理论研究

本文采用三维势流理论求解两船在波浪中相互干扰的耦合运动。基于源分布方法，两船船体表面被划分成若干面元，在每一面元上进行等源强分布。为了验证该理论以及算法的可行性，计算了有限水深中两圆柱的水动力干扰，其数值计算结果与其他理论结果吻合较好。其次计算了两船在波浪中无航速与有航速情况的水动力干扰，其结果与单船结果以及双船试验结果进行比较。同时深入研究了纵横向间距以及航速变化对水动力干扰的影响，得出间距与航速不仅是水动力干扰的重要参数，而且对两船中的小船影响尤为重要。本文的研究提出了一种有效而又简单的方法预报两船在波浪中的耦合运动，为分析海上航行补给所涉及的水动力问题提供了有效的手段。     

高桩码头结构地震响应分析

为了研究强震区高桩码头结构在地震动作用下结构的安全性,采用快速拉格朗日时域有限差分法进行地震时程分析,并利用FLAC3D软件进行某高桩码头数值模拟。结果表明:双向地震动作用下,码头结构产生的水平、竖直残余位移较小;平台纵梁正应力及横梁正应力幅值波动较大,但均在材料的允许强度范围之内;桩体轴力幅值变化较大,但均小于其承载力。从码头结构刚度、强度角度分析,码头结构安全可靠。     

基于绿色GDP 的区域临港产业发展优化模型

为解决区域临港产业发展优化中存在的资源浪费和环境污染问题,综合考虑经济发展、资源消耗与环境污染等3方面,以绿色GDP最大为优化目标构建了区域临港产业发展优化模型;以上海地区临港产业发展优化为例,对模型的合理性和有效性进行了验证。结果表明,该模型可以兼顾经济、资源和环境等方面对区域临港产业的发展进行综合优化,可以为区域临港产业的可持续发展提供决策参考。     

Safety assessment for a side-by-side offloading mooring system

In order to improve the safety properties of an offloading system with side-by-side (SBS) mooring in which the FPSO is moored by a yoke system in the field of BZ25-1, it is necessary to analyze those properties. According to the experience of similar projects, tow strategies of different offloading arrangements were discussed by using the 3-D radiation/diffraction theory and quasi-static time domain method to assess their respective safety properties. Through the safety assessment analysis of different arrangement comparisons, various ways to improve the safety properties of offloading systems with side-by-side mooring were verified by analyzing the tension in the mooring lines and the fender deflection. Through comparison it can be concluded that by enlarging the key factors properly, including the size of the fenders and the hawsers as well as the number of hawsers, a better safety performance can be achieved.     

微型桩组合结构内力分析

微型桩具有诸多施工优势,近年来正不断推广应用于滑坡治理工程,并取得了较好的工程效果。为了求解桩的内力,按横向约束的弹性地基梁法提出了内力计算方法,并结合模型试验,得出了较为合理的计算结果,为微型桩的工程应用提供一种可行的理论依据。     

独塔单索面宽斜拉桥抗震性能分析

以西宁通海路跨越湟水河斜拉桥为研究对象,建立全桥三维空间有限元模型,分别采用漂浮与半漂浮的结构体系计算了动力特征值,分析了不同结构体系对结构动力特性所产生的影响。考察了结构的刚度和边界条件设置情况,在动力特性计算基础上,采用地震反应谱多维抗震分析方法,考虑了拉索垂度的非线性影响及桩—土—结构相互作用,采用不同等级的地震动输入,考察结构的抗震性能,对结构设计提出了改进措施及建议,为较宽独塔单索面斜拉桥的地震力分析提供了工程实践经验及有效的分析方法。     

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