The generators of paratransit trips by persons with disabilities

Identifying the generators of paratransit trips by persons with disabilities is important to comprehend the current demand patterns and forecast future demand. Only a handful of studies have been conducted so far to identify the generators of paratransit trips and most focused on the home end of the trips. Given some of the inconsistencies in past studies and the scarcity of studies on the generators of trips away from home, this study attempts to identify the generators of paratransit trips beginning and ending at clients’ homes and away from home. It uses an extremely large dataset consisting of 1.91 million trips made by NJ TRANSIT’s Access Link clients, socioeconomic data from the American Community Survey, employment data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, and establishment data from Dun and Bradstreet. The analytical methods include an ordinary least squares model (OLS) and several spatial generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) to identify the characteristics of census block groups associated with Access Link trip generation at home and away from home, Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis to identify the types of establishments located in the immediate vicinity of drop-offs, and a multinomial logit model (MNL) to examine the relationship between the characteristics of the establishments in the vicinity of drop-offs and the characteristics of the dropped-off clients. Together, the various analyses provide useful insights about paratransit trip generators at the macro and micro levels. Some implications of the findings are discussed.     

基于硬化泥膜的填舱换刀技术研究

为了解决砂土地层盾构刀盘换刀作业面易涌水、涌砂进而导致作业面失稳坍塌问题,采用水泥砂浆和膨润土浆液组成的混合浆液在土舱压力作用下,通过刀盘开口向砂土地层渗透,经固化后在原有稳定泥膜的基础上形成新型混合泥膜,在利用风镐清除土舱内硬化混合浆液的同时,保留刀盘前段形成的混合泥膜,即可进行盾构刀盘换刀作业。通过在广州某地铁盾构施工项目中的应用,表明本施工技术能为砂土地层盾构换刀提供高效且安全的解决方案。     

A data model applied to the knowledge-based ICAS

Image-guided computer aided surgery system (ICAS) contributes to safeness and success of surgery operations by means of displaying anatomical structures and showing correlative information to surgeons in the process of operation. Based on analysis of requirements for ICAS, a new concept of clinical knowledge-based ICAS was proposed. Designing a reasonable data structure model is essential for realizing this new concept. The traditional data structure is limited in expressing and reusing the clinical knowledge such as locating an anatomical object, topological relations of anatomical objects and correlative clinical attributes. A data structure model called mixed adjacency lists by octree-path-chain (MALOC) was outlined, which can combine patient's images with clinical knowledge, as well as efficiently locate the instrument and search the objects' information. The efficiency of data structures was analyzed and experimental results were given in comparison to other traditional data structures. The result of the nasal surgery experiment proves that MALOC is a proper model for clinical knowledge-based ICAS that has advantages in not only locating the operative instrument precisely but also proving surgeons with real-time operation-correlative information. It is shown that the clinical knowledge-based ICAS with MALOC model has advantages in terms of safety and success of surgical operations, and help in accurately locating the operative instrument and providing operation-correlative knowledge and information to surgeons in the process of operations.     

城市混合交通控制设计理念与方法

针对我国城市特有的混合交通特性,在分析城市路网特征和交通流运行特征的基础上,确立了混合交通控制系统设计的基本理念。基于混合交通流理论,建立了城市交通控制的方法体系,包括匝道控制、单点控制、干线协调控制、区域协调控制以及公交优先控制。运用此设计理念与方法开发出的混合交通控制系统（HiCON）,在北京、青岛、福州三地的应用表明：车辆平均延误减少10％～20％,平均行程时间降低5%-10％。     

“船舶—堆场—列车”混堆堆场箱位分配模型

集装箱海铁联运港口堆场作业箱型复杂,为了提高港口作业能力和效率,基于进口、出口箱的混合堆存方式,对"船舶-堆场-列车"作业堆场箱位分配问题进行研究."船舶-堆场-列车"作业堆场负责堆存通过船舶、列车及外集卡进出港口的集装箱.本文在待分配箱的作业时间及箱区已知的前提下,以集装箱堆存产生的压箱数最小为目标,建立"船舶-堆场-列车"作业混堆堆场箱位分配模型,根据模型特点设计了启发式算法进行求解,并进行算例分析.结果表明,所建模型和求解算法能够有效减少堆场的压箱数,满足箱型堆存要求,提高港口作业效率.     

船用低速柴油机曲轴轴向振动研究

以船用大功率低速柴油机柔性体曲轴为对象,在考虑气体力、运动部件惯性力、扭纵耦合效应等因素的情况下,建立曲轴、连杆、活塞的刚柔混合动力学模型。通过数值仿真,分别对连杆推力、连杆法向力和切向力对曲轴轴向振动的影响进行分析。分析结果表明：法向力是曲轴轴向振动的直接激励源,切向力是曲轴轴向振动的间接激励源-切向力引起曲轴扭振,进而引起曲轴纵振;同时法向力和切向力对曲轴轴向振动的影响非常相近;而连杆推力(法向力和切向力合力)引起的曲轴轴向振动是扭纵耦合振动的结果,并非两种分力作用结果的简单叠加。     

基于混合有限元法的钢箱拱相关稳定分析

针对薄壁结构提出了一种混合有限元方法,对结构关心的部位采用板壳单元模拟,其他部位采用杆系单元模拟,根据平截面假定推导了2种单元在交界面处的约束方程,由此建立整体混合有限元模型。通过算例验证了该方法的可靠性,可以计算薄壁结构的整体稳定、局部稳定和整体局部相关稳定。用该方法对某座刚构-单肋钢箱系杆拱组合桥梁进行特征值和弹塑性稳定分析,得到了相应的稳定系数和失稳模态。实例显示,该方法既可以弥补梁单元模型无法计算构件局部屈曲的不足,又可克服局部板壳模型无法准确模拟其整体边界条件及工作环境的缺点,还可以避免全结构板壳模型产生过多单元数量和庞大结构刚度矩阵的弊端,计算可靠性和计算效率大大提高。     

型钢水泥土搅拌桩在上海邯郸路地道工程中的应用

简述型钢水泥土搅拌桩的基本原理和特点,结合上海市中环线邯郸路地道工程实际,着重介绍型钢水泥土搅拌桩的设计技术参数及搅拌桩的钻孔、注浆、水泥土搅拌与型钢的插放、拔除等施工关键技术,对同类工程有借鉴意义。     

公路隧道互补结合竖井送排的改进型混合通风方式研究

针对特长公路隧道常规分段纵向式通风系统运营费用昂贵的问题,提出采用双洞互补与竖井送排相结合的改进型混合通风方式。在理论分析的前提下给出换气横通道与竖井的合理结合方案,详细推导适用于超出常规双洞互补通风方式限制长度的隧道的改进型混合通风方式计算方法;通过比较传统分段通风方式和改进型混合通风方式的交通风与隧道结构利用效率,对改进型混合通风方案的经济效益进行工程实例分析。结果表明：改进型混合通风方式与常规分段纵向式通风方式相比,前者有效地提高了交通风的利用率,降低了由于交通风太过富余而对隧道通风产生的不利影响,同时减少了资源的浪费;在最不利的行车阻滞工况下,改进型混合通风方式需要通过竖井进行送排的风量之和由1 723.06 m³·s^-1降至804.62 m³·s^-1,降幅达53.3％,有效地减少了轴流风机的功率,降低了对竖井的设计要求;在隧道通风最不利工况下,射流风机的配机功率提高了84%,轴流风机配机功率降低了52.4%,虽然射流风机购置费用增加,但总配机功率仍然减少13.1%,极大地节省了运营费用;在土建方面,改进型混合通风方式增加了2个横风道,取消了部分送排联络通道,相互抵消,但竖井的规模减小,土建费用有所下降;改进型混合通风方式增加了2条排烟通道,解决了双洞互补通风方式中火灾排烟困难的问题。     

约束可松弛的网络绿波模型

为解决区域交通信号协调控制领域中常规网络绿波模型可行域窄或无解的问题,提出了约束可松弛的网络绿波模型。应用混合整数线性规划方法构建模型,以所有路段双向绿波带宽加权和最大为优化目标,利用约束松弛方法,将干线约束和网络外圈闭环约束转变为可松弛的不等式约束。模型针对每条路段引入了0~1二元变量,表示路段的绿波是否被打断。通过模型求解,获得网络中必要的松弛路段,并打断相应的路段绿波,去除外圈闭环约束,以扩大可行域并找到最优解。算例对不同控制方案下提出的模型和其他绿波模型的绿波优化结果进行比较分析。算例显示,当网络各个交叉口采用同一化控制方案时,易于在不打断任何路段绿波的条件下找到最优解。此时,所提出的模型的解和常规网络绿波模型的解等价。当网络各交叉口采取差异化控制方案时,常规网络绿波模型无可行解,Gartner网络绿波模型仅获得非最优的可行解,而所提出的模型能够获得全局最优解。算例中只有1条路段的绿波被打断,而网络的其他路段均获得有效绿波带,且任意相交的干线绿波能够合理协调。算例优化结果表明：所提出的模型优于常规网络绿波模型和Gartner网络绿波模型,更适合复杂的城市交通网络信号优化设计。