Expanding scope of hybrid choice models allowing for mixture of social influences and latent attitudes: Application to intended purchase of electric cars

Recently, policy makers’ expectations about the role of electric cars in reducing emissions have risen substantially. In parallel, academic research on purchase intentions has dramatically increased. Originally, most studies have focused on utility attributes and price. More recently, several hybrid choice models have been estimated to include the impact of attitudes on choice probabilities. In addition, a few studies have caught the attention to social influence. In contributing to this line of research, this paper reports the results of an expanded hybrid choice, which simultaneously estimated all these different effects in a single integrated model of purchase intention. Results indicate that the model performs well. Costs considerations contribute most to the utility of electric cars. Social influence is less important, but there is also evidence that people tend to take it into consideration when there are positive public opinions about electric cars and the market share becomes almost half of friends of their social network. The intention to purchase an electric car is also influenced by attitudes about environmental concerns and technology acceptance.     

Simulation of city bus performance based on actual urban driving cycle in China

This paper establishes the simulation model of a city bus on the basis of the EQ6110 bus prototype and its experimental data. According to the actual urban driving cycle, the fuel economy and the traction performance of the EQ6110 city bus have been simulated, and factors such as the driving cycle, the loss of power to engine accessories, the gear-shifting strategy, the fuel shut-off strategy of the engine, etc., which influence on the bus’s fuel economy, are also quantitatively analyzed. Some conclusions are drawn as follows: (1) driving cycles have a great influence on the fuel economy of a city bus; (2) under the typical urban driving cycle of the public bus in China, the engine fuel shut-off strategy can save about 1 to 1.5 percent of the fuel consumption; and (3) the optimized gear-shifting rules can save 6.7 percent of the fuel consumption. Experimental results verify that the fuel economy for the EQ6110 public bus is improved by 7.2 pecent over the actual Wuhan urban driving cycle of the current public bus in China.     

Transient characteristics of emissions during engine start/stop operation employing a conventional gasoline engine for HEV application

In this paper, we investigate the transient characteristics of combustion and emissions during engine start/stop operations in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications. Hydrocarbon (HC) emissions during the initial 2^nd∼9^th cycles are found to be significantly greater when the engine is quickly started under the original engine calibration mode. Lower intake manifold absolute pressure (MAP) was also found to cause larger residual gas dilution and poor combustion, resulting in a higher HC concentration when the cranking speed was increased. The post-catalyst HC concentration was found in the way of initially decrease and then to increase again as the cranking speed was increased. A lowest concentration value was achieved at a cranking speed of 1000 r/min. Engine shut-down by fuel cut-off was shown to produce lower emissions than shut-down by ignition cut-off as one can avoid misfire of the last fuel injection cycle. The fuel deposited during the stop process seems to impact engine restart enrichment mostly during the initial 0.7 s for this engine, whose performance is dominated by the MAP transition characteristic and the time coefficient for fuel vaporization in this time period     

插电式混合动力汽车高电压部件设计及布置

根据整车设计要求,建立插电式双电机MG1/MG2+行星轮系混合动力汽车高电压系统方案模型。通过理论计算及工程分析确定高压电池组、高电压线缆、双电机MG1/MG2、变频器(转换器/逆变器)、空调压缩机等高电压部件的结构及关键参数。针对高电压部件布置的安全及可靠性提出建议。     

钢-混凝土混合结构在大跨度连续刚构桥中的应用

重庆石板坡公路长江大桥采用填充混凝土后板式钢—混凝土接头。在轴力、弯矩和剪力的作用下,钢—混凝土接头处将产生轴向压应力、拉应力和剪应力。压应力由承压板及PBL剪力键共同传递,拉应力、剪应力主要由PBL剪力键传递。计算得到钢—混凝土接头的最不利荷载组合内力。在钢—混凝土接头附近截取18m长的1个梁段,将混凝土与贯穿钢筋进行耦合、贯穿钢筋与PBL板进行耦合,采用实体单元、板单元和梁单元,建立钢—混凝土接头有限元模型,利用有限元软件ANSYS进行仿真分析,得到钢—混凝土接头各部分的应力分布。结果表明:结构各构件在设计荷载下并未出现超出材料强度的应力峰值;剪力主要靠腹板上的PBL剪力键传递;有效的预应力体系是钢—混凝土接头可靠性的根本保证。     

Hybrid neural network model for history-dependent automotive shock absorbers

The method of numerical multi-body simulation is an often used and well-understood development tool in the automotive industry. In order to reproduce the ride comfort or handling behaviour of vehicles, mathematical models have to be built up. To achieve accurate simulation results, highly detailed component models are required. However, the formulation of appropriate physically-based model equations of complex automotive components (e.g. air springs, shock absorbers, rubber bearings, tyres, etc.) can be very difficult. To handle this, empirical modelling methods have been developed. Simple algebraic equations are used to describe complex system behaviour. This simplification is very effective, although it largely ignores the natural laws of mechanics and thermodynamics but is still capable to predict the component response. This article illustrates how to take advantage of this approach in numerical simulations. We describe the development of a hybrid automotive shock absorber model based on both spline and neural network (NN) approaches. By combining these different approaches, an accurate model is achieved without loss of variability. Non-isothermal laboratory force-displacement measurements of an automotive shock absorber are being used to estimate the parameters of the NN. As shown, the model replicates the measured data with sufficient accuracy, especially the hysteresis. Finally, we present a set of quarter-car simulations with a built-in hybrid NN shock absorber.     

混合智能控制技术在船舶电站励磁控制中的应用

将混合智能控制技术应用于船舶电站同步发电机励磁控制，通过一种结合自组织学习和BP学习的混合学习算法，学习并调整控制器参数和结构，该算法比通常的BP算法收敛性好，速度快。仿真结果表明，该算法能很好地稳定机端电压。     

襄渝铁路增建二线净距隧道的设计与施工措施研究

襄渝铁路增建二线小净距隧道采取施工动态设计和数值模拟对隧道初期支护及衬砌进行修正设计,在施工方面通过采取控制爆破、监控量测等措施,以保证襄渝二线施工后既有隧道安全和铁路运输畅通。     

并联混合动力汽车整车控制仿真

新能源汽车3大关键技术包括动力电池及其电池管理系统、驱动电机及其电机控制以及整车能量管理控制策略,整车控制策略直接决定能量流在汽车内部的流动及整车性能的好坏。文章利用模糊控制策略建立了详细的动力总成多能源能量管理控制模块,并通过ADVISOR仿真平台对所设计的控制策略进行仿真分析。仿真结果显示100km油耗仅5．1L,0-100km／h加速时间为23．1s,最大行驶速度168.3km／h;表明该能量管理策略能明显改善燃油经济性。动力性也具有较好表现。     

并联式混合动力环卫车电控系统可靠性研究

由于混合动力汽车添加了驱动电机、动力电池组、电机控制器、电池管理器、整车控制器等模块,使其电控系统更加复杂,电磁环境也更加苛刻,传统汽车电控系统设计难以保证其可靠性要求。本文以SX5256DH434PHEV型并联式混合动力环卫车为研究对象,应用分布式层次化控制策略,通过分析电控系统可靠性的影响因素(振动、电磁干扰、散热、防水),提出了并联式混合动力环卫车电控系统控制器与线束的布置方案;可靠性试验结果反映了电控系统设计的可行性和布置方案的合理性。