Strain prediction for critical positions of FPSO under different loading of stored oil using GAIFOA-BP neural network

FPSO (floating, production, storage and offloading) units are widely used in the offshore oil and gas industry. Generally, FPSOs have excellent oil storage capacity owing to their huge oil cargo holds. The volume and distribution of stored oil in the cargo holds influence the strain level of hull girder, especially at critical positions of FPSO. However, strain prediction using structural analysis tools is computationally expensive and time consuming. In this study, a prediction tool based on back-propagation (BP) neural network called GAIFOA-BP is proposed to predict the strain values of concerned positions of an FPSO model under different oil storage conditions. The GAIFOA-BP combines BP model and GAIFOA which is a combination of genetic algorithm (GA) and an improved fruit fly optimization algorithm (IFOA). Results from three benchmark tests show that the GAIFOA-BP model has a remarkable performance. Subsequently, a total of 81 sets of training data and 25 sets of testing data are obtained from experiment using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors installed on the surface of an FPSO model. The numerical results show that the GAIFOA-BP is capable of predicting the strain values with higher accuracy as compared with other BP models. Finally, the reserved GAIFOA-BP model is utilized to predict the strain values under the inputs of a 10-day time series of volume and distribution of stored oil. The predicted strain results are further used to calculate the fatigue consumption of measurement points.     

Path-constrained traffic assignment: A trip chain analysis under range anxiety

This paper proposes and analyzes a distance-constrained traffic assignment problem with trip chains embedded in equilibrium network flows. The purpose of studying this problem is to develop an appropriate modeling tool for characterizing traffic flow patterns in emerging transportation networks that serve a massive adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. This need arises from the facts that electric vehicles suffer from the “range anxiety” issue caused by the unavailability or insufficiency of public electricity-charging infrastructures and the far-below-expectation battery capacity. It is suggested that if range anxiety makes any impact on travel behaviors, it more likely occurs on the trip chain level rather than the trip level, where a trip chain here is defined as a series of trips between two possible charging opportunities (Tamor et al., 2013). The focus of this paper is thus given to the development of the modeling and solution methods for the proposed traffic assignment problem. In this modeling paradigm, given that trip chains are the basic modeling unit for individual decision making, any traveler’s combined travel route and activity location choices under the distance limit results in a distance-constrained, node-sequenced shortest path problem. A cascading labeling algorithm is developed for this shortest path problem and embedded into a linear approximation framework for equilibrium network solutions. The numerical result derived from an illustrative example clearly shows the mechanism and magnitude of the distance limit and trip chain settings in reshaping network flows from the simple case characterized merely by user equilibrium.     

Robust weekly aircraft maintenance routing problem and the extension to the tail assignment problem

In this paper, we study two closely related airline planning problems: the robust weekly aircraft maintenance routing problem (RWAMRP) and the tail assignment problem (TAP). In real life operations, the RWAMRP solution is used in tactical planning whereas the TAP solution is implemented in operational planning. The main objective of these two problems is to minimize the total expected propagated delay (EPD) of the aircraft routes. To formulate the RWAMRP, we propose a novel weekly line-of-flights (LOF) network model that can handle complex and nonlinear cost functions of EPD. Because the number of LOFs grows exponentially with the number of flights to be scheduled, we propose a two-stage column generation approach to efficiently solve large-scale real-life RWAMRPs. Because the EPD of an LOF is highly nonlinear and can be very time-consuming to accurately compute, we propose three lower bounds on the EPD to solve the pricing subproblem of the column generation. Our approach is tested on eight real-life test instances. The computational results show that the proposed approach provides very tight LP relaxation (within 0.6% of optimal solutions) and solves the test case with more than 6000 flights per week in less than three hours. We also investigate the solutions obtained by our approach over 500 simulated realizations. The simulation results demonstrate that, in all eight test instances, our solutions result in less EPDs than those obtained from traditional methods. We then extend our model and solution approach to solve realistically simulated TAP instances.     

武汉港阳逻港区多式联运发展思路

多式联运能够充分发挥各种运输方式的综合优势,对于推动物流业降本增效、完善现代综合交通运输体系具有积极意义。武汉港阳逻港区具备发展多式联运的各项要素,但缺乏对多式联运发展的系统性规划,港区多式联运发展相对滞后,综合交通优势尚未有效发挥。通过总结典型案例的发展经验,结合港区内外部综合因素,思考港区多式联运发展思路,探讨港区多式联运的布局规划以及综合服务的提升,并提出相关建议。     

构建网络安全体系,保障电子政务畅通

构建安全的电子政务网络体系对于推动政府工作信息化、促进政务公开、提高政府办公效率、构建和谐社会是非常重要的.在详细介绍目前网络安全一些认识误区的基础上,结合实际工作经验,从技术实施、制度建设方面阐述了如何构建安全的网络体系的问题.     

《重庆市城镇道路平面交叉口设计规范》解析

《重庆市城镇道路平面交叉口设计规范》(DBJ 50/T178—2014)于2014年5月1日起施行,用以规范指导重庆市道路平面交叉口设计工作。《规范》编制遵循以人为本,因地制宜,公交优先,规划、设计、管理一体化的指导原则。《规范》的创新之处包括:根据建成区环境和地形特征执行有差异的设计标准以适应实地环境、避免过度建设;明确平面交叉口选型的考虑因素和选型办法;细化交叉口视距三角形停车视距等。此外,《规范》还详细规定了设计车型、行人过街设施、路缘石转弯半径、无障碍过街设施、公交站台长度等内容。     

基于仿真的沿海港口甩挂场站布局方案比选

甩挂运输以其高效低碳的特点正得到迅速发展。针对当前国内甩挂场站研究中功能布局、建设规模等方面的量化研究相对不足,利用微观仿真软件VISSIM建立沿海港口甩挂运输场站交通仿真模型,研究甩挂车辆在场站内运行状况,评价场站内部功能布局方案,并以某港口为例,验证该模型的有效性。     

港珠澳大桥珠澳口岸人工岛填海工程总平面优化设计

为降低港珠澳大桥珠澳口岸人工岛工可总平面布置的阻水率,巧妙利用澳门明珠陆域向东突出的地形地貌,调整珠海接线人工岛布置,使珠澳口岸人工岛的阻水横断面减少了37%,同时使珠海接线人工岛的费用减少、工期缩短、施工难度降低。港珠澳大桥珠澳口岸人工岛填海工程总平面因地制宜的优化设计思路及方法获得了初步设计专家评审会的肯定,可为类似河口区临近大陆人工岛平面布置提供有益的参考。     

自动化集装箱码头总体布置

我国作为世界第一大集装箱生产、运输国,至今尚未有一座自动化集装箱码头投产运营,开展自动化码头总体布置研究是自动化集装箱码头建设的关键。结合国内外自动化集装箱码头应用发展状况,总结自动化集装箱码头几种常见的布置形式和特点,针对某工程建设设想,制定全自动化码头总体布置技术方案,提出相关意见和建议,可供类似工程参考。