Consumer preferences for battery electric vehicles: A choice experimental survey in China

To accelerate the diffusion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), consumer preferences for different products and policy attributes must be determined. Although previous studies have investigated consumer preferences for some product attributes, including purchase price, operation cost, driving range, and charging time, limited studies have discussed the broader aspects of product attributes, such as battery warranty and depreciation rate. Moreover, market-oriented incentives, including the personal carbon trading (PCT) scheme and the tradable driving credits (TDC) scheme, can theoretically be effective alternatives to expensive purchase subsidies. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence that confirms the influence of these two schemes on BEV adoption. To fill these gaps, we conducted a stated preference choice experimental survey in China and investigated the effect of product attributes, existing policy incentives, and two emerging market-oriented incentives on BEV adoption. Our results reveal that along with the main product attributes, battery warranty has a significant positive effect on inducing mainstream consumers to adopt BEVs while no preference difference occurs among existing policy incentives after purchase subsidies are abolished. For young consumers, almost all incentives that reduce the operation cost (e.g., PCT) or increase convenience (e.g., TDC) can increase their adoption of BEVs. These findings can provide important implications for the government with regard to designing novel incentives and promoting BEV adoption.     

Using on-board logging devices to study the longer-term impact of an eco-driving course

In this paper the long-term impact of an eco-driving training course is evaluated by monitoring driving behavior and fuel consumption for several months before and after the course. Cars were equipped with an on-board logging device that records the position and speed of the vehicle using GPS tracking as well as real time as electronic engine data extracted from the controller area network. The data includes mileage, number of revolutions per minute, position of the accelerator pedal, and instantaneous fuel consumption. It was gathered over a period of 10 months for 10 drivers during real-life conditions thus enabling an individual drive style analysis. The average fuel consumption four months after the course fell by 5.8%. Most drivers showed an immediate improvement in fuel consumption that was stable over time, but some tended to fall back into their original driving habits.     

施工最大悬臂状态梁桥P-Δ效应有限元分析

文章以赣江大桥和宁海新桥特大桥为研究对象,利用有限元模型对其主桥施工最大悬臂状态下P-Δ效应进行了计算,分析了考虑P-Δ效应时的桥梁位移与应力变化情况,为今后类似工程的设计计算和施工监控提供参考。     

广西高速公路声屏障降噪效果研究

文章结合实地监测结果,对广西高速公路沿线现有各类声屏障的降噪效果进行了分析评估,并提出了相应的高速公路声屏障设计思路及建议。     

Long-term impact of the Shinkansen on rail and air demand: analysis with data from Northeast Japan

This paper analyses how the high-speed rail construction in Northeast Japan (Tohoku) has affected total demand and interregional travel patterns. We use annual interregional passenger data from 1989 to 2012 and apply regression analysis with the demand between Tokyo and the Tohoku prefectures as the dependent variable. We distinguish particularly between the ‘Full-’ and the ‘Mini-’ Shinkansen, where the latter are branch services running with reduced speed. We find that the ‘Full-Shinkansen’ quickly increases rail and total public transport trips and generates additional rail demand year on year. The ‘Mini-Shinkansen’ impacts are less pronounced. Furthermore, our analysis shows that the Shinkansen has shifted some demand from air to rail once it started operation and increased rail share gradually. We therefore suggest that predictions of demand impacts should carefully distinguish immediate from gradual impacts. We also discuss differences in regional demand in that not all prefectures have gained equally from Shinkansen construction.     

自升式风电安装平台插桩过程中的耦合作用

以某自升式风电安装平台和其临近的固定平台为研究对象,探讨风电安装平台桩靴入泥带来的挤土荷载与环境荷载的耦合作用对平台桩基强度的影响。分析结果表明:在靠近泥面一定范围之内,在进行导管架钢桩设计时必须考虑挤土荷载与环境荷载的耦合作用,以满足导管架平台桩基的强度要求。     

游艇码头定位桩内力分析

定位桩是游艇码头的一种重要锚碇形式,现行规范对游艇码头风荷载、波浪荷载等规定存在不详尽之处,为完善游艇码头定位桩的计算分析,采用ANSYS有限元软件对游艇码头在风荷载和波浪荷载作用下的受力情况进行分析,对游艇码头定位桩计算提出合理建议,建议游艇码头计算采用整体建模,风荷载的遮挡效应应考虑船型、受风高度、船舶间距等因素。     

预成孔置换强夯法处理大型油罐软基工程应用

建设大型油罐软基处理的重点在于控制工后沉降和差异沉降,但普通强夯置换法存在置换墩体着底情况不良与地基工后沉降量大的问题,针对这个问题进行了普通置换强夯法的改进研究。采取预成孔工艺能解决墩体着底情况不良的问题,从而减少地基工后沉降量。预成孔置换强夯法是一种用于处理软弱土地基的施工工艺,具有工期短、造价低与绿色环保等优点,通过预成孔保证置换墩着底可靠性,从而成功控制了工后沉降和差异沉降,实际检测结果和充水预压试验证实了处理方案的可靠性。     

透水框架坝生态效应研究

为了研发生态结构,给生态航道建设提供技术支撑,在进行水生生物调研分析的基础上,提出了透水框架坝的结构形式。通过开展相应的水槽试验,对比分析透水坝与实体坝的作用区别,并结合水槽试验成果,从集鱼效应、提高鱼类栖息适合度等方面分析透水框架坝的生态效应。得到主要结论如下:1)从流场分布来看,实体坝在坝后一定范围内存在回流区;框架坝坝后无回流区存在; 2)相对于实体坝,透水坝作用效果较弱(冲刷坑深度约为实体坝的60%),作用时间更长; 3)透水框架坝能够起到人工鱼礁的作用,框架坝的内部空隙为鱼类等水生生物提供栖息庇护场所,对鱼类有较强的诱集效果; 4)框架坝通过提高水体含氧量和提高有利于鱼类的流速区面积来提高鱼类的栖息适合度。     

钢板桩常规施工工艺及涂层受损问题

针对钢板桩施工问题,以马来西亚槟城吹填二期(STP2)工程为例,对Z型钢板沉桩机具选型及沉桩工艺进行研究。通过对比3种国外常用的钢板桩沉桩阻力估算方法及含导向架和无导向架施工的实际应用效果,优选出适合沉桩的振动锤型,并总结出两种沉桩方法的优劣性及适用情况,总结陆上钢板桩作业涂层常见受损问题及修复措施。