(Unintended) Transport impacts of an energy-environment policy: The case of CNG conversion of vehicles in Dhaka

Motor vehicles are one of the major sources of air pollution in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The government took various policies to convert the petroleum vehicles on road to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), which allows both air quality improvements and energy security benefits. One of the market friendly policies to encourage the fuel switch was to increase the price differential between CNG and petrol and diesel. This has allowed a wide-scale adoption of CNG as the fuel of choice. However, several years into the policy, there is now a widespread belief among the policymakers that the CNG conversion may have increased car ownership and car travel due to their lower running costs, resulting in more congestion and a reversal of the strategy is on the cards. It is therefore important to test the hypothesis whether CNG conversion had genuinely increased car ownership and car travel in Dhaka city. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey and an econometric intervention analysis to understand the impact of CNG conversion on car ownership and car travel in Dhaka. Attention is also given to disentangle the self-selection and price-induced travel effects of CNG conversion. Results show that ownership did not increase, but travel of on-road vehicles increased due to the CNG policy. However, additional congestion costs are still around one half of the health benefits brought about by the policy.     

Analysis of Coastal Wetland Changes Using the “DPSIR” Model: A Case Study in Xiamen,China

Over the past several decades, human activities have had significant impacts on coastal wetlands worldwide. Here, using a model of “Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR)” and data collected from coastal wetlands in Xiamen, China, we have analyzed temporal changes in regional coastal wetland ecosystem structure and function from 1950 through 2005. The study period was divided into four parts for comparative analysis: pre-1980s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000 to present. Our results show that anthropogenic drivers of coastal wetland degradation in this region have increased substantially since 1950, and that this is correlated with a decline in coastal wetland function over the same period.     

冲击碾压技术在高速公路施工中的应用

在公路工程施工中，冲击碾压技术不仅能够使路基的强度和密实度得到提升，而且还可以使成本降低、沉降减小、施工效率提高。就高速公路施工中冲击碾压技术的原理和应用实例进行探讨，具有一定的理论和实际意义。     

12m大客车侧面碰撞安全性分析

建立了被撞大客车车身骨架、撞击大客车车身骨架和撞击货车有限元模型，运用ANSYS／LS—DYNA软件，分别模拟了撞击大客车与被撞大客车和撞击货车与被撞大客车侧面碰撞．并从侧面碰撞位置、骨架结构变形、乘员生存空间、碰撞速度和加速度方面分析了被撞大客车侧面碰撞安全性。     

基于多层环路形态的上海中环路交通功能分析

借鉴多层环路系统已有研究成果．归纳其形成机理。结合上海市路网在中环浦西段建成前后流量对比．分析中环对于内环和外环的影响。并进一步依据环路功能划分．阐述上海市中环路所承担的主要功能。     

液压冲击产生的原因及应用电磁溢流阀的解决方法

根据对液压系统所产生冲击的原因和机理的分析,提出了使用电磁溢流阀来减小液压系统冲击的方法,并对电磁溢流阀用于减小液压冲击的原理及电磁溢流阀的选择进行了论述。这些研究能为液压系统设计提供一种理论参考。     

汽车侧面碰撞中内板参数与乘员伤害值的相关性分析

基于多刚体理论建立了某国产中级轿车的侧面碰撞乘员约束系统动态仿真模型，并依据试验结果进行了模型有效性验证。应用统计学中相关系数的概念，通过仿真计算分析了该车侧面碰撞中汽车车门内板刚度等参数与乘员伤害值的相关性，获得了车体参数对假人综合伤害值的影响程度，使该车在侧面保护系统设计过程中能够更有针对性地优化相关参数，以提高分析效率。     

耐碱玻璃纤维混凝土的抗弯冲击性能研究

耐碱玻璃纤维在混凝土中分散性良好,显著改善了混凝土的抗弯冲击性能。由梁弯曲冲击试验发现:当玻璃纤维掺量为1.6~2.7 kg/m3时,纤维掺量2.7 kg/m3(G 3)的初裂冲击次数比掺量2.0 kg/m3(G 2)和1.6 kg/m3(G 1)时分别提高1.97倍和2.81倍,比素混凝土提高10.97倍;G 2的初裂冲击次数比G 1提高28%,比素混凝土提高3.03倍。G 3的破坏冲击次数比G 2提高1.95倍,比G 1提高2.78倍,比素混凝土提高11.01倍;G 2的破坏冲击次数比G 1提高28%,比素混凝土提高3.08倍;G 1的破坏冲击次数比素混凝土提高2.18倍。纤维质量掺量由2.0 kg/m3提高到2.7 kg/m3时,对改善混凝土抗弯冲击性能效果十分显著。玻璃纤维显著改善了混凝土的抗弯冲击性能,可以用于机场道面、桥面等工程。     

引入网络影响分析的道路选线优化模型

提出一个基于遗传算法的道路选线优化模型,该模型首先随机生成新建道路空间位置的候选方案集,并依据GIS平台自动设计新建道路的平竖曲线,并计算其各项工程费用;接下来,分析变化了的路网的拓扑结构,并在新路网中分配OD交通量,获得OD交通在新路网上的交通流特征,进而计算OD交通量的走行时间和在路网上的环境负荷;然后,利用工程费用、OD交通走行时间费用和环境负荷当量费用构造适应度函数,以判断各候选方案的优劣,同时实施选择、交叉、变异操作以获得更多的候选方案,直至得到一个最佳的新建道路方案为止。数字试验结果显示:新建道路对路网的影响不容忽视。     

基于轮胎印迹的事故再现方法研究

首先建立了相机的三维摄影测量模型,用于轮胎印迹的准确勘测和建模。然后建立了车辆运动及碰撞过程中的动力学模型,用以模拟车辆在碰撞前、碰撞过程及碰撞后的运动轨迹,和摄影测量得到的轮胎印迹模型比较,采用轨迹优化的方法实现交通事故在计算机上的三维模拟再现。最后通过在典型事故再现中的应用阐述此方法的应用价值。