Modeling drivers' passing duration and distance in a virtual environment

In many countries two-lane rural highways constitute a large proportion of the road network. One of the most fatal crash types is head-on collisions. Some of these head-on collisions are caused by failed passing maneuvers, when a driver does not succeed to complete the pass safely.     

先入后出型城市快速路匝道组合的最佳间距

以上海市某先入后出型匝道组合为例,利用校验后的仿真软件TSIS研究了匝道间距与交织区平均速度的变化关系.结果表明,随着匝道间距的增加,交织区平均速度呈先增加后趋于稳定的趋势,且匝道间距对主线最外侧车道的影响程度远远高于对内侧车道的影响.借助统计软件SPSS分析了主线设计速度分别为60、80、100 km/h时匝道间距、流量、汇入比、分流比与交织区平均速度的关系并建立了相应的定量模型.结果表明,主线设计速度不同时,影响交织区平均速度的因素也有所变化.根据定量模型分别计算了不同设计速度和交织区平均速度条件下的匝道间距,并根据实际情况对计算值进行了修正,最终给出了合理的推荐值,并与《城市快速路设计规程》(CJJ129-2009)中的推荐值进行了对比.结果表明,定量统计模型计算值较为合理,且更加详细,便于工程应用.     

Examining sustainability performance at ports: port managers’ perspectives on developing sustainable supply chains

ABSTRACT

This research examined the effects of sustainable supply chain management (i.e. internal sustainable development and external sustainable collaboration) on sustainability performance in the port context. Structural equation modeling was employed in this study using survey data collected from 135 respondents holding the position of supervisor or above in three major international port authorities in Taiwan (i.e. Keelung, Taichung, and Kaohsiung). Results indicated that external sustainable collaboration is positively associated with internal sustainable management, and internal sustainable management positively influences sustainability performance. This research also found that internal sustainable management mediates the effects of external sustainable collaboration on sustainability performance. The implication of the findings for port decision-makers, authorities, managers, and sustainable development are discussed.     

Navigating Institutional Constraints in the Process of Computational Environmental Modeling

Abstract

The use of computational models has proliferated in the last few decades due to the practical benefits that they offer in terms of understanding complex systems. However, the process of developing a computational model is not only shaped by scientific and practical concerns. Modelers must also navigate the institutional structures in which the models are constructed and implemented. In the process, they must often draw upon existing or create new social relationships that can, themselves, alter the institutional structures they are attempting to navigate. In this article, I use an ethnographic approach to examine three examples in which the process of building and implementing a computational model was constrained by institutional factors and the strategies the modelers used to navigate them. The research was conducted with computational modelers at the Chesapeake Bay Program who are involved in constructing the Chesapeake Bay modeling system for nutrient management in the watershed. Modelers in this context had to: build relationships with the broader scientific community to reinforce the “believability” of the model, draw upon institutional relationships in order to work around limitations on data-sharing between organizations, and manage differing incentive structures to motivate and coordinate the research needed to complete the model     

基于Saber的船舶电力推进系统的建模及仿真

数字仿真是深入研究船舶电力推进系统关键技术的有效手段。以典型的交-直-交电压源型变频器驱动异步电动机类型的船舶电力推进系统为例,建立通用性的系统数学模型,并在Saber软件中转换成仿真模型,为研究电力推进系统特性建立有效的仿真平台。运用系统模型进行典型工况仿真实验,并将数字仿真结果与台架实验数据进行对比,验证了系统模型的准确性与精度。     

基于动态贝叶斯网络的调距桨任务可靠性模型及应用

为了解决调距桨在可靠性分析时动态的、可修复性的问题,引入了一种基于动态贝叶斯网络理论的新方法,提出了动态的和可修复的可靠性建模分析技术,弥补了传统方法在动态可靠性分析时模型描述上的局限性及算法上的缺陷问题。在模型方面,用贝叶斯网络能有效地刻画系统的动态行为、修复行为;在此基础上建立了系统任务可靠度数学模型,运用MATLAB软件中贝叶斯网络工具箱编写了MATLAB计算语句,输入有关元件的故障率与修复率能够实现推进装置的任务可靠性数值仿真。     

Integrating a traffic router and microsimulator into a land use and travel demand model

Abstract

This paper describes one of the first known attempts at integrating a dynamic and disaggregated land-use model with a traffic microsimulator and compares its predictions of land use to those from an integration of the same land-use model with a more traditional four-step travel demand model. For our study area of Chittenden County, Vermont, we used a 40-year simulation beginning in 1990. Predicted differences in residential units between models for 2030 broken down by town correlated significantly with predicted differences in accessibility. The two towns with the greatest predicted differences in land use and accessibility are also the towns that currently have the most severe traffic bottlenecks and poorest route redundancy. Our results suggest that this particular integration of a microsimulator with a disaggregated land-use model is technically feasible, but that in the context of an isolated, small metropolitan area, the differences in predicted land use are small.     

Lisp语言在CAD绘制征地图中的应用

Lisp语言采用普通的文本编辑器编程,程序内容易读易懂,生成执行文件后能有效防止程序被误改,是征地图参数化绘图的首选编程语言。文章以高速公路施工临时用地的征用和复垦工作为例,结合临时用地的工作流程和绘图参数的采集方法,对lisp在CAD二次开发中的应用进行阐述。     

克令吊车回转轴承和基座法兰盘接触分析

分析克令吊车异响产生原因,寻找减小和消除异响的办法,利用不同的有限元建模方法进行研究,结果显示净力矩和预紧力对接触面张开距离的非线性影响最大,认为在克令吊车设计中留出足够的设计裕度以避开额定工作环境的临界值尤为重要.     

Mathematical model of small water-plane area twin-hull and application in marine simulator

Small water-plane area twin-hull（SWATH） has drawn the attention of many researchers due to its good sea-keeping ability.In this paper,MMG＇s idea of separation was used to perform SWATH movement modeling and simulation;respectively the forces and moment of SWATH were divided into bare hull,propeller,rudder at the fluid hydrodynamics,etc.Wake coefficient at the propellers which reduces thrust coefficient,and rudder mutual interference forces among the hull and propeller,for the calculation of SWATH,were all considered.The fourth-order Runge-Kutta method of integration was used by solving differential equations,in order to get SWATH＇s movement states.As an example,a turning test at full speed and full starboard rudder of ‘Seagull＇ craft is shown.The simulation results show the SWATH＇s regular pattern and trend of motion.It verifies the correctness of the mathematical model of the turning movement.The SWATH＇s mathematical model is applied to marine simulator in order to train the pilots or seamen,or safety assessment for ocean engineering project.Lastly,the full mission navigation simulating system（FMNSS） was determined to be a successful virtual reality technology application sample in the field of navigation simulation.