Integrated models of land use and transportation for the autonomous vehicle revolution

ABSTRACT

The advent of the autonomous vehicle (AV) will affect not only the transportation system, but also future patterns of land development. Integrated land use and transportation models will be critical tools in assessing the path forward with this technology. Key questions with respect to land use impacts of AVs arise from potential changes in sensitivity to travel and reduced demand for parking. It is an open question whether AVs will induce urban sprawl, or whether spatial economies of agglomeration will mitigate any reductions in travel time sensitivity. The deployment of shared fleets of AVs would likely reduce parking demand, producing yet to be explored impacts on property development within existing urban footprints. We perform a critical assessment of currently operational models and their ability to represent the adoption of AVs. We identify the representation of time in such models as a vital component requiring additional development to model this new technology. Existing model applications have focused on the discrete addition of new infrastructure or policy at a fixed point in time, whereas AV adoption will occur incrementally through time. Stated adaptation surveys are recommended as tools to quantify preferences and develop relevant model inputs. It is argued that existing models that assume comparatively static equilibrium have been convenient in the past, but are insufficient to model technology adoption. In contrast, dynamic model frameworks lack sufficient structure to maintain reasonability under large perturbations from base conditions. The ongoing advancement of computing has allowed models to move away from being mechanistic aggregate tools, towards behaviourally rich depictions of individual persons and firms. However, much work remains to move from projections of existing conditions into the future, to the evolution of the spatial economy as it evolves through time in response to new technologies and exogenous stresses. Principles from complex and evolutionary systems theory will be important in the development of models with the capacity to consider such dynamics.     

Sliding window method for vehicles moving on a long track

The rail is modelled as a simply supported beam in the vehicle–track coupled dynamics. The beam is formulated by a partial differential equation that is transformed into an ordinary differential equation by the method of mode superposition for numerical calculation. However, the size of the matrix that is formed by the mode-superposition method increases significantly with track length, which limits the calculation efficiency. Some methods have been developed to solve this calculation issue, but they diminish the merits of the vehicle–track coupled dynamics, which would systematically investigate the dynamics of a vehicle and a track from the entire vehicle–track system. A new method is developed to resolve this contradiction. First, a theory based on a sliding window is established to improve the computational stability with respect to the length and the window-movement ratio. Then, two methods, namely finite element method analysis and an analytical solution, are used to verify the accuracy of the new method, which is highly efficient when used in a vertical half-vehicle–track coupled model to calculate the vehicle response when the vehicle moves on a long track. The results of the vehicle response calculated with and without the sliding window show good consistency.     

惯性摩擦制动对铜基粒子材料摩擦磨损性能的影响

采用粉末冶金工艺制备了多组元的铜基摩擦材料,利用GF150D型摩擦试验机,分别在不同的摩擦方式和不同的摩擦条件下,探讨了材料的摩擦磨损性能.结果表明:惯性摩擦条件下,随着摩擦压力提高,磨损量增加,摩擦系数降低.且在其他摩擦条件相同时惯性摩擦条件下的摩擦系数低于定速.惯性试验湿摩擦的摩擦系数比干摩擦的摩擦系数有显著提高,摩擦顺序为高速到低速时的摩擦系数的稳定性都高于摩擦顺序为低速到高速.     

山区高速公路桥隧相连技术的研究与应用

通过研究山区高速公路隧道洞口桥隧相连的有关技术及其在实际工程中的合理选择与应用,分析其优缺点,并总结经验,对类似条件下桥梁与隧道的建设具有一定的指导意义。     

干线公路沥青路面养护大中修工程方案设计探讨

结合某干线路面大中修工程方案设计中的路况调查结果,对其路面使用品质加以评价,有利于得出合理的路面大中修方案。     

动车低速脱轨的动态响应

在动车轴箱下方安装防护装置, 进行线路低速脱轨试验。车辆借助脱轨器完成脱轨, 利用应变片、加速度和位移传感器采集脱轨车辆的动态响应, 采用高速摄像仪和视频摄像仪分别记录了脱轨车辆的运动姿态。基于试验数据, 评估了脱轨条件下钢轨抗倾翻能力, 验证了脱轨安全防护装置的性能, 分析了动车脱轨后的动态响应和脱轨速度、车辆质量和线路对动态响应的影响。试验结果表明: 当动车低速脱轨时, 防护装置撞击钢轨的最大横向力为177.18kN, 小于钢轨横向抵抗力510.00kN, 因此, 脱轨安全防护装置可以扣住钢轨外侧, 有效限制脱轨车辆的横向移动。车辆的脱轨过程分为惰行、轨上运动、落地和路基滑行4个阶段, 各阶段的动态响应均随脱轨速度和车辆质量的增大而增大。当动车脱轨速度为22km·h^-1时, CRTSⅡ型双块式无砟轨道的脱轨距离约为15.80m, CRTSⅠ型板式无砟轨道的脱轨距离约为20.87m, 因此, CRTSⅡ型双块式无砟轨道的轨枕可以起到减速带的作用, 减小脱轨距离。     

智慧校园环境下课程资源建设的实践研究 ——以汽修专业《汽车空调原理与检修》课程建设应用为例

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基于CS-SD的车载环境下实时行人检测模型

针对车辆辅助驾驶系统中行人检测的实时性问题, 提出一种基于路面边缘线标定结合显著性纹理检测(CS-SD) 的算法和定位方向梯度直方图(L-HOG) 的行人检测模型, 应用CS-SD算法替代穷尽搜索快速标定图像中的行人区域, 应用L-HOG快速提取行人特征, 并采用附加核心的支持向量机(AK-SVM) 进行高效目标分类。分析结果表明: 在个人计算机上对包含832个行人的500幅图像进行检测时, 模型正确检测720个行人, 检测率为86.5%, 误检率为4.1%, 检测时间为39ms; 在基于BF609的车载行人检测系统上对包含988个行人的48 400幅图像进行检测时, 模型正确检测861个行人, 漏检127个行人, 误检13个行人, 检测速度为20fps。可见, 提出的行人检测模型在不降低检测率的前提下, 可以达到满意的检测速度, 并且可以用于实时行人检测车载设备。     

移相全桥ZVS控制的电动汽车DC/DC转换器设计研究

本文采用移相全桥控制策略,设计了一种应用于电动汽车的DC/DC变换器并能实现功率开关的零电压导通.本文对其进行了简要介绍移相全桥ZVS-DC变换器的拓扑结构.制造了一个原型进行了一系列的实验.最终的实验结果与仿真结果相一致,且满足要求设计要求,证明设计方案的可行性.     

怠速行驶缓踩制动整车抖动及发动机转速飙升问题分析

本文简要的介绍了某车型在怠速行驶缓踩制动下整车抖动及发动机转速飙升问题的分析验证过程,并对原因进行分析,提出改进建议.