Locating rental stations and bikeways in a public bike system

To determine the spatial distribution of rental stations and bikeways in a public bike system, this paper proposes a facility location and network design model. The model is developed as a multi-objective programing problem that considers four objectives (minimizing cyclist risk, maximizing cyclist comfort, minimizing adverse impacts on traffic and maximizing service coverage) and multiple constraints (monetary budget, network connectivity, station spacing, bikeway types, station number and value ranges of decision variables). The ε-constraint method solves the programing problem for the public bike system in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. The nine non-dominated alternatives generated are all markedly better than existing locations of rental stations and bikeways. Scenario analysis results indicate that increasing the construction budget for bikeways significantly improves cyclist safety and comfort whilst increasing the adverse impact on traffic. Planners can use this model to develop public bike systems that spatially integrate rental stations and bikeway networks.     

Methodology for ro-ro ship and fleet sizing with application to short sea shipping

A novel methodology is developed for determining the characteristics of a cargo roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship and the fleet size required for a given short sea shipping route. The ship and required fleet size to satisfy the transportation demand (for each pair of speed and freight rate) are determined using a database of existing cargo ro-ro ships to obtain the main technical characteristics of the most suitable ship. The time charter, voyage costs and revenue are then calculated considering the technical characteristics of each ship. Fuel costs are corrected for the actual ship speed and loading condition. A number of restrictions in the transportation problem are considered leading to the exclusion of unfeasible solutions. The maximum profit over the period of a year is identified among the feasible pairs of speed and freight rate. This general methodology is applied in a case study that considers the route between Leixões (Portugal) and Rotterdam (Netherlands). The study allows the identification of the most suitable ship and fleet sizes for different market penetration levels and quantifies the impact on shipping company profit of changes in parameters such as fuel costs, time charter costs, emission control area, installed propulsion power and stacking factor.     

Formulating cargo inventory costs for liner shipping network design

This study examines how to incorporate the inventory costs of containerized cargoes into existing liner service planning models such that the designed networks could be improved while not causing extra modeling/computational burden. Two approaches are compared: (i) not considering the inventory costs at all and (ii) incorporating the inventory costs associated with onboard time and those related to transshipment by assuming a fixed connection time. The two models are compared with the ideal model capturing the exact inventory costs on a route choice problem and a capacity planning problem based on extensive randomly generated and practical numerical experiments. The results show that: first, ignoring the inventory costs in service planning models may lead to network design with much higher costs (poor network design decisions); second, in service planning models assuming weekly frequency, the inventory costs associated with onboard time could be formulated exactly, and those related to the connection time of weekly services could be approximated by assuming fixed connection time of 3.5 days for ports with 1 day’s minimum connection time and 4.5 days for ports with 2 days’ minimum connection time.     

Mathematically calculating the transit time of cargo through a liner shipping network with various trans-shipment policies

This paper derives the mathematical expressions for the transit time of cargo through a liner shipping network. Main efforts are devoted to deriving the calculation expressions of the connection time of cargo during trans-shipment. For the forward and many-to-one trans-shipment policies, we conduct a minor correction towards the expressions in existing studies to improve the completeness. Meanwhile, we propose an alternative but more straightforward calculation method for connection time which bypasses the complicated inductive argument in existing studies. Then we introduce two new trans-shipment policies: backward trans-shipment and one-to-many trans-shipment, and mathematically calculate the corresponding connection times. Numerical experiments also deliver some managerial insights into the effectiveness of backward trans-shipment in transit time control.     

基于两级温差发电的船舶废热回收试验研究

对于船舶柴油机而言,其所做功的30%都以废热的形式随尾气排放到了大气中。利用温差发电(TEG)技术回收船舶余热进行发电具有极其广阔的发展前景。因此提出了一种利用船舶柴油机尾气废热进行两级温差发电的新型装置。在对两级温差发电系统进行建模后,搭建了两级温差发电装置并进行了测试。理论分析和实验结果表明该装置利用温差发电技术对船舶余热回收是可行的。当热端温度达到473 K时,该温差发电实验装置可输出功率250 W,系统热效率为5.35％,相比单级TEG在相同条件下4.04％的热效率,该系统提高了32％。最后,对系统优化和装置的进一步改进进行了探讨。     

组合型水泥粉煤灰碎石桩(CFG桩)复合地基在深厚软基处理中的应用

在深厚软土地基(fak≤100 kPa)上建造储罐等建筑物,承载力要求高、不均匀沉降变形要求严,若采用单一CFG桩复合地基加固,可能导致桩距过小或桩长太长,需要采用组合型复合地基,CFG桩+振冲碎石桩复合地基是组合型复合地基的一种。根据CFG桩+碎石桩组合型复合地基的加固机理,分析了其受力特性以及CFG桩和碎石桩的作用,研究表明CFG桩对提高地基承载力和减小沉降起控制作用。基于优化理论,建立了组合复合地基的优化设计方法。通过工程实例讨论了组合复合地基的优化设计方法,结果表明:复合地基的承载力、沉降量和经济效益均满足工程要求。     

船舶烧伤病房气流组织分析与优化

针对舰船舱室气流组织的形式特点,以烧伤病房作为研究对象建立数学模型,通过使用Airpak软件对烧伤病房不同设计方案下的气流组织进行了计算仿真,通过舱室温湿度,空气流速,热舒适指标等参数的对比,获得舱室的压力、温度、速度、热舒适性指标等的分布特性,对烧伤病房气流组织进行了分析并提出了优化方法,可以有效提高人员的舒适性和气流组织效果。     

导管螺旋桨水动力学性能的影响因素

为了获取导管螺旋桨水动力性能的主要影响因素,指导导管螺旋桨的优化设计,采用计算流体力学CFD对Ka4-7010+19A导管螺旋桨进行水动力性能研究,分析不同导管长度、导管攻角、螺旋桨纵倾角及多导管组对其水动力特性的影响。结果表明：减少导管长度将使推力系数及扭矩系数同时增大,而敞水效率下降;适当增加导管长度可以略微提高其敞水性能;减小导管攻角在一定进速范围内使推力系数和扭矩系数同时大幅度增加,增加导管攻角将导致推力系数和扭矩系数同时下降;当螺旋桨纵倾角保持在10°以内时,不会对敞水性能产生太大影响。对于多导管螺旋桨而言,前置、后置及不同附属导管直径大小都对敞水性能有很大影响,其中后置大导管组螺旋桨能明显降低螺旋桨扭矩系数,并且能在低进速范围内提升敞水效率。研究成果可支撑导管螺旋桨的优化设计。     

近岸深水联排灌注桩施工工艺优化

采用传统的冲孔灌注桩施工工艺进行海上灌注桩施工时,往往会面临适用条件限制、环境污染、施工成本增加等问题。针对三亚凤凰岛项目海上冲孔灌注桩施工特点,介绍通过优化钢平台结构形式及布局设计、泥浆循环系统优化设计、结构稳定性计算、"四新设备"创新应用等措施,有效降低施工成本、提高施工效率、减少环境污染、提高施工质量。结果表明采取的工艺优化和平台改进措施效果良好、实用性强。     

卸船作业模式下自动化码头AGV路径仿真优化

AGV作为自动化码头水平运输的设备,主要负责运输集装箱。受岸桥和场桥装卸能力、水平运输距离和集装箱作业量增加等因素影响,水平运输环节是制约自动化码头发展的瓶颈。结合港口码头作业实际,采用"模型+实例+仿真"的方法对自动化码头AGV路径优化问题进行研究。结合道路交通流理论,提出交通虚拟环岛策略以避免多AGV在码头行驶时产生冲突和拥堵。在卸船作业流程下,采用e M-Plant仿真软件,对提出的交通控制策略从不同角度进行仿真模拟。结果表明,AGV不同路径的选择影响着码头的作业效率。试验结果进一步提高码头作业效率,为自动化码头AGV路径优化提供参考依据。