3-D numerical and experimental analysis for airflow within a passenger compartment

People use cars so frequently that they always consider the air-conditioning, and thermal comfort of the driver and passenger when buying a new car. Therefore accurate simulation of the thermal performance of automobile air conditioners to improve human comfort has become increasingly important. In order to improve the thermal comfort of passengers, 3-D flow motion and thermal behavior within vehicles must be analyzed. In this paper, a numerical simulation was used to investigate thermal behavior in a vehicle. Because air temperature at an air vent is related to the cooling capacity of the air conditioner, the cooling capacity was calculated using ɛ-NTU (effective number of transfer unit) theoretical equations. Using the air temperature relationship between inlet and outlet vents as boundary conditions, a 3-D unsteady κ-ɛ turbulent model was used to give a transient analysis simulation of the temperature field and flow conditions in a vehicle’s passenger cabin. Cooling cycle analysis and conjugate heat transfer analysis at the inside surface of the cabin’s ceiling, floor and sides were also considered. The predicted temperature distributions in the vehicles passenger cabin were in good agreement with those obtained experimentally.     

Thermal design of automobile exhaust based thermoelectric generators: Objectives and challenges

The potential for thermoelectric power generation (via waste heat recovery onboard automobiles) to displace alternators and/or provide additional charging to a vehicle battery pack has increased with recent advances in thermoelectric material processing. In gasoline fueled vehicles (GFVs), about 40% of fuel energy is wasted in exhaust heat, while a smaller amount of energy (30%) is ejected through the engine coolant. Therefore, exhaust-based thermoelectric generators (ETEG) have been a focus for GFV applications since the late 1980s. The conversion efficiency of modern thermoelectric materials has increased more than three-fold in the last two decades; however, disputes as to the thermal design of ETEG systems has kept their overall efficiency at limited and insufficient values. There are many challenges in the thermal design of ETEG systems, such as increasing the efficiency of the heat exchangers (hot box and cold plate), maintaining a sufficient temperature difference across the thermoelectric modules during different operating conditions, and reducing thermal losses through the system as a whole. This paper focuses on a review of the main aspects of thermal design of ETEG systems through various investigations performed over the past twenty years. This paper is organized as follows: first, the construction of a typical ETEG is described. The heat balance and efficiency of ETEG are then discussed. Then, the third section of this paper emphasizes the main objectives and challenges for designing efficient ETEG systems. Finally, a review of ETEG research activities over the last twenty years is presented to focus on methods used by the research community to address such challenges.     

广州智能公共交通系统发展现状与展望

近年来,作为智能交通系统最重要组成部分之一的智能公共交通系统,在国内有了快速发展。通过介绍广州市目前公共交通存在的问题,提出了通过发展智能公共交通系统来解决问题的设想。结合广州目前已有的公共交通基础设施、智能公共交通子系统以及未来几年公共交通和社会交通模式快速变化的要求,对未来广州智能公共交通系统的发展进行了展望。     

承台大体积混凝土水化热分析与施工控制

结合援孟加拉国中孟友谊六桥主桥承台设计与施工,利用Midas/Civil有限元计算分析软件对承台大体积混凝土水化热进行仿真分析,掌握水化热变化规律及其应力影响,据此指导现场施工控制。结果表明:仿真分析很好地反映了水化热变化规律及其应力影响,混凝土质量优良,没有出现温度裂缝,可供类似大体积混凝土设计与施工借鉴。     

浅议二灰土施工的质量控制

二灰土底基层是路面的重要结构物之一,已被广泛的应用于路桥施工中。从二灰土的配合比设计、拌和、摊铺碾压等多方面,阐述了表层起皮、弹簧和裂缝方面施工质量控制,探讨了二灰土易出现的质量问题,并提出了具体的质量控制措施。     

沥青混合料搅拌设备导热油炉的选择及使用

针对施工单位在选择使用沥青混合料搅拌设备导热油炉中存在的问题,提出合理选择使用导热油炉。     

A link-node complementarity model and solution algorithm for dynamic user equilibria with exact flow propagations

In this paper, we propose a link-node complementarity model for the basic deterministic dynamic user equilibrium (DUE) problem with single-user-class and fixed demands. The model complements link-path formulations that have been widely studied for dynamic user equilibria. Under various dynamic network constraints, especially the exact flow propagation constraints, we show that the continuous-time dynamic user equilibrium problem can be formulated as an infinite dimensional mixed complementarity model. The continuous-time model can be further discretized as a finite dimensional non-linear complementarity problem (NCP). The proposed discrete-time model captures the exact flow propagation constraints that were usually approximated in previous studies. By associating link inflow at the beginning of a time interval to travel times at the end of the interval, the resulting discrete-time model is predictive rather than reactive. The solution existence and compactness condition for the proposed model is established under mild assumptions. The model is solved by an iterative algorithm with a relaxed NCP solved at each iteration. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the proposed model and solution approach. We particularly show why predictive DUE is preferable to reactive DUE from an algorithmic perspective.     

方格路网车辆路径在线选择模型及竞争分析

为分析城市方格路网遭遇突发性堵塞下的车辆路径选择问题,应用在线问题与竞争策略的方法建模,设计了2种在线路径选择竞争策略,即方向贪婪策略和多选择移动策略,计算了2种策略的竞争性能比。通过策略竞争分析得出:在发生突发性堵塞的情形下,方向贪婪策略下的费用为最优费用的3倍;利用多选择移动策略在对网络具有实际意义约束条件下的部分情形能够得到最优费用,且在最坏情形下的费用为最优费用的2倍;2种策略的竞争性能比优于以往研究给出的堵塞不可恢复问题竞争比的下界。     

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Frank-Wolfe(FW)算法是一类广泛应用于求解交通分配问题的算法。它具有容易编程实现,所需内存少的特点。但是该算法收敛速度较慢,不能得到路径信息。为了提高算法的效率,本文研究三种流量更新策略(all-at-once, one-origin-at-a-time, one-OD-at-a-time)以及不同的步长搜索策略下的FW算法,其中步长搜索策略包括精确线性搜索方法(包括二分法、黄金分割法、成功失败法)和不精确的线性搜索方法(包括基于Wolfe-Powell收敛准则的搜索方法和Gao等提出的非单调线性搜索方法)。最后,本文将上述策略应用于四种不同规模的交通网络中,并给出较适合求解的组合。     

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停机位的合理指派是机场地面作业中的一项核心任务,对减少枢纽机场航班中转时间起着重要作用,但是停机位指派问题是NP难问题,模型和算法都比较复杂。建立了以旅客满意度为优化目标的数学模型,并设计了一种贪婪模拟退火算法（GSAA）,以求解枢纽机场的停机位指派问题。该算法首先根据贪婪算法FCFS准则使“丢失”的航班数最少得到模拟退火算法的初始解,然后运用经典模拟退火算法求解出最优指派结果。数值仿真证明了模型和算法的有效性。