船舶气象导航最省燃料航线研究

船舶气象导航是保证船舶航行安全和节能的重要手段。本文应用最佳控制理论研究和建立船舶最省燃料航线数学模型。在分析比较船舶最短时间航线和最省燃料航线数学模型的基础上，讨论了最省燃料航线算法实现。并针对冬季北太平洋进行了最省燃料航线模拟试验。     

并联混合动力汽车整车控制仿真

新能源汽车3大关键技术包括动力电池及其电池管理系统、驱动电机及其电机控制以及整车能量管理控制策略,整车控制策略直接决定能量流在汽车内部的流动及整车性能的好坏。文章利用模糊控制策略建立了详细的动力总成多能源能量管理控制模块,并通过ADVISOR仿真平台对所设计的控制策略进行仿真分析。仿真结果显示100km油耗仅5．1L,0-100km／h加速时间为23．1s,最大行驶速度168.3km／h;表明该能量管理策略能明显改善燃油经济性。动力性也具有较好表现。     

矩阵项目型管理在整车研发过程中的解析及优化

汽车行业的竞争日益激烈,新车型层出不穷,如何高效地推动新车型的研发进度,成为现今汽车研发机构思考的一大难题。通过对汽车整车新产品研发项目管理现状的调研,发现主要有3种管理模式,文章结合整车项目管理的理论与实践,阐明某一车型研发的一种管理模式——矩阵型,并对其优点和缺点进行了阐述,同时针对矩阵型管理模式不足之处进行成因分析,提出针对性的解决措施。     

基于GA和SVM的水火弯板焰道布置优化方法

水火弯板是目前船舶建造中普遍采用的曲型外板加工方法,由于机理复杂,其加工过程参数确定往往依赖于工人的加工经验,难以实现标准化和规范化。文章提出基于遗传算法(GA)和支持向量机(SVM)的水火弯板焰道布置优化方法,以成形曲面和设计曲面之间的形状误差最小为优化目标,将焰道布置优化问题分解成计算最小形状误差和搜寻最佳匹配位置两个问题,并分别运用嵌套GA和SVM来实现这两个问题的求解。实例验证表明该方法能快速高效确定最优的加热线布置方案。     

并联式混合动力环卫车电控系统可靠性研究

由于混合动力汽车添加了驱动电机、动力电池组、电机控制器、电池管理器、整车控制器等模块,使其电控系统更加复杂,电磁环境也更加苛刻,传统汽车电控系统设计难以保证其可靠性要求。本文以SX5256DH434PHEV型并联式混合动力环卫车为研究对象,应用分布式层次化控制策略,通过分析电控系统可靠性的影响因素(振动、电磁干扰、散热、防水),提出了并联式混合动力环卫车电控系统控制器与线束的布置方案;可靠性试验结果反映了电控系统设计的可行性和布置方案的合理性。     

基于壁面加热功率回归模型的车用电子水泵控制策略研究

为了提高车用电子水泵对发动机温度控制效果的稳定性,提出了一种基于温差的PID控制与壁面加热功率回归模型补偿的控制策略.通过对影响发动机当前工况产热量的相关参数进行分析,建立非线性回归模型作为水泵转速的实时补偿值,以改善温度响应延迟的缺点,在AMESim中建立整车和冷却系统模型并进行了仿真验证,结果表明:相比于单一的温差...     

滚装甩挂运输牵引车调度优化及作业模式类比分析

针对滚装甩挂运输新船型可“直进直出”条件下的“边装边卸”作业模式，与传统船型“船艉 进出”条件下的“先卸后装”作业模式对比，建立滚装甩挂码头牵引车调度的混合整数规划模型， 并设计遗传算法求解模型。通过对比不同规模算例下CPLEX与所设计遗传算法的实验结果，验证模型的正确性和算法的有效性。结果表明：相较于传统船型“先卸后装”作业模式，新船型“边装边卸”作业模式在运营成本方面可降低约15%；当装卸任务分布密集时，卸船任务靠近船艏运营成本越高，装卸任务分布稀疏时，卸船任务远离船艏运营成本越高；总体而言，“边装边卸”作业模式的运营成本低于“先卸后装”作业模式。研究结论可为“边装边卸”作业模式下的港口滚装甩 挂作业调度提供决策支持。     

Prioritizing road extension projects with interdependent benefits under time constraint

Since transportation projects are costly and resources are limited, prioritizing or sequencing the projects is imperative. This study was inspired by a client who asked: “I have tens of approved road extension projects, but my financial resources are limited. I cannot construct all the projects simultaneously, so can you help me prioritize my projects?” To address this question, the benefits and costs of all the possible scenarios must be known. However, the impacts (or benefit) of road extension projects are highly interdependent, and in sizable cases cannot be specified thoroughly. We demonstrate that the problem is analogous to the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). Dynamic change in travel demand during construction is another aspect of the complexity of the problem. The literature is yet to provide efficient methods for large cases. To this end, we developed a heuristic methodology in which the variation of travel demand during the construction period is considered. We introduce a geometrical objective function for which a solution-finding policy based on “gradient maximization” is developed. To address the projects’ interdependency, a special neural network (NN) model was devised. We developed a search engine hybridized of Ant Colony and Genetic Algorithm to seek a solution to the TSP-like problem on the NN based on gradient maximization. The algorithm was calibrated and applied to real data from the city of Winnipeg, Canada, as well as two cases based on Sioux-Falls. The results were reliable and identification of the optimum solution was achievable within acceptable computational time.     

A survey on modeling and control of thruster-assisted position mooring systems

This review presents a systematic summary of the state-of-the-art development of technological solutions, modeling, and control strategies of thruster-assisted position mooring (TAPM) systems. The survey serves as a starting point for exploring automatic control and real-time monitoring solutions proposed for TAPM systems. A brief historical background of the mooring systems is given. The kinematics and a simplified kinetic control-design model of a TAPM system are derived in accordance with established control methods, including a quasistatic linearized model for the restoring and damping forces based on low-frequency horizontal motions of the vessel. In addition, another two mooring line models, i.e., the catenary equation and the finite element method model, are presented for the purpose of higher-fidelity simulations. The basic TAPM control strategies are reviewed, including heading control, surge-sway damping, roll–pitch damping (for semisubmersibles), and line break detection and compensation. Details on the concepts of setpoint chasing for optimal positioning of a vessel at the equilibrium position are discussed based on balancing the mooring forces with the environmental loads and avoiding mooring line failure modes. One method for setpoint chasing is the use of a structural reliability index, accounting for both mean mooring line tensions and dynamic effects. Another method is the use of a lowpass filter on the position of the vessel itself, to provide a reference position. The most advanced method seems to be the use of a fault-tolerant control framework that, in addition to direct fault detection and isolation in the mooring system, incorporates minimization of either the low-frequency tensions in the mooring lines or minimization of the reliability indices for the mooring lines to select the optimal directions for the setpoint to move. A hybrid (or supervisory switching) control method is also presented, where a best-fit control law and observer law are automatically selected among a bank of control and observer algorithms based on the supervision of the sea-state and automatic switching logic.     

Hybrid analytic-FEM approach for dynamic response analysis of air-cushion vehicle skirts

Focused on the assessment method for dynamic behavior of the skirts of an air cushion vehicle (ACV), this paper proposes a hybrid analytic-FEM approach, within which the self-developed subroutine considers the transient skirt-water contacting force through suggested semi-analytical formula based on the empirical results from CFD simulations of the equivalent flat-plate model. The dynamic explicit algorithm of FEM is adopted to solve the large deformation problem of flexible skirts. The validity of the approach has been confirmed by comparing with previous numerical results as well as published experimental results of steady seal deformation tests at University of Michigan. Afterward, more simulations for demonstration cases are carried out to study the complex dynamic response of the skirts under different skirt-water contacting conditions. The proposed method can obtain more reliable results than traditional analytical method and be more efficient than fluid-structure interaction simulations, thus providing a practical balanced approach aiming at the dynamic response analysis for whole skirts and contributing to the skirts dynamics performance assessment of an ACV.