Optimization of horizontal alignment geometry in road design and reconstruction

This paper presents a general formulation for optimization of horizontal road alignment, composed of tangential segments and circular curves suitably connected with transition curves (clothoids). It consists of a constrained optimization problem where the objective function is given by a line integral along the layout. The integrand is a function representing the cost of the road going through each point and, by considering different costs, a wide range of problems can be included in this formulation. To show it, we apply this methodology to three different situations. The two first cases are related with the design of a new road layout and used to solve a pair of academic examples. The third problem deals with the improvement of a road adapting the old path to current legislation, and it is solved taking as case study the reconstruction project for a regional road (NA-601) in the north of Spain.     

Resolving the property right of transportation emissions through public–private partnerships

The application of public–private partnerships (P3’s) in the transportation sector has grown in popularity worldwide. Despite this important shift in the provision of transportation service, there are clear gaps in knowledge about the impacts of P3 projects, especially on emissions from transportation systems as a whole. Not only should policy makers evaluate the emissions impacts from P3 projects, but they should also think about innovative models that address or charge for emissions into P3 contracts. This addition to P3 contracts could provide a new solution to the long-existing property right paradox: who owns (is responsible for) emissions from transportation systems? This study attempts to fill the research gap by analyzing these innovative models. Using the road network of Fresno, California, as our case study, we offer a number of interesting insights for policy makers. First, average peak emissions costs range from 1.37 cents per mile (the do-nothing case) to 1.20 cents per mile (profit-maximizing cases) per vehicle. Although emissions costs from the P3 projects are lowest for the profit-maximizing cases, the system-wide emissions costs of these cases are highest because of spillover effects. Second, charging project owners for the emissions costs of P3 projects is not an effective way to reduce emissions or the total costs of travel, especially on a VMT basis. Instead, the public sector should implement emissions-included social cost-based price ceilings. When employing these limits, project owners could still be charged for the emissions costs. Finally, using total travel time as the only objective function for evaluating P3 projects can be misleading. Several P3 projects have shown better outcomes using total travel cost with the inclusion of emissions and fuel consumption costs, instead of using total travel time as the only objective function.     

浸水条件下膨胀土路堑边坡的稳定性分析

降雨后土体浸湿是造成膨胀土路堑边坡破坏的重要原因。通过分析浸水条件下膨胀土路堑边坡的破坏机理,考虑膨胀力作用的特点,建立了膨胀土路堑边坡的膨胀力作用模型。结合实际膨胀土路堑边坡工程,利用有限元法,模拟分析了边坡在浸水前后及不同浸水深度时的位移场、危险滑动面和稳定系数。通过分析和比较表明:膨胀土路堑边坡的稳定性直接受浸水条件的影响,浸水后的边坡不仅安全性明显降低,而且破坏具有明显的浅层性特征,故应做好坡面的防护和防水、排水措施。     

车身板件结构对汽车行车舒适性的影响

采用有限元与多体动力学相结合的方法分析了车身板件对振动的影响,改变车身板件局部结构,在对振动影响最大的前后地板上增加加强筋后对整车进行振动响应模拟,揭示了车身板件结构对汽车在路面激励下行车舒适性的影响。分析表明,在地板上增加加强筋可以极大地提高汽车的行车舒适性。     

考虑动压与路面粗糙度时轮胎湿牵引性能研究

根据流体动力润滑理论,将轮胎黏性滑水问题模拟为胎面单元与路面之间的动压、挤压膜问题,同时考虑了路面粗糙度的影响,建立了轮胎胎面单元黏性滑水问题的数学模型,并进行数值求解。以矩形胎面单元为例分析了胎面单元对轮胎黏性滑水性能的影响。结果表明,轮胎的薄膜湿牵引性能与滑动速度成反比;在考虑路面粗糙度的情况下,引入了膜厚比作为轮胎的薄膜湿牵引性能衡量标准,得出湿牵引性能与路面粗糙度成正比的结论。     

充分发挥道路运输业的比较优势努力做好"三个服务"——在全国道路运输工作会议上的讲话(节选)

文章充分肯定了近年来我国道路运输工作取得的成绩,阐述了交通运输业今后的工作重点,提出了道路运输业发展的总体目标和要求。     

水泥稳定碎石在二级公路基层施工中的质量控制

文章通过分析水泥稳定碎石的作用原理及形成过程,阐明了在二级公路建设中水泥稳定碎石的施工要点及控制方法。     

山区公路填方路基稳定性的综合处治

文章通过对广西西林-管肖公路路基沉陷病害化学灌浆加固的治理,以及加固效果的试验对比,说明化学灌浆加固技术对于公路不稳定路基处理的可行性,为类似工程提供参考。     

国道323线红砂岩路基填筑技术的探讨

在红砂岩地区的公路施工中最常遇到的问题是大量的红砂岩土因其材料本身的特殊性难以作为路基填筑材料而被丢弃。文中通过分析红砂岩的特性,就施工中采用何种设备及工艺对红砂岩进行处理,以确保填筑路基的稳定性进行了探讨,有效地解决红砂岩土利用难的问题。     

高粘度硬沥青混合料路用性能研究

文章对高粘度硬沥青混合料路用性能进行了研究,通过室内试验对高粘度硬沥青(AH-30)、重交通沥青(AH-70)和SBS改性沥青混合料路用性能进行全面的对比试验,结果表明,高粘度硬沥青具有粘稠度大、针入度小的基本特点,其混合料具有高强度、高模量、优异的高温稳定性、水稳性及抗疲劳性能,可应用于南方湿热地区沥青路面的中下面层,从而大大提高沥青路面的使用性能和使用寿命。