Disaster prevention and strategic investment for multiple ports in a region: cooperation or not

With the growth of maritime transportation, seaports have become critical to the world economy as linking nodes between shipping and inland transport. However, the port system is fragile under certain unconventional emergency events. This study addresses the issue of investment on disaster prevention within the port competition context. The present model discusses and compares four situations of different relationships and strategies of pre-disaster prevention between two adjacent ports. Results indicate that both ports increase the disaster prevention investment under the cooperation scenario compared with that in the case of non-cooperation wherein they are complementary ports. Meanwhile, a numerical simulation is conducted to examine the collective and individual rationality of both ports. Although cooperation strategy decreases the total risk cost of two ports, one of the two ports may profit, whereas the other may suffer losses.     

Risk assessment framework for exposure of cargo and ports to natural hazards and climate extremes

There is an increase in risks and catastrophic losses in maritime transport including ports and cargo. Significant losses have been associated with large scale natural hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunami, cyclones, and other extreme weather events. This paper identifies the main gaps in understanding maritime risks in transportation research. The gaps are attributed to insufficient empirical work available from the maritime transport and logistics research community to guide multi-risk and natural hazards impact assessment on seaport and cargo. In addition, disaster studies communities have barely made adequate efforts to understand and assess port and cargo risks arising from multi-hazards and disaster events. This paper examines existing conceptual frameworks concerning exposure and risk assessments of natural catastrophe’s impacts. Furthermore, the paper identifies trends and gaps in risk assessment frameworks in the field of disaster studies that can be beneficial for maritime risk research. The authors propose a new risk assessment framework that can guide future research and multi-hazard risk assessment processes at different scales of maritime risks.     

Modelling the impact of weather conditions on active transportation travel behaviour

Three weather sensitive models are used to explore the relationship between weather and home-based work trips within the City of Toronto, focusing on active modes of transportation. The data are restricted to non-captive commuters who have the option of selecting among five basic modes of auto driver, auto passenger, transit, bike and walk. Daily trip rates in various weather conditions are assessed. Overall, the results confirm that impact of weather on active modes of transportation is significant enough to deserve attention at the research, data collection and planning levels.     

一种恶劣天气下高速公路车流稳健控制方式

高速公路的安全运营受恶劣天气影响显著,尤其是在极端恶劣的天气情况下。在车辆跟驰理论的基础上提出了一种车流控制方式,并结合车间距和车流安全的影响因素,推导得出了恶劣天气下能见度与高速公路安全行车速度的关系。研究为恶劣天气条件下高速公路的不间断安全运营提供了理论依据。     

大型活动的交通调查及分析

随着我国经济的不断发展,全国各地举行的大型活动越来越多。大型活动产生突增交通量造成周边地区的交通拥挤,而分析大型活动带来的交通拥挤则是以对大型活动的交通调查为基础的。以长春市南岭体育场周围的道路交通系统为基础,对举行足球比赛产生的观众到达高峰和离开高峰进行了实地调查,并通过问卷的方式对观众出行方式及其他与此活动相关的特性进行了分析。     

航海气象传真图的降噪处理

气象传真图是船舶驾驶员预知航行区域的气象信息及海况的主要途径.受电磁波和收发装置的影响,气象传真图在传输、接收的过程中会产生高斯噪声和椒盐噪声,严重时会导致接收到的气象传真图模糊不清和失真,这会影响船舶驾驶员的分析和决策.为此,基于偏微分方程(PDE)建立数学模型,对含有噪声的气象传真图进行降噪处理,取得了明显的效果,这为提高气象传真图的质量提供了一种可行方法.同时,这种方法也可运用于船舶其它的电子图像设备(如电子海图,雷达,AIS),有效降噪、提高图像质量.     

车用柴油车燃油路加热器

对冬季车用柴油车燃油路结蜡,造成发动机熄火进行分析,并结合我国气候特点,提出有效的解决方案。     

浅谈海洋气候下的整车防腐

通过防腐的意义和防腐成因分析,重点阐述海洋性气候下的整车防腐措施。[编者按]     

公路绿化工程实施的总结

总结容县至岑溪一级公路梧州段绿化实施的情况。     

西藏东南部沥青路面常见病害及成因分析

西藏东南部特殊的气候条件引起的沥青路面病害直接影响到路面的使用性能和路面的耐久性,它与沥青混合料类型、混合料的配合比设计、沥青品质、矿料质量、施工方法与材料的均匀性、气候特点、交通条件等有关。通过调研分析了病害与藏东南独特的气候关系,冻土、巨大的昼夜温差、长时间高频率的降雨是造成路面病害的主要因素。