Empirical estimation of price and income elasticities of air cargo demand: The case of Hong Kong

This paper estimates the price and income elasticities of air cargo demand and examines how they may change after the 2008 financial crisis. Using a set of time series data, we simultaneously estimate the aggregated demand and supply functions of air cargo at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). We find that during the entire sampling period of 2001–2013, the price elasticity for air cargo transport demand at HKIA ranges from −0.74 to −0.29, suggesting that air cargo demand in Hong Kong reacts negatively to price (as expected) but does not appear to be very sensitive to price. The income elasticity ranges from 0.29 to 1.47 and appears sensitive to seasonality adjustment approaches. However, in terms of the speed of changes, air cargo demand changes much faster than overall economy, indicating the presence of a pro-cyclical pattern of air cargo traffic with respect to the overall economy. Our analysis shows that air cargo demand becomes more sensitive to changes in both price and income after 2008.     

Airport capacity increase via the use of braking profiles

Many airports are encountering the problem of insufficient capacity, which is particularly severe in periods of increased traffic. A large number of elements influence airport capacity, but one of the most important is runway occupancy time. This time depends on many factors, including how the landing roll procedure is performed. The procedure usually does not include the objective to minimize the runway occupancy time. This paper presents an analysis which shows that the way of braking during landing roll has an essential impact on runway throughput and thus on airport capacity. For this purpose, the landing roll simulator (named ACPENSIM) was created. It uses Petri nets and is a convenient tool for dynamic analysis of aircraft movement on the runway with given input parameters and a predetermined runway exit. Simulation experiments allowed to create a set of nominal braking profiles that have different objective functions: minimizing the runway occupancy time, minimizing noise, minimizing tire wear, maximizing passenger comfort and maximizing airport capacity as a whole. The experiments show that there is great potential to increase airport capacity by optimizing the braking procedure. It has been shown that by using the proposed braking profiles it is possible to reduce the runway occupancy time even by 50%.     

关于木材运输船安全运输的几点分析

木材船海上运输具有一定的风险,一旦积载和绑扎不当或管理不妥,造成货物滚动、移位、货垛倒塌,就会引发安全事故甚至导致船舶倾覆。因此,加强木材船的安全管理,落实各项安全保障措施,是确保木材船安全运输生产的重要举措。     

FLNG总体设计关键技术研究

阐述了集天然气预处理、液化、储存、外输为一体的新型海上浮式装置FLNG总体设计中的几项关键技术。提出控制船体运动性能的重要性,从主尺度选择、线型设计和典型配载工况等方面入手进行分析,确定250,000m3 FLNG船体主尺度,以确保上部生产系统高效率的正常作业。针对LNG货物围护系统,提出薄膜型(双排舱)和SPB独立舱型两种货物围护系统方案,并从上部模块支墩设置和隔离舱加热等方面对这两个方案进行比较。论述FLNG冷却海水供应系统的特点及其与常规海底门取水方法的不同之处,提出舷外海水提升泵取水的可行方案。     

浅析西门子BDPC系统在CTV上的 可行性

本文主要目的是分析西门子Blue Drive Plus C（随后简称BDPC）系统及其配置是否能够应用在深水动力定位原油输送船（随后称CTV）上。通过供需关系对比法,首先实现CTV实现海上自由航行、跟随定位、连接FPSO与～30万吨油轮之间浮管、加油跟随定位、紧急脱离、绿色环保运行等工况下的正常与应急储备动力需求,随后分析西门子BDPC直流系统及其运用技术,针对本项目提供的特殊配置,与CTV提出需求进行对比,结论是BDPC依靠它的直流发电、配电、逆变、储能等技术,可以满足CTV的配置需求,论证了BDPC系统运用在性能优越的深水原油输送装置CTV是可行的。     

6500m~3液化气运输船鞍座结构强度分析

论述中小型液化气船C型独立液货舱液罐鞍座结构及其作用,根据《散装运输液化气体船舶构造与设备规范》,采用有限元分析方法对一艘6 500 m3液化气船的鞍座及其附近船体结构在不同工况下进行了结构强度评估。通过计算分析,提出具有一定工程参考价值的修改建议,为确保6 500 m3液化气船在不同工况下的安全性提供技术保证。     

最首尾货舱直接强度评估研究

针对CSR-H关于最首尾货舱有限元分析在实际评估中可能存在的技术问题进行研究分析。通过理论分析与数值试验相结合对最首尾货舱有限元评估方法中的边界条件、力学模型、模型范围进行合理性评估,通过已建造船数值试验对最首尾货舱开展有限元直接强度评估。数值分析结果表明两端简支的边界条件能较好的模拟翘曲效应,模型范围对强度评估结果有影响。最首货舱离边界很近会导致甲板、外板的屈曲强度不满足要求。而CSR-H针对最尾货舱有限元中的剪力调整方法仍基于货舱中段,仅以货舱前后端壁剪力为目标值进行调整,这种剪力调整方法不适用于最尾货舱。     

集装箱船装运危险货物的适用规则解读

分析了船上危险货物的种类及防爆要求。通过解读规范要求,整理出集装箱船可运输的危险品种类及特殊要求。根据运输危险货物的要求,归纳总结集装箱船设计中应该注意的供水、通风、人员保护和机器处所限界面隔热等问题,并提出设计运输危险货物的集装箱船时应遵循的主要原则。     

整车滑行阻力理论计算方法

通过对预研车型子系统如风阻、重量、轮胎滚阻系数等目标参数进行分析,结合参考车型道路滑行和转鼓滑行的试验数据,利用汽车相关理论原理,提出了三种计算预研车型的理论滑行阻力的方法,用于前期仿真和排放试验摸底。     

进气系统的优化设计

FSAE赛车发动机进气系统结构参数影响充气效率。文章利用软件FLUENT对进气系统模型进行流场仿真,分析进气系统流场压力、速度等参数分布规律,研究进气歧管流量分布的均匀性,到达优化进气系统的目的。