A measurement to driving situation awareness in signalized intersections

Drivers get involved easily in Left-Turn Across Path with Opposite Direction Traffic (LTAP-OD) conflicts at signalized intersection with unprotected left-turn phasing. This study classified the left-turn drivers’ performance into four types: (1) the correct acceptance of safe lags/gaps, (2) the correct rejection of dangerous lags/gaps, (3) the false rejection of safe lags/gaps and (4) the false acceptance of dangerous lags/gaps. Based on the high mounted video camera data, the logistic regression model was used to obtain the critical gaps for estimating whether the lags/gaps were safe or not. The results show that the cognition behavior of the left-turn drivers should be improved while the gap/lag is drawn near the critical gap. Furthermore, the conservative drivers are more likely to reject the larger lags/gaps and yield the right-of-way to the opposing vehicles. Simultaneously the poor response execution may cause drivers to have difficulties during the turning performance when the lags/gaps are large enough. These results could be used as the basis for a discussion of the right time to support the drivers.     

A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part II: Numerical simulations

This paper presents a global ocean implementation of a multi-component model of marine pelagic biogeochemistry coupled on-line with an ocean general circulation model forced with climatological surface fields (PELAgic biogeochemistry for Global Ocean Simulations, PELAGOS). The final objective is the inclusion of this model as a component in an Earth System model for climate studies. The pelagic model is based on a functional stoichiometric representation of marine biogeochemical cycles and allows simulating the dynamics of C, N, P, Si, O and Fe taking into account the variation of their elemental ratios in the functional groups. The model also includes a parameterization of variable chlorophyll/carbon ratio in phytoplankton, carrying chl as a prognostic variable. The first part of the paper analyzes the contribution of non-local advective–diffusive terms and local vertical processes to the simulated chl distributions. The comparison of the three experiments shows that the mean chl distribution at higher latitudes is largely determined by mixing processes, while vertical advection controls the distribution in the equatorial upwelling regions. Horizontal advective and diffusive processes are necessary mechanisms for the shape of chl distribution in the sub-tropical Pacific. In the second part, the results have been compared with existing datasets of satellite-derived chlorophyll, surface nutrients, estimates of phytoplankton community composition and primary production data. The agreement is reasonable both in terms of the spatial distribution of annual means and of the seasonal variability in different dynamical oceanographic regions. Results indicate that some of the model biases in chl and surface nutrients distributions can be related to deficiencies in the simulation of physical processes such as advection and mixing. Other discrepancies are attributed to inadequate parameterizations of phytoplankton functional groups. The model has skill in reproducing the overall distribution of large and small phytoplankton but tends to underestimate diatoms in the northern higher latitudes and overestimate nanophytoplankton with respect to picoautotrophs in oligotrophic regions. The performance of the model is discussed in the context of its use in climate studies and an approach for improving the parameterization of functional groups in deterministic models is outlined.     

Factors with the greatest influence on drivers' judgment of roundabouts safety. An analysis based on web survey in Italy

The aim of this paper is to identify the roundabout geometric characteristics affecting the safety perception while the typical maneuvers (entry, circulation, exit) are being carried out. The tool used was an on-line questionnaire, filled out by about 1.650 respondents. Four different dimensionality reduction methods (Cluster Analysis, Correspondence Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis) were used to analyze the data collected from the survey, in order to examine the key factors affecting the safety perception during the typical roundabout maneuvers. The considerations arising from the final model are the following: 1) the respondents' opinions regarding the safety perception of maneuvers are not preconceived ideas, but they originate from specific safety perceptions due to roundabout geometric configurations; 2) the users prefer definitely single lane roundabouts; this is an important confirmation of most results in the literature; 3) it was quantified the extent of the relationship between the safety perception of the typical roundabout maneuvers and the following aspects: a) maneuver type, b) geometric characteristics of the roundabouts design elements. This is the innovative aspect of the present research whose results have implications regarding theory, infrastructure and the application of new safety technologies.     

城市轨道交通列车驾驶仿真器研究

城市轨道交通列车驾驶仿真器是城市轨道交通部门进行技能培训的高科技设备,能够进行精确的列车操纵性能仿真和逼真的列车驾驶环境仿真。基本功能包括模拟操纵功能、列车动力学计算功能、故障判断培训功能、视景和声音仿真功能以及运动仿真功能。针对城市轨道交通特点,给出了轨道交通列车驾驶仿真器的运行仿真数学模型,提出采用分布式计算机体系结构、MPEG视频压缩技术和基于DirectSound技术的多媒体声音系统,设计具有4层5自由度液压运动平台的驾驶仿真器。并基于以上技术完成了北京地铁交流传动电动客车列车驾驶仿真器的研制,成功应用于北京地铁技术学校学员和北京地铁司机的教育培训。     

隧道掘进的半循环通风探讨

探讨了隧道掘进的半循环通风方式，分析了排尘和排烟过程。讨论了半循环通风方法应用于隧道掘进的可能性。     

库水位循环作用下架空斜坡式码头力学性能研究

依托云南省富宁港一期工程,建立架空斜坡式码头三维有限元模型。基于水岩相互作用,考虑岸坡岩土体在库水位循环作用下的劣化损伤,定性分析得到架空斜坡式码头桩基及轨道梁的弯矩、剪力及轴力变化特点,为进一步研究库水位循环作用下架空斜坡式码头整体性能及力学退化特性提供基础,为实际工程中库区码头运营后的监测及防护提供建议。     

重型普通载货汽车典型用户的整车行驶循环工况研究

以重型普通载货汽车为研究对象,针对用户使用情况进行了调研和实车试验,并应用数理统计和多参数统计理论主成分分析与聚类分析方法,解析出重型普通载货汽车典型用户行驶循环工况。基于所提取的循环工况进行了综合油耗的仿真分析,结果表明,仿真计算油耗与用户实际使用油耗一致,证明了所提取重型普通载货汽车整车行驶循环工况的正确性。     

太阳能游览船能量平衡及续航里程研究

以某太阳能游览船为对象,分析船机桨能量平衡关系,建立船舶运动能量计算模型,计算匀速航速下的能量消耗,根据电池输出能量与船舶航行消耗能量相等原则,预测游览船续驶里程。通过实际运行数据表明,该模型能够较为准确的计算消耗功率,有效地预测游船的续驶里程。     

汽车发动机排气门辅助制动系统试验分析

文章介绍了排气门辅助制动系统的构造及其工作原理,通过平板式制动试验台试验与整车道路试验,验证了排气门辅助制动系统对汽车运行的安全性、经济性和驾乘舒适性都有着显著的提高。