缓冲器特性曲线间断点算法比较

介绍了处理缓冲器特性曲线间断点的4种算法：时间法、速度法、位移法及力平衡法，并比较了各种算法的具体实施方法及其优缺点．分析结果表明，速度法处理缓冲器特性曲线的间断点，比其它方法具有较强的可操作性．     

基于支持向量回归机和粒子群算法的船舶操纵运动模型辨识

基于仿真的Z形试验数据,应用支持向量回归机对船舶操纵运动响应模型进行了机理建模,从核函数结构中得到了模型中的操纵性指数,并利用建立的响应模型进行了Z形试验的运动预报,同时引入粒子群算法对惩罚因子C值进行寻优,以减少惩罚因子C值选择的任意性对船舶操纵运动模型辨识精度产生的不利影响。通过将运动预报结果同仿真试验数据进行比较,验证了文中方法的有效性。     

Investigating effects of asphalt pavement conditions on traffic accidents in Tennessee based on the pavement management system (PMS)

Pavement maintenance is essential for ensuring good riding quality and avoiding traffic congestion, air pollution, and accidents. Improving road safety is one of the most important objectives for pavement management systems. This study utilized the Tennessee Pavement Management System (PMS) and Accident History Database (AHD) to investigate the relationship between accident frequency and pavement distress variables. Focusing on four urban interstates with asphalt pavements, divided median types, and 55 mph speed limits, 21 Negative Binomial Regression models were developed for predicting various types of traffic accident frequencies based on different pavement condition variables, including rut depth (RD), International Roughness Index (IRI), and Present Serviceability Index (PSI). The modeling results indicated that the RD models did not perform well, except for predicting accidents at night and accidents under rain weather conditions; whereas, IRI and PSI were always significant prediction variables in all types of accident models. Comparing the models goodness‐of‐fit results, it was found that the PSI models had a better performance in crash frequency prediction than the RD models and IRI models. This study suggests that the PSI accident prediction models should be considered as a comprehensive approach to integrate the highway safety factors into the pavement management system. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

流程设备耗能分析及对策

介绍了回归分析法的基本原理和模型。以某单位的历史统计数为基础,以回归分析法分析了流程设备对月度能耗影响的主要因素和影响程度。并提出了减少能耗的对策。     

一种改进的最小不连续相位解缠算法

提出了一种改进的最小不连续相位解缠算法．根据相位质量图将缠绕相位分为高、低质量区域,高质量区域采用质量引导算法进行相位求解,有效保持了高质量区域的相位解缠精度,低质量区域进行最小不连续优化．对真实InSAR干涉图的处理结果表明,文中方法在提高相位解缠精度的同时极大优化了相位解缠速度．     

Overseas trade vis-a-vis overseas shipping: Growth and performance in India (1999–2009)

Maritime trade has been and even continues to account for about a lion's share of India's total cargo volumes. Despite the growth of multimodal transport (by land, water and air), shipping still continues to be the major mode of transport in the bulk carriage of country's overseas trade. In view of this vital role of shipping, in the first four decades of independence, under the initiative of planned development and active government support, India's shipping and port sector saw dramatic growth in their performance to build adequate national fleet, in keeping up with the transport of overseas cargo. However, the onset of economic liberalization in 1991 has given rise to many new dimensions in the development of the shipping and port sector of the country with a significant redefinition of shipping and port services, in response to the new global trend patterns. For instance, it has also established the new era of containerization in the mode of cargo delivery from the dominance of the era of bulk and break-bulk trade during the decade of sixties and seventies. Moreover, as global competition increases, in response to this emerging trade patterns within this country, India's volume of traffic growth also increases manifold. So, India's shipping and port sectors need, significantly, to build up and furnish their capacity by increasing the frequency of this mode of transport i.e. the growth of the national overseas fleet to meet this surging demand. This paper, therefore, have focused on this role of shipping in such rising overseas trade, with a view to examine the shipping performance (the growth of overseas fleet) in response to the growing overseas trade at all ports of India during the period (1999–2000 to 2008–2009), in terms of both a mathematical model and a graphical representation. Finally, it concludes that the absolute overseas trade, being highly import dependent, have led to a more or less stagnant performance in overseas shipping, owing to the lack of the adequate growth of absolute overseas exports during this period.     

航运市场预测方法研究

引入灰色理论和回归预测模型,提出预测海运市场容量的方法,运用马尔科夫法预测未来公司的市场占有率,并运用敏感性分析搜寻盈利的关键因素。结合实例计算分析,证明该方法的衫性与有效性。     

Going fast or going green? Evidence from environmental speed limits in Norway

This paper studies the impact of speed limits on local air pollution using a series of date-specific speed limit reductions in Oslo over the 2004–2011 period. We find that lowering the speed limit from 80 to 60 km/h reduces travel speed by 5.8 km/h. However, we find no evidence of reduced air pollution as measured next to the treated roads. Our estimates suggest an annual time loss of the speed limit reductions of 66 USD per affected vehicle. Our findings imply that policy makers need to consider other actions than speed limit reductions to improve local air quality.     

边坡岩体结构面抗剪强度参数确定方法探讨

在中小岩质边坡稳定性分析中,常常根据技术规范提供的实用分类方法和工程经验相结合估算结构面抗剪强度参数.GB 50330—2002《建筑边坡工程技术规范》是一种广为应用的实用分类方法,可为边坡岩体结构面提供抗剪强度参数.随着结构面试验研究的深入和该国标的广泛应用,有必要进一步补充与完善这一实用分类方法.为此,在广泛的调研、有针对性的现场试验和室内试验的基础上,对该分类方法提出了修正意见,使其更具科学性与实用性,更好的指导岩质边坡设计.     

Climate change modeling and the weather-related road accidents in Canada

The objective of this research is to study the impact of climate change on the hazardous weather-related road accidents in the New Brunswick, Canada. We develop an Exposure to Weather-Accident Severity (EWAS) index multiplying accident and weather severity. The Negative Binomial Regression and Poisson regression models are applied to estimate the spatial–temporal relationship between the EWAS index and weather-related explanatory variables of road accidents. The regression results show that the surface-weather condition, weather, driver’s gender, weather-driver’s age, weather-driver’s experience, and weather-vehicle’s age have strong positive correlation with the EWAS index, while the surface-road alignment and surface-road characteristics have negative relationship with the EWAS index. The climate change model also indicates that the number of accidents declines during snowy and freezing days—most people stay at home and those who travel extra cautious—accidents do occur. The study suggests that the Road Safety Strategy 2015 of the Transport Canada should take a holistic approach to help minimize the incidences of severe road accident during the normal as well as hazardous weather conditions.