有限元分析中三维体元和梁元的非节点连接

在对三维体元任一点移动和转动分析的基础上,导出了体元和梁元恰当连接应满足的多点约束方程,通过直接代入梁元的单元分析进行自由度替换实现了体梁的良好连接.本文方法对体元和梁元的连接形式具有较强的适应能力,应用方便,算例表明具有较高的数值精度.     

Study on Performances of Car-following Models Induced by Motions of a Leading Car

IntroductionReasonably accurate mathematical modeling oftraffic engineering is needed not only for better un-derstanding of the collective behavior of traffic,but also for analyzing flow conditions, designingefficient control strategies, and etc[1]. For the pastfew decades, many researchers made studies of thissubject and a wide range of traffic flow theoriesand models have been developed. According to thelevel-of-detail with which the traffic flow is de-scribed, these traffic models were clas…     

Computing airfare elasticities or opening Pandora's box

Airfare elasticities are crucial for policy instruments for the stakeholders of tourism industry. Modellers attempting to estimate these elasticities face several challenges in the absence of microeconomic data on consumer preferences. The aim of this paper is to offer a critical analysis of the practice of computing airfare elasticities from tourism demand studies. It identifies and discusses potential sources of measurement errors in the data and drawbacks that investigators face and assesses their implications for the estimated parameters in the respective models. The use of price of crude oil and distance between origin and destination as proxies for transportation costs are evaluated. It is recommended that authors be more systematic in reporting their results. They need to comment on the limitations of their elasticity estimates since these have repercussions on policy recommendations made based on their results.     

Hoop stress approximation in offshore design codes

For a circular cylindrical vessel with an elastic material, Lame equations can accurately predict hoop stress variation within the vessel wall. However, because of the complexity involved in Lame formulations they are seldom used in design. In this paper, Lame equations are reproduced in terms of vessel outer and material cross-sectional areas and presented in a very simple format that enables hoop stress calculation without use of any approximation. Lame equations are also presented in terms of diameter-to-wall-thickness ratios in order to perform parametric studies. For a practical range of diameter-to-wall-thickness ratios the Lame hoop stress predictions are compared with approximate solutions of a selected design codes. For a range of loading conditions, comparison of results shows that a number of design codes overestimate the hoop stress. In contrast, a selection of offshore codes is shown to underestimate the hoop stress and, for a certain loading condition some codes ignore the hoop stress effect completely. The present paper also shows how the hoop stress approximation may lead to onerous results when the true wall axial stress is derived based on design code hoop stress formulations. It is concluded that what makes the present hoop stress formulations so important in design is their ability to interpret the mechanics of behavior that Lame equations strived to reveal.     

Real-time capable vehicle–trailer coupling by algorithms for differential-algebraic equations

The real-time simulation of vehicle trains requires an accurate and numerically feasible representation of the vehicle–trailer coupling. Although the equations of motion for the chassis instances can be reduced to systems of ordinary differential equations, additional constraints on the relative motion of vehicle and trailer are introduced when considering the hitch. In this article, we present a strategy for the simulation of vehicle–trailer combinations, where the algebraic constraints of the coupling are treated explicitly. Although this approach allows exact modeling of the respective joint geometry and realistic calculation of the coupling forces, a suitable numerical algorithm is required in order to solve the resulting differential-algebraic system of index 3 in real-time. The implementation in a commercial vehicle dynamics program is discussed and real-time simulation results are shown, which prove its feasibility for different coupling joints and demanding driving maneuvers.     

关于换行逆修正法

给出了求解非线性方程组Ｆ（ｘ）＝０的一种不含求逆运算的换行法。该方法保护了Ｆ‘（ｘ）的稀疏性的传递性，避免了矩阵求道，具有适用范围广，计算量少等优点。     

复合材料锥柱结合壳非线性稳定性特性

根据稳定性分析的前屈曲完全理论和修正型的Hahn－Tsai非线性本构关系，利用有限元位移法，对复合材料锥柱结合壳进行了考虑材料非线性弹性性能的总体稳定性分析，考察了复合材料的横向和剪切非线性对结构总体稳定性的影响．     

Temporal stability of travelers' activity choice and home-stay duration: Some empirical evidence

This paper explores the temporal stability of activity type-choice models and models of travelers' home-stay duration. To empirically evaluate this stability, a nested logit model of activity-type choice and a proportional hazards model of home-stay duration are estimated using data from two-day travel diaries collected in the fall of 1989 and again, from the same individuals, in the fall of 1990. The results show that the models are not temporally stable over the one year time period separating the two travel-diary samples. A number of possible reasons for this instability are discussed.     

灵敏电流计动力学特性的研究

通过对灵敏电流计线圈动力学方程的深入分析，提示了三种运动情形的物理内涵及进行《灵敏电流计》实验的理论根据，并澄清了一些模糊认识。     

一维波动方程反问题的一种迭代解法及其敛速估计

对地震勘探中的一维波动方程反问题，给出了一种迭代解法，并证明了该算法的收敛性。