Measuring community reaction to urban transportation impacts using Von Neumann‐Morgenstern utility theory

This paper attempts to measure the impacts of urban transportation system improvements or changes on the community. The community's perceptions of the impacts are represented by its utilities (or disutilities) over various ranges of values of the multiple attributes representing these impacts. The utility technique used in the evaluation is based upon von Neumann‐Morgenstern (vN‐M, 1947) Utility Theory, and is applied using Raiffa's (1970) Fractile Method.

The paper specifically applies the technique to model the perceptions of five subgroups within a community to the impact of a new light rail transit system that is being incorporated in the transportation system of the City of Calgary.

Results of the modeling indicate explicitly how the community changes its perception over ranges of values of the attributes evaluated. Biases of various subgroups within the community over these attributes are also shown. Statistical tests indicate that aggregated utility perceptions can represent the utility perceptions of the individual subgroups quite reasonably.     

关于CASS工艺在设计过程中值得优化问题的探讨

循环式活性污泥法CASS工艺在设计过程中的经验参数较多,而规范中仅对部分参数的取值范围进行了限定,故不同设计人员的计算结果可能会有很大出入。该文结合该工艺目前在国内的使用情况,对该工艺的适用条件、部分关键参数的取值及设计过程中值得优化的问题进行了总结,以期在类似工程中可结合各工程自身特点予以应用。     

Railway wheel-flat and rail surface defect modelling and analysis by time–frequency techniques

Damage to the surface of railway wheels and rails commonly occurs in most railways. If not detected, it can result in the rapid deterioration and possible failure of rolling stock and infrastructure components causing higher maintenance costs. This paper presents an investigation into the modelling and simulation of wheel-flat and rail surface defects. A simplified mathematical model was developed and a series of experiments were carried out on a roller rig. The time–frequency analysis is a useful tool for identifying the content of a signal in the frequency domain without losing information about its time domain characteristics. Because of this, it is widely used for dynamic system analysis and condition monitoring and has been used in this paper for the detection of wheel flats and rail surface defects. Three commonly used time–frequency analysis techniques: Short-Time Fourier Transform, Wigner–Ville transform and wavelet transform were investigated in this work.     

国产内燃机车排气阀焊修后焊接过热区的脆化及使用寿命分析

本文采用焊接热模拟和时效热处理等方法处理试件,通过金相分析和性能试验,研究了内燃机车排气阀焊修后焊接过热区的脆化及其使用寿命问题.     

基于运输效益的城市公交发车频率

公交车发车频率的确定是公交运营调度的主要内容。受车站附近其他公交车的影响，乘客在各站点的可接受公交车容量和等车时间是不相等的；平均可接受公交车容量是乘客心理容量的平均值，如果车内乘客数量超过该容量，则采用容量向量来解释乘客上车过程。文中以运营利润最大化为目标函数，在车辆资源有限的情况下建立分析模型，应用遗传算法求解最大利润下的最优发车频率，并运用实例验证了所提出的方法。     

DEADBEAT COVARIANCE CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR SAMPLED-DATA SYSTEMS

ＭＰＬＥＤ－ＤＡＴＡ ＳＹＳＴＥＭＳTX＠霍沛军＠王子栋ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＳａｍｐｌｅｄ－ｄａｔａｆｅｅｄｂａｃｋｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｈａｓｒｅｃｅｉｖｅｄｍｕｃｈａｔｅｎｔｉｏｎｉｎｔｈｅａｒｅａｏｆｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｓｙｓｔｅｍｄｅ－ｓｉｇｎｂｅｃａｕｓｅｏ...     

螺旋桨噪声的Wigner谱研究

就信号处理中的Ｗｉｇｎｅｒ方法及其螺旋桨噪声试验中的应用问题作了初步探讨。简要地介绍了Ｗｉｇｎｅｒ分布的基本概念及其物理意义，结合模型试验和数值计算给出了螺旋桨噪声的时－频联合分布及其在时域和频域中的能量分布。结果表明：Ｗｉｇｎｅｒ谱对于螺旋桨噪声的时域分布、线谱和非定常噪声的测试分析是十分有效的。     

浅析无碴轨道条件下客运专线的天窗时间

本文通过无碴轨道条件下客运专线维修内容、维修组织和维修时间的分析,得出了客运专线综合维修的控制因素和控制时间;合理确定了无碴轨道条件下客运专线矩形天窗时间,并提出了合理利用客运专线运行图三角区缩短天窗时间,使之与衔接普速铁路的天窗时间协调,组织＂夕发朝至＂列车的思路。     

Forecasting container throughput based on wavelet transforms within a decomposition-ensemble methodology: a case study of China

To improve predictive accuracy, new hybrid models are proposed for container throughput forecasting based on wavelet transforms and data characteristic analysis (DCA) within a decomposition-ensemble methodology. Because of the complexity and nonlinearity of the time series of container throughputs at ports, the methodology decomposes the original time series into several components, which are rather simpler sub-sequences. Consequently, difficult forecasting tasks are simplified into a number of relatively easier subtasks. In this way, the proposed hybrid models can improve the accuracy of forecasting significantly. In the methodology, four main steps are involved: data decomposition, component reconstruction based on the DCA, individual prediction for each reconstructed component, and ensemble prediction as the final output. An empirical analysis was conducted for illustration and verification purposes by using time series of container throughputs at three main ports in Bohai Rim, China. The results suggest that the proposed hybrid models are able to forecast better than do other benchmark models. Forecasting may facilitate effective real-time decision making for strategic management and policy drafting. Predictions of container throughput can help port managers make tactical and operational decisions, such as operations planning in ports, the scheduling of port equipment, and route optimization.     

波浪中过度加速度的非线性时域预报

国际海事组织(IMO)船舶设计建造分委会(SDC)第4次会议把过度加速度稳性直接评估的制定提上议程。然而,如何准确预报和评估波浪中的过度加速度依然是一个亟待解决的问题。文章针对此挑战,采用三维时域混合源法进行了波浪中过度加速度的直接预报和评估。首先,采用三维时域混合源法,建立了波浪中船舶大幅横摇运动和船体任意位置处横向加速度的非线性时域预报方法;其次,以4000TEU集装箱船为研究对象,开展规则波和不规则波中的大幅运动模型试验,对计算方法进行验证;然后,对比分析了3DOF(垂荡—纵摇—横摇)和4DOF(横荡—垂荡—纵摇—横摇)耦合数学模型的计算精度;最后,分析了船体横向加速度的影响因素。研究表明,考虑横荡影响的4DOF数学模型计算精度较高;数值计算结果和模型试验结果吻合良好,证明文中建立的非线性时域方法可有效预报波浪中的过度加速度,可用于IMO过度加速度衡准的制定,也可为船舶设计提供评估手段。此外,文中还研究了IMO薄弱性衡准草案中中国和德国联合提出的加速度简化计算方法的适用性,证明该简化计算方法具有一定的保守性,符合衡准的要求,可用于过度加速度薄弱性衡准计算。