Mental models of driving and speed: biases,choices and reality

This paper provides a review of research performed by Svenson with colleagues and others work on mental models and their practical implications. Mental models describe how people perceive and think about the world including covariances and relationships between different variables, such as driving speed and time. Research on mental models has detected the time-saving bias [Svenson, O. (1970). A functional measurement approach to intuitive estimation as exemplified by estimated time savings. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 86, 204–210]. It means that drivers relatively overestimate the time that can be saved by increasing speed from an already high speed, for example, 90–130?km/h, and underestimate the time that can be saved by increasing speed from a low speed, for example, 30–45?km/h. In congruence with this finding, mean speed judgments and perceptions of mean speeds are also biased and higher speeds given too much weight and low speeds too little weight in comparison with objective reality. Replacing or adding a new speedometer in the car showing min per km eliminated or weakened the time-saving bias. Information about braking distances at different speeds did not improve overoptimistic judgments of braking capacity, but information about collision speed with an object suddenly appearing on the road did improve judgments of braking capacity. This is relevant to drivers, politicians and traffic regulators.     

深圳地铁永磁同步牵引系统研究分析

牵引传动系统是轨道交通车辆装备实现机电能量转换的“心脏”单元,其性能在某种程度上决定轨道交通车辆的动力品质、能耗和控制特性,是轨道交通车辆节能升级的关键系统。而永磁同步牵引系统以其高效率、高可靠性和低能耗的优势特点,受到轨道交通行业的密切关注。文章阐述深圳地铁10号线永磁同步牵引系统批量装车概况,重点分析永磁同步牵引系统组成及优势,指出推广应用永磁同步牵引系统的经济和社会效益显著。     

Distributed MPC for cooperative highway driving and energy-economy validation via microscopic simulations

Traffic congestion and energy issues have set a high bar for current ground transportation systems. With advances in vehicular communication technologies, collaborations of connected vehicles have becoming a fundamental block to build automated highway transportation systems of high efficiency. This paper presents a distributed optimal control scheme that takes into account macroscopic traffic management and microscopic vehicle dynamics to achieve efficiently cooperative highway driving. Critical traffic information beyond the scope of human perception is obtained from connected vehicles downstream to establish necessary traffic management mitigating congestion. With backpropagating traffic management advice, a connected vehicle having an adjustment intention exchanges control-oriented information with immediately connected neighbors to establish potential cooperation consensus, and to generate cooperative control actions. To achieve this goal, a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) scheme is developed accounting for driving safety and efficiency. By coupling the states of collaborators in the optimization index, connected vehicles achieve fundamental highway maneuvers cooperatively and optimally. The performance of the distributed control scheme and the energy-saving potential of conducting such cooperation are tested in a mixed highway traffic environment by the means of microscopic simulations.     

2500TEU内贸集装箱船船型开发设计

针对内贸箱船货运近海航行,重箱化及散货集装箱化的需求,对2500TEU级内贸箱船船型的开发思路与各方面的特点作了介绍。该船型具有低航速、大载重吨、高装箱率、快捷牢靠堆装系统的特点,目前已成功升级了第二代2500TEU船型。     

并列双线船闸单侧闸墙长廊道输水系统布置及水力学模型试验研究

长洲三线四线船闸为目前国内规模最大的单级船闸。针对其并列布置方案,提出单侧闸墙主廊道闸底横支廊道的输水系统形式。通过水力计算分析及1∶32的水工模型试验研究,提出输水系统的具体布置,确定船闸不同运行方式下的阀门开启方式,得到输水过程的相关水力特性,解决了单侧闸墙廊道布置下闸室水流分布不均的问题。研究表明:提出的输水系统布置是合理可行的,各水力特征值均满足规范和设计要求,且输水系统布置于两线船闸之间,便于管理,减小了工程量,并可减少船闸耗水量。研究成果可为巨型船闸设计及船闸节水研究提供借鉴。     

武汉快速步入节水型先进城市的借鉴与对策

在水及节水措施引起国际社会极度关注的今天,针对武汉快速步入节水型城市这一重大课题,指出武汉城市发展必须走节水型道路。分析了武汉城市节约了用水的情况与问题,借鉴美国节约用水的成功经验与做法,最后提出武汉快速步入节水型先进城市的对策与建议。     

新型智能间歇式采油原理分析及应用

针对抽油机井间抽制度难于确定、不便于执行的缺点,从分析油井问开机理入手,阐述了抽油机间抽控制的工作原理,结合低渗透油藏渗流规律,系统研究了抽油机在间抽过程中泵抽产量、沉没度以及液面恢复时沉没度随时间变化特点,通过数学建模、分析与论证,摸索出油井间开规律,为有效执行抽油机井间抽制度、提高泵效、节约电量、延长机杆使用寿命提供了一条新思路。     

汽车空调油耗试验分析及研究

汽车空调作为整车内部主要耗能附件,对用户实际使用油耗的影响巨大,有着很大的节能潜力。文章基于WLTC循环,采用不同试验方案,对多辆轻型车进行空调油耗,考察国内多款主流车型的空调油耗水平及空调制冷效果,验证压缩机排量和车辆前端密封导流对空调油耗的影响。结果表明:1)空调能耗占比较大,不容忽视,不同车辆的空调能耗占比总体分布在22%左右。2)多数车辆无法达到10min时头部平均温度达到23℃的要求,无法获得节能效果值。3)适当降低压缩机排量和增加车辆前端密封导流都具有一定的节油效果。     

长江上游某港区总平面布置

针对长江上游某港区复杂的自然条件和通航环境以及典型的山区地形建设条件,分析港区总平面布置主要影响因素及技术问题,合理地布置码头,较好地解决了大水位差水工结构和装卸工艺设计问题。通过理念创新和技术创新,提出12 m重车间距的双线"C"型两支点双车翻车机,成功采用防风网基础与管线带结合布置和轨道基础内部设置排水沟等节约用地的优化方案,充分发挥了上游地区造地的作用。     

船舶传染病隔离舱空调系统设计的探讨

介绍了船舶传染病隔离负压舱的空调系统设计的特点和思路,结合一典型传染病舱模型进行空调系统设计,对舱内污染控制分区进行了分区设置,对换气次数、负压值、空调负荷、空气处理等主要技术指标进行了计算和结果分析。结合舱内空调负荷介绍了通风换气设备与节能措施,根据传染病隔离负压舱空调系统的特点选取了相应的热回收装置,并描述了其工作原理和特点。