Safety modeling for two‐way left‐turn lanes and a procedure to identify two‐way left‐turn lane segments with safety concerns

In the past, two‐way left‐turn lane (TWLTL) median treatments have been frequently used in Florida to inexpensively improve traffic and safety performances. In order to identify factors that may have significant impacts on safety operations in TWLTL sections and to identify TWLTL locations that present existing and future safety concerns, a research project was carried out and results are summarized in the paper. In the research, a three‐year crash history database with crashes and section characteristics from a total of 1688 TWLTL sections all over Florida was developed and used. A negative binomial regression model was developed to determine the statistical relationship between the number of crashes per mile per year and several variables such as traffic volume, access density, posted speed, and number of lanes. In regard to the methodology, in order to identify locations with safety concerns, several steps are needed: development of real crash data distribution, determination of statistical distribution models that better represent the actual crash data, determination of percentile values for the average number of crashes, estimation of crash rates for sections with the same characteristics, estimation of critical values for the variables corresponding to the percentile values for average number of crashes, calculation of tables of critical average annual daily traffic values, and generation of a list of TWLTL locations with critical safety concerns. Results presented in the paper have been used in real applications. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

临海环境对衬砌混凝土结构自防水性能影响研究

为获得合理的临海隧道衬砌混凝土配合比和提高混凝土自防水性能,以拱北隧道工程为背景,开展混凝土在临海侵蚀环境下的自防水性能试验研究。基于系统化的混凝土配合比设计方法确定防水混凝土初步配合比,通过碳化和硫酸盐侵蚀室内试验模拟临海环境对混凝土自防水性能的影响,对混凝土抗压强度、抗水渗透和抗氯离子渗透3个指标进行试验分析,最终获得最优配合比。结果表明： 1）复掺(20%粉煤灰+10%矿渣)混凝土自防水性能最好,该方案可作为拱北隧道主体结构混凝土配合比; 2）在碳化和硫酸盐侵蚀作用下,混凝土的抗氯离子渗透能力随时间逐渐减弱、抗压强度随时间逐渐增强; 3）混凝土掺合料对抗氯离子渗透能力的增强作用非常明显,但对混凝土后期强度增幅有一定的影响。     

混合智能控制技术在船舶电站励磁控制中的应用

将混合智能控制技术应用于船舶电站同步发电机励磁控制，通过一种结合自组织学习和BP学习的混合学习算法，学习并调整控制器参数和结构，该算法比通常的BP算法收敛性好，速度快。仿真结果表明，该算法能很好地稳定机端电压。     

椭圆形沉箱浮游稳定的计算法

在矩形箱格的矩形沉箱和扇形箱格之圆形沉箱的浮游稳定计算原理的基础上,对二种类型椭圆沉箱两端半圆段内不同几何形状的箱格之自身对称轴的惯性矩,经图形转轴公式和平行移动公式转换,并经数学推导得到对椭圆形沉箱纵向形心轴平行的箱格自身形心轴的惯性矩i及其之和Σi的计算式,从而解决了椭圆形沉箱浮游稳定计算的问题。     

一种基于SFEC算法的车间调度问题

针对车间调度的问题，提出一种改进的演化算法．在算法中，首先引入个体之间距离和邻域的定义，从而根据距离来确定个体的相似性，并且根据个体的相似性对种群进行分级，以此得到新解产生的邻域．另外，为了提高算法的收敛速度，文中对较好的个体加入加速因子——列队竞争算子．最后，通过数值仿真检验，验证了本文算法的有效性和优越性。     

交流异步电机直接转矩控制理论的研究

直接转矩控制是异步电机交流传动中一种新型控制方法，它充分利用逆变器的开关特点，引入容差控制概念，通过一些简单的计算和调节使异步电机的磁链和转矩在动态时按要求快速变化，因而具有高动态性能，控制电路简单的优点。对直接转矩控制系统的原理与理论作了深入的研究与探讨。     

自共轭空间和Hermite共轭空间何时为Hilbert空间

本文证明了自共轭空间和Hermite共轭空间为Hilbert空间的充要条件为它们是典则的。即自共轭映射φ或Hermite共轭映射φ所诱导的(φ~*)~(-1)φ是自反映射。     

温州瓯江大桥设计方案构思

基于城市桥梁的景观要求,对瓯江大桥提出了提篮式拱桥方案和自锚式悬索桥方案,两种方案均能很好地融合桥位处的自然环境。提篮式拱桥方案和高低塔自锚式悬索桥方案同时进入本桥方案竞赛的前三名。介绍了此方案的构思及其景观效果,为同类型的桥梁景观设计提供借鉴及参考。     

A new logit‐artificial neural network ensemble for mode choice modeling: a case study for border transport

Logit model is one of the statistical techniques commonly used for mode choice modeling, while artificial neural network (ANN) is a very popular type of artificial intelligence technique used for mode choice modeling. Ensemble learning has evolved to be very effective approach to enhance the performance for many applications through integration of different models. In spite of this advantage, the use of ANN‐based ensembles in mode choice modeling is under explored. The focus of this study is to investigate the use of aforementioned techniques for different number of transportation modes and predictor variables. This study proposes a logit‐ANN ensemble for mode choice modeling and investigates its efficiency in different situations. Travel between Khobar‐Dammam metropolitan area of Saudi Arabia and Kingdom of Bahrain is selected for mode choice modeling. The travel on this route can be performed mainly by air travel or private vehicle through King Fahd causeway. The results show that the proposed ensemble gives consistently better accuracies than single models for multinomial choice problems irrespective of number of input variables. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

"双掺技术"在结构自防水混凝土中的应用

在混凝土中掺入膨胀剂(UEA)和粉煤灰,采用结构自防水及无缝施工技术,针对某公司办公楼地下室,将原后浇带位置改为"膨胀加强带",带内用掺量占总胶凝材料用量12%的膨胀剂拌制的大膨胀混凝土浇筑,带间增加10~15%的水平温度筋,带的两侧分别架设孔径为5mm的钢丝网,并用立筋加固,整体结构外观质量良好,没有出现裂纹及渗漏现象,使混凝土具有结构自防水功能.