法国混合动力式AGC列车

介绍了法国混合动力式AGC列车的结构特点,以及运用前景.     

Geographical variation in traffic-related mortality and morbidity among pedestrians in Quebec, 1983-1988

In this study we analyze the dmographic and geographical distribution of pedestrian accidents (n=28,452) in the Quebec Municipalités régionales de comté (MRC) reported between January 1, 1983 and December 31, 1988. In order to be able to make comparisons between MRCs, we have created in Comparative Mortality Index and a Comparative Morbidity Index. We use a logistic regression model to single out explanatory factors. The main tendencies which are apparent in the demographic analysis are an overrepresentation of young persons and elderly persons in the accident statistics, and that men are more at risk than women. Men 15 years and under and men 65 years and over are more at risk of being involved in a fatal pedestrian accident. The geographic analysis show that among men, the average mortality rate is one and a half times greater in rural MRCs than in urban MRCs; among women, rural mortality is two and a half times greater than urban mortality. In the case of non-severe injuries we note an over-representation of urban MRCs. Young persons 15 years or less who live in an urban, populated zone are those most at risk of being involved in a pedestrian accident. Identifying high risk groups or areas is a prerequisite step for injury prevention and control.     

出行服务的发展:无限可能的时代

面对燃油价格过高、全球气候变暖等一系列问题,寻求＂共享＂交通资源与可持续发展势在必行。围绕公共自行车、自助汽车、车辆租借、社会服务目的的购车贷款、拼车几种交通系统的创新方式,以美国、法国等发达国家为例分析这几种创新方式的特点、经验以及发展前景。最后,指出交通问题没有万能的解决方式,需因地制宜,并根据某一种创新方式对个人的益处以及整体使用者的数量两个方面对其进行评价。     

Cavitation erosion research in France: the state of the art

An important part of the French research program on cavitation erosion, conducted from 1980 to 1995, was devoted to pitting. Histograms of pit size have been extensively used to characterise the hydrodynamic aggressiveness of a cavitating flow. Numerous erosion tests, limited to the incubation period, were carried out on similar test sections, for different velocities, liquids, length scales, and materials. Scaling laws were discussed and two kinds of methods for prediction of the erosion rate were proposed. The first one is based upon the estimation of the aggressiveness of the prototype cavitating flow, from pitting tests on a model and the simulation of the prototype histogram of pits on an appropriate device. The second one is based upon a correlation between the advanced stage of erosion and the incubation period, consisting of a proper adimensionalization of the mass-loss curve. After several years of research and the development of special facilities, devices and techniques, more deterministic procedures for predicting cavitation erosion could now be developed, based not upon erosion tests, but upon the characterization of the aggressiveness of the cavitating flow in terms of impact loads and the analysis of the mechanical and metallurgical response of the material to successive impacts.     

Train-to-wayside wireless communication in tunnel using ultra-wide-band and time reversal

The capabilities of ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology make it a viable candidate for fourth generation wireless communication. This paper proposes the use of UWB radio technology and time-reversal (TR) technique for underground train-to-wayside communication systems. UWB technology has the potential to offer simultaneous ground-to-train communication, train location and obstacle detection in front of the trains. Time-reversal channel prefiltering facilitates signal detection and helps reducing interference. Thus, UWB–TR combination provides a challenging, economically sensible, as well as technically effective alternative solution to existing signaling technologies used in urban transport systems. This paper concentrates on the communication function and reports simulation and measurement performance evaluation of such combinations, respectively in a deterministic tunnel channel model and in real tunnel environments. A new approach is also proposed to ensure multiple access (MA) communication using modified-orthogonal waveforms.     

2006年的世界高速铁路

介绍了亚洲、欧洲等国家高速铁路及其新线建设情况,简述了这些国家和地区的高速铁路发展意向,指出高速铁路光明的发展前景.     

The requirement for the publication of detailed global marine casualties statistics

Today, ships' seaworthiness, naigation and safety and the protection of the marine environment rank very highly among shipping political issues. Yet, the available published statistical data concerning marine casualties relate ony to 'total losses'. Obviously, total losses are just the tip of a gigantic iceberg of marine incidents and a far more complete analysis of th causes, circumstances and consequences of all the major casualties recorded world-wide appears to be a prerequisite to the study of measures intended to improe the safety and cleanliness of shipping operations. Published statistics and existing databases in the field of marine casualties are examined and a number of remarks concerning the methodology underlying the current available statistical sources are presented. Some improvements are proposed and suggestions for combining the efforts of the various interested parties, probably under the aegis of IMO, in order to prepare and publish yearly statistical tables providing a comprehensive global analysis of major marine casualties are made.     

法国新一代双系统列车式有轨电车Dualis

介绍法国新一代双系统列车式有轨电车Dualis的开发背景、主要的技术特点以及运用区域.     

The authors in this issue

This paper considers the main road-traffic parameters that determine air pollution, i.e. the total volume of traffic, road speeds and the composition of the vehicle fleet. Changes in the amounts of pollutants emitted, and the importance of each of the three parameters, have been computed by using a traffic assignment model, which also represents emission factors. The types of policies that may be implemented to reduce the environmental impact of transport are then considered. The study demonstrates, for example, that the impact of a deterioration in traffic conditions is limited in comparison with the effect of forecast increases in traffic and improvements in the environmental performance of vehicles. As a consequence, if cities and urban transport are to achieve sustainable development, urban expansion must take place in a controlled way.     

On the convergence of the algorithm for bilevel programming problems by Clegg and Smith

In Clegg and Smith [Transportation Research B 35 (2001) 71–82] and Battye et al. [in: M. Patriksson, M. Labbe (Eds.), Transportation Planning – State of the Art, Proceedings of the 6th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 9–11, 1998, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht], Smith and colleagues present an algorithm for solving the bilevel programming problem. We show that the points reached by the algorithm are not stationary points of bilevel programs in general. We further show that, with a minor modification, this method can be expressed as an inexact penalty method for gap function-constrained bilevel programs.