Widening the Panama Canal and U.S. ports: historical and economic impact analyses

ABSTRACT

The economic history of the U.S. illustrates how the role of many cities has been changed by being seaports or located on navigable rivers or lakes. Based on the widening of the Panama Canal in 2016, the West Coast ports that include the west coast seaports of California, Oregon, and Washington were expected to become less important, while the freight shares of the East Coast and Gulf ports would increase. By how much it has been not easy to measure or predict so far, but this study attempted to define some of the key parameters in the measurement. As well as several relevant background topics, both the demand- and supply-side versions of the National Interstate Economic Model, have been applied for the measurement of economic impacts. U.S. port authorities and policy makers at the local and national levels who respond and develop plans for coping with the new realities of the Panama Canal are able to understand the extent to which changes in shippers’ and land-mode transporters’ behaviors would undermine the logistics and the costs of their activities. Therefore, this study is important for a diverse spectrum of port development strategies in the U.S. to respond to the Canal expansion.     

湘潭湘江四大桥桩基混凝土的配合比设计及其应用

本文综述了湘潭湘江四大桥桩基混凝土配合比设计过程中对原材料的选择,及其在实际工程应用过程中灵活使用外加剂后掺法解决了外加剂与水泥适应性不良的问题,保证了工程的质量和施工进度。     

湿陷性黄土地基强夯和冲击压实技术经济分析

0引言湿陷性是指土在自重或附加应力与自重共同作用下受水浸湿后产生急剧而大量的下沉。国标中规定:当sδ≥0.015时,为湿陷性黄土。通常湿陷性黄土地基较多采用强夯法处理,其主要特点是适应性强,经济简便;而冲击压实技术是20世纪90年代从南非蓝派公司引进,具有减少工后沉降效果     

PCB生产中碱性蚀刻液补加工艺

从碱性蚀刻的化学反应机理出发,分析影响蚀刻精度的诸多因素,总结常规的蚀刻液补加工艺,提出了新的蚀刻液补加思路,并在实际生产中取得一定的效果.     

A review of the Effect of α/W ratio on fracture toughness （Ⅱ） experimental investigation in LEFM

In part I of this series, experimental investigation in EPFM （elastic-plastic fracture mechanics） had been discussed. In this paper, experimental investigation in LEFM （ linear elastic fracture mechanics） is given. Fracture toughness tests had been carried out on three different strength steels, using both through-cracked specimens with different α/W ratio and semi-elliptical cracked specimens with variable crack size and shape. Results show that the fracture toughness KIC increases with decreasing α/W when α/W 〈 0.3 for three-point-bend specimens, and that for α/W 〉 0.3, it is independent of α/W. Shallow crack specimens, both through-cracked and surface-cracked, gave markedly higher values than deeply notched specimens. However, the effect of crack shape on fracture toughness is negligible. Results also show that the LEFM approach to fracture is not tenable for design stresses where αc is often very small, far less than 2.5 （ KIC/σy）^2.     

自由结构动力优化设计中的特征灵敏度分析

在结构动力优化设计中，特征灵敏度分析是一个十分重要的环节。如何在保证精度的前提下减少分析工作量具有重要意义。本文运用幂级数展开法，给出了诸如潜艇，鱼雷等自由结构特征灵敏度分析方法。     

锦白铁路扩能白音华地区总图布置研究

锦白铁路作为连接蒙东地区与锦州港的最短下海运输经路,对蒙东地区国民经济发展有着重大的意义.白音华地区是锦白铁路的货源地,通过对白音华地区铁路现状和矿区的规划以及未来铁路多元化经营发展的分析,对锦白线白音华地区总图布置进行研究并提出相关建议.     

线控转向系统转角反步控制算法研究

为实现商用车线控转向,设计一套新的线控转向系统架构及其转角跟踪控制算法。新的线控转向系统采用丝杠螺母结构中的丝杠直接控制纵拉杆,螺母通过带轮机构被电机驱动。对线控转向系统结构进行运动学分析,推导转向系统可变传动比,采用前轮转角为状态变量,建立线控转向系统二阶动力学模型。基于转角跟踪目标,采用反步控制算法,设计线控转向系统转角跟踪控制器,通过反馈系统线性化处理系统参数不确定和环境干扰问题,实现准确的目标转角跟踪,并建立李雅普诺夫函数,证明了采用反步控制的线控转向系统是渐进稳定的。搭建采用“丝杠螺母+带轮机构”架构的线控转向实车底盘测试台架,选取蛇形和混合工况进行控制算法验证。研究结果表明：与滑模控制算法的测试结果对比可知,反步控制算法绝对平均跟踪误差值降低了71.88%~79.57%,跟踪误差标准偏差值降低了71.32%~78.50%;线控转向系统反步控制转角跟踪算法能够减少系统收敛到原点的时间,抑制系统的抖振,提高车辆线控转向系统转角跟踪的操纵灵活性。     

襄阳北编组站扩能改造工程实践与分析

大型编组站扩能改造对既有运输影响大、施工组织难度高。介绍襄阳北编组站扩能改造工程的主要内容和面临的困难,分析该工程的施工组织情况,重点总结扩能改造方案与运输组织方案的优化,在此基础上,对比分析襄阳北编组站改造前后的运输效率和效益,验证该扩能改造方案的可行性。该方案兼顾了施工改造与运输生产,可为类似工程提供借鉴。