An approach to estimating the hull girder response of a ship due to springing

This article describes an estimation method for the hull girder response of a ship due to springing. The linear and nonlinear springing effects on the hull girder are evaluated. Previous studies on the springing response focused mainly on the symmetric response, or vertical response. In this article, however, the springing analysis is extended to asymmetric responses, or horizontal and torsional responses. The Timoshenko beam model was used to calculate the hull girder response and the quadratic strip method was employed to calculate hydrodynamic forces and moments on the hull. To remove irregular frequencies, a rigid lid was adopted on the hull free surface level and hydrodynamic coefficients were interpolated for asymptotic values. Applications to two ships for the symmetric and asymmetric responses were carried out and the effect of springing responses is also discussed.     

绞吸挖泥船横移过程二次型最优控制

在疏浚作业过程中,挖泥船主要的作业参数是由操作人员根据自己的经验、试挖情况以及挖泥船实际作业效果灵活确定的,而疏浚操作人员的经验和理论水平也相差较大,所以手动作业的实际产量要远远低于预计产量,效率低下,作业成本偏高,作业质量较差。为了克服该缺点,本文提出了一种基于疏浚系统状态空间模型的线性二次型最优控制策略,并设计了最优控制跟踪器应用于绞吸挖泥船横移过程的控制中,该跟踪器是智能控制替代人工操作的一种有效方法。文中对应用二次型最优控制策略的效果进行了MATLAB仿真分析,仿真结果表明：采用了二次型最优控制策略后,系统稳定、响应快、滞后小,对期望输出的跟踪性好,可以应用于挖泥船疏浚作业过程中。     

Daily Generation Strategies with Consideration of Electricity Contract and Spinning Reserve

When programming the daily generation strategies, power plants consider not only the competitive bids in spot market and the original purchase contracts with distribution companies or users, but also the spinning reserve. Aiming at this goal, the paper puts forward a daily generating model, which is a nonlinear programming model containing integral and continous variables, to coordinate the power volumes of competitive bids, contract and the spinning reserve of power plants and thus to maximize their profits. Then, the model is simplified to ease its solving process, and solved by priority ranking method based on efficiency and quadratic programming. The simulation result of a case study shows that the proposed scheme is reasonable and practicable.     

具有辅助动力源的燃料电池汽车功率平衡控制算法

建立了包括燃料电池发动机、电机及其控制器、动力蓄电池组在内的燃料电池汽车动力系统的动态数学模型。通过设计线性二次型调节器得到最优控制律;通过构造状态观测器解决状态变量蓄电池开路电压不可测量的问题,从而建立了基于全状态反馈的燃料电池汽车动力控制算法。离线仿真和实车转鼓试验证明,所建立的动力控制算法达到了既定的控制目标,并且充分考虑了动力系统主要部件的动力性和经济性。     

Optimal multi-step toll design under general user heterogeneity

This paper studies the optimal multi-step toll design problem for the bottleneck model with general user heterogeneity. The design model is formulated as a mathematical program with equilibrium constraints (MPEC), which is NP-hard due to non-convexity in both the objective function and the feasible set. An analytical method is proposed to solve the MPEC by decomposing it into smaller and easier quadratic programs, each corresponding to a unique departure order of different user classes. The quadratic programs are defined on a polyhedral set, which makes it easier to identify a local optimum. Importantly, each quadratic program is constrained by a set of linear feasibility cuts that define the presence of each user class in the arrival window. We prove that the proposed method ensures global optimality provided that each quadratic program can be solved globally. To obviate enumerating all departure orders, a heuristic method is developed to navigate through the solution space by using the multipliers associated with the feasibility cuts. Numerical experiments are conducted on several small examples to validate the proposed methodology. These experiments show that the proposed heuristic method is effective in finding near-optimal solutions within a relatively small number of iterations.     

响应面分析法在隧道相似材料试验中的应用

基于数理统计响应面分析法中的二次回归通用旋转法,将粘聚力与内摩擦角作为铁路隧道软弱围岩的研究指标:以重晶石、石英砂和凡士林等混合物作为铁路隧道软弱围岩的相似材料,通过应力控制式三轴试验仪进行常规三轴试验;利用非线性同归分析的方法对实验结果进行分析,分别得出相似材料配比与围岩粘聚力及内摩擦角的变化规律.综合考虑粘聚力与内摩擦角两个指标之后,最终得出与模型试验所需围岩条件相匹配的相似材料的重晶石、石英砂与凡士林的最佳配比为9.25:4.56:0.67.     

A Two-Stage Optimization Model for Staggered Work Hours

Traditional or standard work schedules refer to the requirement that workers must be at work the same days and during the same hours each day. This requirement constrains work-related trip arrivals, and generates morning and afternoon peak hours due to the concentration of work days and/or work hours. Alternative work schedules seek to reschedule work activities away from this traditional requirement. The aim is to flatten the peak hours by spreading the demand (i.e., assigning it to the shoulders of the peak hour), lowering the peak demand. This not only would reduce societal costs but also can help to minimize the physical requirements. In this article, a two-stage optimization model is presented to quantify the effects of staggered work hours under incentive policies. In the first stage, a variation of the generalized quadratic assignment problem is used to represent the firm’s assignment of workers to different work starting times. This is the input of a nonlinear complementarity problem that captures the behavior of the users of the transportation network who are seeking to overcome the constraints imposed by working schedules (arrival times). Two examples are provided to show how the model can be used to (a) quantify the effects and response of the firm to external incentives and (b) evaluate what type of arrangements in starting times are to be made in order to achieve a social optimum.     

体外预应力结构中体外束的合理自由长度的初步研究

体外预应力已经取得了广泛的应用,但其计算理论仍不太完善。对体外预应力桥梁结构的精确计算需要精确的考虑体外束偏心距变化引起的二次效应的影响,事实上这在工程实践中既过于繁琐又没有意义。本篇论文介绍了结合欧洲规范总结出来的一种计算可以忽略二次效应的最大体外束自由长度的公式,对国内的体外预应力研究具有一定的借鉴作用。     

Real-time energy-efficient traffic control via convex optimization

This article proposes a macroscopic traffic control strategy to reduce fuel consumption of vehicles on highways. By implementing Greenshields fundamental diagram, the solution to Moskowitz equations is expressed as linear functions with respect to vehicle inflow and outflow, which leads to generation of a linear traffic flow model. In addition, we build a quadratic cost function in terms of vehicle volume to estimate fuel consumption rate based on COPERT model. A convex quadratic optimization problem is then formulated to generate energy-efficient traffic control decisions in real-time. Simulation results demonstrate significant reduction of fuel consumption on testing highway sections under peak traffic demands of busy hours.     

Numerical simulation with a macroscopic CFD method and experimental analysis of wave interaction with fixed porous cylinder structures

Porous structures have been widely applied in the coastal and ocean engineering due to their wave energy dissipation mechanism. The macroscopic computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach where the quadratic pressure drop condition of porous surface is introduced to model the wave interaction with porous cylinders. A series of CFD simulations of waves interacting with a single porous cylinder and the combined structure of a porous cylinder with a concentric inner solid column are performed, with corresponding tank tests conducted. The CFD method is compared with experiments, linear potential model, and the quadratic BEM (boundary element method) model. The effects of porosity and porous cylinder radius on wave force and wave heights inside porous cylinder are analyzed to evaluate the performance of porous shell reducing wave loads and wave surface elevation, and the wave force variation with incident wave amplitudes are also investigated. The results demonstrate that the established CFD model is reliable for engineering analysis and thereby being of great significance for reference purpose in the CFD simulations of waves interacting with porous structures.