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.     

A coupled numerical approach to simulate the effect of earthquake frequency content on seismic behavior of submarine tunnel

Roughly 90% of all natural vibrations have epicenters in offshore zones and may cause destruction of submarine and floating structures. Such excitations can influence the safe performance of facilities set up on the seabed, like tunnels, jacket legs and subsea oil pipelines. Some researches on this theme have been carried out to demonstrate the importance of seaquake analyses and their effects have been underlined. The present study intends to numerically simulate a two-dimensional fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem in order to examine the dynamic response of submarine tunnel under real horizontal earthquakes. Pressure is considered as independent nodal variables to represent the fluid flow effects and the induced time-dependent acceleration in porous medium equation is incorporated in the analysis and the tunnel shell is considered as flexible. This work highlights the importance of the input ground motion frequency content that governs the development of the induced seismic stress/strain around the lining of the tunnel. The results demonstrate that for deep sea the increment rate of the circumferential stress caused by surface gravity waves is below 7% when compared to the no-wave interface condition. Moreover, it is confirmed that long-period record may amplify the overall response of the system (up to 60%) specially the lateral and vertical displacements, as well as the principal stress to a lesser extent. The developed numerical model can attend to further analysis of tunnels embedded in a half-space in conjunction with fluid undergoing the severe long-period earthquakes.     

基于STAR-CCM+的螺旋桨水动力性能分析

文章运用公式将P4119螺旋桨二维坐标型值转换成三维坐标型值,导入Gambit2. 4软件建立几何模型。基于STAR-CCM+软件对该桨进行网格划分,设置边界条件和数值,仿真模拟不同进速系数下的转矩系数、推力系数、敞水效率和桨叶表面压力分布。经与试验值比较,误差均在10%以内,验证了计算结果的准确性,能够满足工程需要。     

视频监控系统在港口的应用

介绍了港口视频监控系统的构成,系统主要设备的选型,系统的主要功能。指出应用视频监控加强港口监管,既减轻了劳动强度,提高工作效率,改善码头环境。同时,为了建设港口文明提供了物质保证。     

港口设备钢丝绳断绳事故分析及预防

对钢丝绳断绳事故进行分析,提出了一些措施,诸如通过钢丝绳的选用、维护、保养、检测等,来延长钢丝绳的使用寿命,杜绝事故的发生。     

福塔纤维沥青混凝土性能研究

福塔纤维（FORTA AR）是一种新型的聚合物有机纤维，它由聚丙烯（Pnlypropylene）和芳纶（Keylar）按照质量比3：1混合而成。对掺加0．045％福塔纤维、0．3％的德兰尼特纤维（Dolanit）以及不加纤维的沥青混合料的高温稳定性、低温抗裂性、以及水稳定性等路用性能进行了研究，结果表明福塔纤维沥青混合料具有优良的路用性能；继而对福塔纤维改善沥青混合料路用性能的机理进行了分析。     

洋山深水港区一期工程航行安全模拟试验研究

运用电子操纵模拟器 ,预演了第六代集装箱船在各种不利航行条件下进出洋山深水港区的航行过程 ,分析了风、浪、流等环境因素对船舶操纵的影响 ,确定了船舶安全进出港所需的航道宽度、船舶安全靠泊条件和掉头操纵水域尺度。大量的模拟试验研究结果证实 :洋山深水港区具有良好的船舶航行条件 ,船舶按一期工程小洋山方案 (一 )、小洋山方案 (二 )以及小洋山～镬盖塘方案进行靠离泊和掉头操纵无本质差异 ,主要不同点在于船舶通过窄口后小洋山方案 (一 )和小洋山方案 (二 )比小洋山～镬盖塘方案有较长的制动水域     

温州乐清湾港区试挖槽监测分析

乐清湾避风条件好,潮流动力强,含沙量小,具有较好的建港条件。介绍了乐清湾试挖槽情况,对试挖槽进行了监测分析,指出数据分析表明试挖槽基本处于冲淤阶段,乐清湾港池开挖实行浅水深用的开发方案是可行的。     

单轴转向架在城轨车辆中的应用前景分析

单轴转向架具有重量轻、曲线通过能力强、低噪声和运行稳定性较差等特点。文章详细分析了单轴转向架的运行性能,并对单轴转向架在城轨车辆中的应用可行性进行了探讨,认为其可满足城轨车辆的运行要求。     

铁路桥梁用超细粉煤灰高性能混凝土的试验研究

我国铁路桥梁工程建设中较少掺用粉煤灰,但粉煤灰混凝土在其他工程领域的应用已经证明其具有优良的耐久性能及长期性能。在本文研究中,突破现行规范,从材性试验的角度以30%左右的超细粉煤灰(UFA)等量取代水泥配制了铁路桥梁用的超细粉煤灰高性能混凝土,并对其力学性能、部分长期性能、水化产物以及水泥石形貌等进行了试验研究。试验结果表明,混凝土早期强度主要取决于W/C和UFA掺量,而后期则主要取决于W/B和UFA掺量;通过应力-应变全曲线分析可知,UFA高性能混凝土可采用现行规范设计;混凝土干缩、抗渗、抗裂性能等均优于基准混凝土;同时在微观测试分析基础上,综合考虑施工及养护条件等因素的变异,认为在实际应用中,UFA掺量以不超过30%为宜。