桥梁用附加装置的发展和创新

超大跨径桥梁或强风、强震区的大跨径桥梁，其的静力、动力响应对桥梁结构设计往往成为控制因素，运用缓冲器、阻尼器和弹性连接等附加装置能有效地改善大跨径桥梁结构受力。在苏通大桥结构体系研究的一些思路和国内外有关资料的基础上，将十多年来应用的一些装置从性能、特征参数和工程应用理念等方面加以较系统地叙述，希望为我国桥梁在这方面的应用提供一些有益的帮助。     

降雨对高速公路行车安全的影响及对策

雨天交通事故在高速公路事故中占有很大的比例。文章主要分析降雨形成路面水膜、降雨量对水膜厚度的影响以及水膜对轮胎与路面接触的影响。通过分析降雨对高速公路行车影响提出相应对策,提高行车的安全性。     

An empirical investigation of the impact of behavioural and psychographic consumer characteristics on car preferences: An integrated model of car type choice

Based on the data collected from a large-scale survey research of 1622 consumers, the present paper develops a disaggregate, compensatory choice model to collectively examine the impact of under-examined factors on consumer car type choice behaviour. All existing econometric forecasting models of vehicle type choice in the literature have so far considered objective measures as determinants of vehicle type choice. The proposed choice model considers 12 car-type alternatives and is successively extended to allow for choice probability distortions resulting from individual heterogeneity across a set of 30 variables, related to objective, behavioural and psychographic consumer characteristics. The results provide clear evidence that variables such as purpose of car use, prepurchase information source used, consumer’s proneness towards buying an ecological car, consumer’s involvement with cars, and consumer’s attachment to cars, significantly affect car type choice. The results yield important implications for manufacturers, transportation planners and researchers.     

美国Rule B扣押令和Turnover命令的最新发展动态及评析

Rule B扣押令和Turnover命令一直是美国法律中独特且有效的保全债权人利益的两把利剑。2009年10月和6月,美国法院对Jaldhi案和Koehler案的判决,备受世人的注目。本文即从这两个案例入手探讨美国RuleB扣押令和Turnover命令的最新发展动态并进行评析。