Abstract: In order to investigate the mechanism of violation costs on taxi drivers’ traffic violation behavior, the composition and cumulation of traffic violation costs over time are explored with a demerit point system. To be specific, the taxi driver’s license status were classified into two categories by ...
Abstract: Helical ramps and helical bridges are widely used in recent years, however the driving patterns and dynamic characteristics of vehicles running on them are still unclear. Therefore, to obtain the driving pattern of passenger cars on helical ramps (bridge), driving tests using real cars were carried ...
Abstract: In order to regulate vehicle energy consumption, calibrate vehicle emission and optimize vehicle performance, the driving cycles of light-duty vehicles on the urban roads of Hohhot is analyzed. Firstly, the 74 sample data of driving cycles were collected through special data acquisition equipments o...
Abstract: To provide scientific evidence for traffic flow modeling and prediction, the nonlinear characteristics of air traffic flow were studied based on fractal. First, 4 time series were constructed, and their nonlinearities were tested by the surrogate data method, and the 5-minute-scale time series was d...
Abstract: This work aims to study the influence of transverse deflection of a beam body on pushing construction of an prestressed concrete (PC) open thin-walled beam with asymmetric cross-section and provide a reasonable deviation correction threshold for the incremental launching technique. Taking as a proto...
Abstract: As the span of arch bridges increases, the stability problem of the arch rib is becoming severe and the huge horizontal thrust needs to be balanced with tie rods or foundation; meanwhile, large anchors of a long-span suspension bridge costs a lot. Aiming at the two problems above, a new type of brid...
Abstract: To analyze characteristics of typical parameters of overloaded trucks as well as their models, weight-in-motion (WIM) data was collected over three years from California, U.S., and the permit truck issued by California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) was selected as a reference to extract ov...
Abstract: In order to study the effect of the tunnel smoke exhaust mode and the opening state of the smoke Vent on the smoke exhaust efficiency during the fire, the smoke exhaust characteristics and smoke exhaust efficiency of the Mawan underwater shield tunnel were analyzed. Firstly, through the theoretical ...
Abstract: In order to obtain a design model for quasi-rectangular shield tunnel linings, a full-scale ring test was conducted to acquire the deformation and internal forces of the linings with loads simulated according to the actual ones in normal operation conditions. The test results were then analyzed in c...
Abstract: In order to gain better insight on the temperature field characteristics of the subgrade surface with asphalt concrete layer in cold regions, the transient thermal finite element analysis is adopted to study the temperature field spatial-temporal distribution of ballastless tracks in cold regions an...
Abstract: In order to improve the vibration damping effect of the floating slab track and hinder the propagation of the vertical vibration energy of the floating slab to the rail base, a vibration isolator for the floating slab track based on the local resonance mechanism of phononic crystals is developed. Th...
Abstract: To study the influence of passenger and freight trains on the mechanical deterioration of concrete for slab track, the indoor cyclic loading test was conducted and described by using the damage variables based on damage mechanics. First, the FE model consisting of the rail, fastening, slab, CA morta...
Abstract: In order to study the crack performance and its influencing factors in the continuous track slab in severe cold area, previous assumptions and mechanical models for the calculation of cracks in continuous track slab were modified according to their actual working states in severe cold area. Based on...
Abstract: Embedded ballastless tracks are stable, low maintenance, and good at shock absorption and noise reduction, such that it accommodates the requirements of urban rail transit operation, and has been widely used in the construction of modern tram lines. Owning to the structural characteristics of embedd...
Abstract: In order to investigate the difference between the mechanical properties and water quantity variation of unsaturated loess under different initial conditions, a method for preparing isotropic and transversely isotropic specimens was suggested. An improved triaxial apparatus for unsaturated soils was...
Abstract: To study the impact of structural properties on the consolidation behavior of multi-layered soft clay under time-dependent loading, the problem of nonlinear consolidation of structured soft clay was addressed by analyzing the nonlinear variable permeability and compressibility of structured soft cla...
Abstract: The corrosion of magnesium cement concrete on steel bars limits its widespread application. To solve this problem, coating is proposed to alleviate the corrosion of steel bars and ensure that magnesium cement-reinforced concrete buildings meet the design requirements over their service life. Based o...
Abstract: To study the failure mechanism and repair effect of plain masonry structure repaired by carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) grids, firstly, a three-storey masonry wall with openings was destroyed under the pseudo-static action, then, the areas where the cracks intensively occurred in destroyed ma...
Abstract: In order to study the influence of the volume content and corrosion degree of the steel fiber on the strength and deformation of the structure, the large-volume randomization of the steel fiber in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) matrix was realized by the ABAQUS software redeveloped by self-c...
Abstract: In order to obtain the load characteristics of the anti-rolling torsion bar during the high-speed train operation, first, the change rules of the load with the train speed, curve radius, and curve superelevation were studied by combining the gyroscope and the speed signal. Second, the maximum loads ...
Abstract: To reasonably predict the influence of geological conditions, tunneling parameters, and cutter ring characteristics on the wear of disc cutter rings during tunnel boring machine (TBM) construction, the rock breaking mechanism and cutter ring wear mechanism were studied. The concept of comprehensive ...
Abstract: At present, the piston reciprocating alternating testing machine can not be used in the alternating tests for gas medium pressure instruments, vacuum instruments, positive and negative pressure gauges and differential pressure instruments under a static pressure environment. A comprehensive alternat...
Abstract: In order to reveal how vehicle parameters affect the overriding behavior in train collisions, the vehicle model and the moving track model were developed in view of the basic ideas of vehicle-track interaction. The nonlinear wheel-rail contact model was applied in coupling both models. A nonlinear c...
Abstract: During testing in impulse wind tunnel, vibrations of the force-measurement system (FMS) caused by airflow will greatly tamper measurement results. To solve this issue, firstly the dynamic model of the FMS was constructed according to its structural characteristics. Then, the virtual calibration and ...
Abstract: In order to provide necessary theoretical basis for hot rolling process, the static recrystallization behavior of nitrogen alloyed HRB500E steel was studied by using stress relaxation method. The effects of various strain capacity, strain temperature and strain rate on the static recrystallization o...
Abstract: The multi-energy complementary microgrid concentrates multiple complementary energy sources in the same grid-connected system, which can effectively improve energy utilization efficiency and power supply reliability of the microgrid. Virtual synchronous generator (VSG) technology enables friendly ne...
Abstract: When an electric locomotive or an EMU (electric multiple unit) passes neutral zone in a track section, transient traction current is very likely to cause harmonic interference to track circuit, which may produce failure. To guarantee stable performance of track circuit under the influence of harmoni...
Abstract: To reduce the cost in the comfort evaluation of high-speed trains and avoid strenuous questionnaire investigation and statistical analysis, the static comfort evaluation method of high speed train seats is studied. Firstly, the seat comfort calculation method is derived by determining the comfort ev...