GPS定位技术在灌区调查中的应用

GPS定位技术日益成熟,在很多领域已得到了广泛应用。文中主要简介说明GPS技术原理与特点,针对工程实践中调查灌区的实际情况存在灌区面积大、渠系长、渠系建筑物多、渠道实际完成不连续的特点,采用传统的测量方法已无法满足快速而准确的调查要求,因此应用GPS定位技术与之比较,同时也验证了新技术的高效性和准确性。     

Aberrant driving behaviour: errors and violations

The present study was a replication of the research of Reason et al. (1990). Its aim was to confirm the distinction between driving errors and violations in a Western Australian driving population. Sixty-one male drivers and 74 female drivers completed a questionnaire containing items on driver demographics, driving penalties incurred, driving convictions and accident history and driver behavioural aberrations drawn from the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). In agreement with Reason et al. factor analysis revealed three factors; in the present study these were general errors, dangerous errors, and dangerous violations. Young drivers committed more dangerous errors and dangerous violations than older drivers. Females reported more dangerous errors than males. Males reported more dangerous violations than females. Drivers who reported a high level of road exposure and those who reported having been convicted for speeding reported more dangerous violations. Differences in the results of the two studies can largely by accounted for by differences in the representation of age and gender in the two populations studied.     

A Review of:“The Remembering Self: Construction and Accuracy in the Self-narrative”, edited by ULRIC NEISSER and ROBYN FIVUSH,Cambridge University Press,New York (1994), pp. x + 301, £30.00, ISBN 0-521-43194-8

Driving is a task that requires the timely detection of critical events and relevant changes in traffic circumstances. Adaptation of speed and safety margins allows drivers to control the time available to react to potential hazards. One of the basic safety margins in driving is the time headway preserved with respect to cars ahead. To avoid rear-end collisions, drivers have to detect decelerations of lead cars. It can be assumed that fast or abrupt decelerations of the lead car are detected faster than slow or gradual decelerations. Moreover, expected decelerations are presumably detected faster than unexpected decelerations. Drivers' responses to rather abrupt and more gradual decelerations of the lead were investigated in a driving simulator. Situational traffic cues were used to manipulate the driver's expectations. Drivers adjusted the timing of their responses very well to the level of deceleration of the lead car. If cues in the environment indicated that the lead car was likely to decelerate, drivers reacted faster. Moreover, drivers increased their headway before the lead car actually started to decelerate, which can be considered an anticipatory response. In general, anticipation allows drivers to maintain their preferred headway and control time pressure in driving.     

RESEARCH ON HUMAN FACTORS IN ROAD TRANSPORT

The paper attempts to list the most important fields in which research on human factors in road transport is required.

The importance of improving the efficiency of road transport is emphasized, and the figures for road casualties are quoted to demonstrate the need to study the behaviour of cyclists, motor-cyclists and pedestrians as well as motorists.

The problems on which research is required are grouped under the six headings of perception, communication of information, control of the vehicle, comfort, protection of occupants, and behaviour of drivers. Subjects regarded as of particular interest are (1) the communication of information to the driver, (2) the design of the vehicle to improve control by the driver, (3) crash injury protection for the motorist and for the motor-cyclist, and (4) the study of the driving task.     

Learning from errors in a driving simulation: effects on driving skill and self-confidence

Two experiments investigated the effect of making errors during training (error training) on a driving simulator versus learning from examples of errors (guided error training) on driving skill and confidence. Experiment 1 indicated that compared with errorless learning (where participants drove through a training run not designed to elicit errors), error training led to significantly better transfer to driving tests that were analogous to those situations encountered in training and more effective use of strategies for coping with a novel driving situation. Error training also reduced self-confidence in driving skill at the end of training relative to errorless learning. Experiment 2 provided weak evidence of the superiority of guided error training over errorless learning (where the driver in the video did not make any errors) on analogous tests, and no evidence of transfer to a novel test. Furthermore, guided error training did not influence self-confidence in driving skill. The potential value of driving simulators in providing active processing during driver training is discussed, along with the effects of passive and active exposure to errors on driver confidence.     

The limits of path error-neglecting in straight lane driving

Abstract

It is argued that driving cannot simply be considered as a permanent, closed-loop task. Time-to-line-crossing (TLC) is used as a measure to quantify the potential role of visual open-loop and path-error-neglecting strategies. Basically, TLC represents the time available for a driver to neglect path errors until the moment at which any part of the vehicle reaches one of the lane boundaries. The strategy adopted by drivers during error-neglecting should be represented in terms of decision rules, describing how drivers switch from error-neglecting to error-correcting when approaching the edge of a lane. The experiment to be presented in this paper was designed to provide these rules for a straight lane-keeping task. Drivers were instructed to neglect the vehicle path error and to switch to error-correcting only at that moment when the vehicle heading could still comfortably be corrected to prevent a crossing of the lane boundary. The results show that the lateral distance from the lane boundary at which drivers switch to error-correction increases about linearly with the lateral approach speed. This mechanism results in an approximately constant TLC (time) distance at the moment of decision: this result being consistent over a broad range of speeds.     

Recognition of words presented during general anaesthesia

Occasionally, patients report memories (‘awareness’) for events occurring during anaesthesia. The experience can be disturbing for both patient and anaesthetist. The present study confirms that anaesthetized patients can retain a weak memory for auditory information presented during the period when they were apparently unconscious. Patients who were played a ten-word stimulus list performed significantly better in subsequently correctly detecting those stimuli in a 40-word test list than did a control group who heard a tape of radio static. Retention was apparent only by the recognition test, indicating that reliance upon patients' spontaneous recall underestimates the potential for retention, and hence the frequency of awareness itself. The results support those who advocate the use of ear plugs or other devices to prevent patients from hearing, and perhaps remembering, disquieting information during surgery.     

Learning to make errors: evidence from a driving task simulation

Human errors represent a mismatch between the demands of an operational system and what the operator does. If they cannot be reversed, their consequences may be severe. Errors are frequently classified as design-or operator-induced. A third class of errors may also be identified, namely process-induced errors. Such errors arise out of on-going processes which typically extend over time. One such process is that of learning. In relation to the acquisition of skills, for example, learning frequently involves a trial-and-error component. Accidents by inexperienced drivers may represent a severe consequence of such errors. Errors may also arise out of particular learning experiences which provide a distorted underestimate of objective risk and/or motivate high risk behaviour. These phenomena are investigated in a computer simulation of the driving task. The relationship is discussed between various kinds of learning experience and the development of situations in which the possibility of error recovery declines. Some suggestions for reducing the frequency of irreversible errors and for increasing the data base for human error in vehicle driving are made.     

相变诱发塑性钢的研究现状与发展

在现代汽车制造业对汽车轻量化提出要求的趋势下,TRIP钢因其同时具有高强度和高的断后伸长率,以及其优良的高速力学性能而受到青睐。本文简要介绍了相变诱发塑性钢(TRIP钢)的发展现状与研究进展;详细介绍了TRIP钢中各种合金元素的作用,显微组织与性能的关系以及热处理工艺;最后对TRIP钢的发展趋势做了简要阐述。     

GPS-RTK技术在石油天然气井位测量中的应用

定位技术是GPS测量技术发展的一个新突破。基于GPS-RTK测量技术的基本原理和优点,GPS-RTK技术在石油天然气井位测量领域得以应用。井位测量包括初测和复测。测量精度取决于钻井目的。井位测量时应注意以下几点:①基准站应设在井位控制点上;②流动站和基准站之间不宜超过20km,二者之间不能有影响数据传输的障碍物;③GPS卫星高度角不宜小于15°;④GPS接收机100m之内无强大的电磁波辐射源。综合应用表明,GPS-RTK技术在油田井位测量中有布网方便、测量迅速、精度高等优点,不仅能满足井位测量工作的需要,而且适用于公路、铁路、长输管道、输电线路、干渠等线路工程测量,具有广泛的应用前景。