Effects of apparent image velocity and complexity on the dynamic visual field using a high-speed train driving simulator

Train driving is a highly visual task. The visual capabilities of the train driver affects driving safety and driving performance. Understanding the effects of train speed and background image complexity on the visual behavior of the high-speed train driver is essential for optimizing performance and safety. This study investigated the role of the apparent image velocity and complexity on the dynamic visual field of drivers. Participants in a repeated-measures experiment drove a train at nine different speeds in a state-of-the-art high-speed train simulator. Eye movement analysis indicated that the effect of image velocity on the dynamic visual field of high-speed train driver was significant while image complexity had no effect on it. The fixation range was increasingly concentrated on the middle of the track as the speed increased, meanwhile there was a logarithmic decline in fixation range for areas surrounding the track. The extent of the visual search field decreased gradually, both vertically and horizontally, as the speed of train increased, and the rate of decrease was more rapid in the vertical direction. A model is proposed that predicts the extent of this tunnel vision phenomenon as a function of the train speed.Relevance to industryThis finding can be used as a basis for the design of high-speed railway system and as a foundation for improving the operational procedures of high-speed train driver for safety.     

300km/h高速铁路PC槽型梁动力试验研究

介绍北方交通大学与比利时鲁汶大学、布鲁塞尔自由大学、比利时铁路公司合作,在巴黎至布鲁塞尔之间高速铁路线上的Antoing大桥进行的二次高速铁路桥梁动力试验。试验桥梁由跨度50m的多跨预应力混凝土简支槽型梁构成,试验中列车速度达265-310km/h。通过现场试验和实验结果分析,得到了桥梁的频率、振型、阻尼等自振特性,以及桥梁在高速列车作用下的动挠度、梁和桥墩的横向和竖向加速度、橡胶支座的相对位移、梁体的动应变等动力响应特性。试验经验和测试结果对于充实高速铁路桥梁动力分析理论、改进数值分析模型、验证计算结果、提高高速铁路桥梁的动力设计水平、保证行车安全,具有重要的意义。     

松辽流域水利规划及战略研究总体思路

在总结水利规划工作经验教训的基础上,结合松辽流域现在水利工作实际,进行了水利规划及战略研究工作,提出切实可行的解决途径,并着重阐述了松辽流域水利规划和战略研究的总体思路.     

智能化系统在新火车站的应用——福州火车站智能化系统设计总结

福州火车站智能化系统包括到发通告、旅客引导显示、客运广播、建筑设备自动控制等7个子系统和系统总集成。     

Air flow through a non-airconditioned bus with open windows

Open window buses without air-conditioning are a major mode of urban and inter-city transport in most countries. High occupancy combined with hot and humid conditions makes travel in these buses quite uncomfortable. In this study air flow through a bus has been studied that could be the basis for low cost and eco-friendly methods of increasing passenger comfort and possibly reduce drag. The aerodynamics of such a road vehicle has not been studied as previous investigations have been confined to vehicles with closed windows that present a smooth exterior to air flow. Using a 1:25 scaled Perspex model of an urban bus in Delhi, flow visualization was performed in a water channel. The Reynolds numbers were one-tenth of a real bus moving at 10 m/s. Smoke and tuft visualizations were also performed on an urban bus at 40 km/h. Numerical simulations were performed at the actual Reynolds number. Even though there were Reynolds number differences, the broad features were similar. Air enters the bus from the rear windows, moves to the front (relative to the bus) and exits from the front windows. Inside air velocity relative to the bus is about one-tenth of the free-stream velocity. The flow is highly three-dimensional and unsteady.     

Peer responses to a team's weakest link: A test and extension of LePine and Van Dyne's model.

This article reports research intended to assess and extend a recent theory of peer responses to low-performing team members (J. A. LePine & L. Van Dyne, 2001a). An instrument that assesses 4 types of peer responses to low performers (compensating for, training, motivating, and rejecting) was developed and then cross-validated in a subsequent study. Results of the study supported the validity of the peer responses measure and were generally consistent with the attributional theory of peer responses. Low-performer characteristics influenced the peer responses. These effects were mediated in part by peer attributions, affect, and cognitions, which explained variance in the peer responses over and above the variance explained by respondents' personality characteristics (i.e., The Big Five). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

基于人文关怀的信号配时方法研究

在传统的信号配时中，都是以减少车辆的总延误为目标，这样并不能很好地体现出整个社会中人的时间价值。现以减少所有通过交叉口的出行者的总延误为目标，在传统的信号配时方案的基础上，提出了一套新的配时方案，同时以减少全部出行者的总延误时间为目标给出了相应的延误评价公式，最后以杭州市文一路-古翠路口的实测交通数据进行分析，论证了本配时方案的有效性。     

基于顾客价值的旅客市场细分研究

为了准确地进行市场营销活动、提高营销组合4P的有效性，以顾客价值理论基础构建了旅客市场细分模型，定量描述了旅客对于交通工具的选择行为。     

提速列车作用下上承式钢板梁受迫振动实验研究

本文通过对京哈线下行大清河桥第9孔33.6m上承式钢板梁桥的现场实验结果的分析，以测试孔跨中实测横、竖向振幅为依据，较为详尽地研究了在提速列车作用下桥梁的自身的动力特性及其在提速列车作用下的动力响应，给出了在不同列车运行速度、不同列车编组情况下桥梁横、竖向振幅以及一阶受迫振动频率的变化关系，并对桥梁在列车通过时的桥梁的振动形态、结构的薄弱点及其加固方向进行了初步的探讨。     

烟气轮机长周期高负荷运行的途径和方法

北京燕山分公司2000kt/a催化裂化装置的烟气轮机机组,在投运的几年内,存在电仪故障多、气轮机轴振动大及回收率低等一系列问题。通过技术攻关及操作优化,烟气轮机的轴振动值最大不超过70μm,发电量提高至13000kW·h以上,每年停机检修的时间可控制在15天以内,全年的净收效益将达到5460万元,每年可提高效益1620万元。与装置同步运转率由2004年的87%提高到96%,显著提高了经济效益和社会效益。