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交通运输工程学报(英文版)

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2095-7564

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    Computation of the exact time delay margin for vehicle platoon under generic communication topologies

    Xu ZhuMaode YanPanpan YangYongtao Liu...
    761-775页
    查看更多>>摘要:Due to the limited bandwidth and transmission congestion of the vehicle platoon's communication,it is inevitable to induce time delay,which significantly degrades the control performance of the vehicle platoon,even resulting in instability.This paper focuses on analyzing the internal stability under generic communication topologies and presents a method of computing the exact time delay margin(ETDM).The proposed method can offer a necessary and sufficient internal stability condition with no conservatism.Firstly,to reduce the analytical complexity and computational burden elegantly,we decompose the closed-loop platoon dynamics into a set of individual subsystems via similarity trans-formation and matrix factorization.This decomposition approach is applicable for any general communication topology.Secondly,an explicit formula is deduced to compute the ETDM by surveying the characteristic roots'distribution of all these individual subsystems.It is further demonstrated that only the positive purely imaginary roots need to be considered to compute the ETDM.Finally,simulations are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical claims.

    Estimating the frequency of traffic overloading on road bridges

    Roberto VenturaBenedetto BarabinoGiulio Maternini
    776-796页
    查看更多>>摘要:Load limits,which appear to be routinely exceeded by trucks,occasionally result in road bridge failures.Therefore,predicting failures is crucial for safeguarding road safety.Past studies have largely focused on forecasting bridge failure event probability using the reliability analysis method,whilst occasionally accounting for vehicular overloading effects.Only recently,a study has investigated design traffic overloading event frequency using generalised linear regression models(GLRMs),including a power component and negative binomial regressions(NBRs).However,as far as the authors know,artificial neural network models(ANNMs)have never been applied to this field.This paper is an attempt to fill in these gaps.First a frequency-based metric of traffic overloading was adopted as a driver of failure probability.Second,two alternative'frequency'models were specified,calibrated,and validated.The former was based on a GLRM,the latter on ANNMs.Then,these models were compared using regression plots(RPs),measures of errors(MoEs)and the ratio between the number of observed vs pre-dicted design load overcoming events to evaluate their performance.The models analysed more than 2 million weigh-in-motion(WIM)data records from a pilot station on a bridge on a heavily used ring road in Brescia(Italy).Results showed that ANNMs outperformed GLRMs.ANNMs have a higher correlation coefficient(between predicted and target frequencies),lower MoEs,and a closer-to-unity ratio(between predicted and target frequencies).These findings may increase prediction accuracy of design traffic overloading events and give road authorities more effective traffic management to protect bridges from load hazards.

    Safety analysis of temporary anchorage system for immersed tube in Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link

    Lei YanJinning YanGuoping XuShuanhai He...
    797-813页
    查看更多>>摘要:In the construction of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link,a temporary anchorage system,distributed uniformly along the pipe wall,has been employed.To assess the safety and reliability of this system,a combined method utilizing numerical analysis and model ex-periments was applied to study the safety of the temporary anchorage system and the reliability of the tension rods.Firstly,an overall model of the caisson segment based on GINA rebound force was established to analyze the stress state of the entire system.Sec-ondly,a comprehensive numerical analysis and model experiment verification were con-ducted for the single tensioning system,revealing its failure mode and safety margin.The results indicate that the tension rod systems are uniformly stressed at an average of 444 kN during underwater jointing,with a safety factor of 1.94.At this point,the maximum von Mises stresses appearing at the front plate corners and the lower edge of the U-groove,with stress values of 181.8 MPa and 172.4 MPa,and safety factors of 1.54 and 1.71,respectively.When the tension rod force reaches 940 kN,the tensioning system reaches its bearing limit,with initial yielding occurring at the front plate comers.Model experiments were con-ducted to verify the theoretical analysis results,under a test load of 444 kN,the stresses at the front plate corners and the lower edge of the U-groove were 159.6 and 195.9 MPa,respectively.As the test load increased to 940 kN,these stresses reached 390 and 389 MPa,exhibiting good agreement with the numerical analysis.Considering the uncertainty of loads and materials,a reliability analysis of the tension rods was conducted,yielding a reliability index of 4.34,meeting the secondary safety standard.Based on the comprehensive analysis,it can be concluded that the temporary anchorage system in the caisson segments of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link exhibits excellent safety margins.

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