Effects of longer heavy vehicles on traffic congestion

Two-lane, "microscopic" (vehicle-by-vehicle) simulations of motorway traffic are developed using existing models and validated using measured data from the M25 motorway. An energy consumption model is also built in, which takes the logged trajectories of simulated vehicles as drive-cycles. The simulations are used to investigate the effects on motorway congestion and fuel consumption if "longer and/or heavier vehicles" (LHVs) were to be permitted in the UK. Baseline scenarios are simulated with traffic composed of cars, light goods vehicles and standard heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). A proportion of conventional articulated HGVs is then replaced by a smaller number of LHVs carrying the same total payload mass and volume. Four LHV configurations are investigated: an 18.75 m, 46 t longer semi-trailer (LST); 25.25 m, 50 t and 60 t B-doubles and a 34 m, 82 t A-double. Metrics for congestion, freight fleet energy consumption and car energy consumption are defined for comparing the scenarios. Finally, variation of take-up level and LHV engine power for the LST and A-double are investigated. It is concluded that: (a) LHVs should reduce congestion particularly in dense traffic, however, a low mean proportion of freight traffic on UK roads and low take-up levels will limit this effect to be almost negligible; (b) LHVs can significantly improve the energy efficiency of freight fleets, giving up to a 23% reduction in fleet energy consumption at high take-up levels; (c) the small reduction in congestion caused by LHVs could improve the fuel consumption of other road users by up to 3% in dense traffic, however in free-flowing traffic an opposite effect occurs due to higher vehicle speeds and aerodynamic losses; and (d) underpowered LHVs have potential to generate severe congestion, however current manufacturers' recommendations appear suitable. © 2013 IMechE.

半导体中的自旋弛豫——从体材料到量子阱、量子线、量子点

本文对半导体中的自旋弛豫过程给出一个简要的回顾，介绍了半导体材料从体材料到量子阱、量子线、量子点不同维数的结构中各种自旋弛豫过程，主要关注了自旋去相位和相干控制。对于不同材料中的各种弛豫机制，关注的重点在于如何能够在实验上以一种可以控制的方式来改变可调参数从而达到控制自旋弛豫过程。这些参数主要有电场、磁场、温度、应变、有效g因子等等。本文的组织上，首先介绍研究前景，第1部分简要介绍了自旋弛豫的四种机制。第2部分按照维数的不同将半导体中自旋弛豫分为3个部分

Integrated electroabsorption-modulated DFB laser by using an improved butt-joint method

An improved butt coupling method is used to fabricate an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) monolithically integrated with a distributed feedback (DFB) laser. The obtained electroabsorption-modulated laser (EML) chip with the traditional shallow ridge exhibits very low threshold current of 12 mA, output power of more than 8 mW, and static extinction ratio of -7 dB at the applied bias voltage from 0.5 to -2.0 V.

用VHDL实现的23位快速浮点数加减法器

With the development of LSI, FPGA/CPLD has been used more and more in the fields of digital signal processing and au-tocontrol and so on. And with the development of the techniques of digital processing, for fitting the system’s function, it should be a higher requirement to speed and used-resource to compute the floating point numbers. The author introduces a high speed adder-subtracter of the 23 bit’s floating point numbers, which is carried out with the parallel arithmetic and the computational speed cou...中文文摘：随着大规模集成电路的不断发展,FPGA/CPLD在数字信号处理、自动控制等方面得到了越来越多的应用。并且伴随着数字化处理技术的不断发展,为满足系统功能的要求,对浮点数运算的速度以及相应占用的资源也就提出了更高的要求。笔者即介绍了以VHDL语言为基础,采用并行算法且计算速度达到33MHz的,对23位标准浮点数实现的高速浮点加减法运算器,并以Cyclone II芯片EP2C20F484为硬件环境,最终进行时序模拟仿真,从而验证该浮点加减法器的正确性和快速特性。

Xe~(23+)离子辐照Al_2O_3的光谱特性

本工作研究460 keV、3 MeV和308 MeV Xe23+辐照Al2O3单晶样品的光致发光特性。从经过460 keV Xe23+辐照后样品的光致发光测试结果可看到,波长为380、413和450 nm的发光峰明显增强,在390和564 nm处出现了新的发光峰。从3 MeV的Xe23+辐照后样品谱的变化可看到,在较低剂量条件下,516 nm(2.4 eV)和564 nm(2.2 eV)处的发光峰随辐照剂量增加而增强,且当剂量增到1×1016cm-2时,564 nm处的发光峰消失,只有516 nm(2.4 eV)处的发光峰较强。从308 MeV Xe23+辐照后样品的光致发光谱中可看到,357 nm(3.47 eV)和516 nm(2.4 eV)处的发光峰随着剂量增加明显增强。辐照后样品的FTIR谱显示:波数在460~510 cm-1和630 cm-1附近的吸收是Al2O3振动模式,经离子辐照后,吸收带展宽;1 000~1 300 cm-1间为Al—O—Al桥氧键的伸缩振动模式,高能辐照后的吸收带向低波数方向移动。

~(22)Na(p,γ)~(23)Mg反应的实验研究

讨论了目前有关2 2 Na(p ,γ) 2 3Mg反应的实验研究工作 ,结合兰州放射性束流线上的放射性束流2 3Al的β+延发质子衰变实验的测量结果 ,给出了2 3Al延发衰变的质子能谱 ,并比较了近期实验给出的相关能级的自旋、宇称值 ,正是由于这种自旋、宇称和能级部分宽度的不确定性 ,导致了反应率计算的不确定性 .计算了同位旋相似态的共振强度 .对于测量到的新的延发衰变能级Ed =8.91 6MeV ,由于没有相应的能级宽度值 ,实验仅给出其相对共振强度值

~(23)Al 的β~+延发质子测量

利用ＴＯＦ－ Ｅ和０°注入探测器的方法，鉴别并测量了２３Ａｌβ＋延发质子衰变能谱，通过精密脉冲发生器和计数器测得２３Ａｌ的半衰期 Ｔ１／２＝（４７６±４５）ｍｓ．实验中重现了能量为０．２１６，０．２７８，０．４３８，０．４７９ＭｅＶ的低能衰变质子．另外，还观察到了一个新的β＋延发衰变能级 Ｅｘ＝ ８．９１６ＭｅＶ，并给出了它们的相对强度．

beta-delayed fission of Ac-228

The basic process of an exotic decay mode namely P-delayed fission is simply introduced. The progress status of the study in the world is essentialized. The observation of P-delayed fission of Ac-228 is reported. The radium was radiochemically separated from natural thorium. Thin Ra sources in which Ac-228 was got through Ra-228 ->(beta-) Ac-228 were prepared for observing fission fragments from beta-delayed fission Ac-228. They exposed to the mica fission track detectors, and measured by an HPGe gamma-ray detector. The beta-delayed fission events of Ac-228 were observed and its beta-delayed fission probability was found to be (5 +/- 2) x 10(-12).

Studies on the exotic structure of Al-23

The longitudinal momentum distribution (P-//) of fragments after one-proton removal from Al-23 and reaction cross sections (sigma(R)) for Al-23,Al-24 on carbon target at 74A MeV have been measured simultaneously. An enhancement in sigma(R) is observed for Al-23 compaxed with Al-24. The full width at half maximum of the P-// distribution for Mg-22 fragments has been determined to be 232 +/- 28 MeV/c. Analysis of P-// using the Few-Body Glauber Model indicates a dominant d-wave configuration for the valence proton in the ground state of Al-23. The exotic structure in Al-23 is discussed.

Search for beta-delayed fission of Ac-228

Radium was radiochemically separated from natural thorium. Thin Ra-228 ->beta Ac-228 sources were prepared and exposed to mica fission track detectors, and measured by an HPGe gamma-ray detector. The beta-delayed fission events of Ac-228 were observed and its beta-delayed fission probability was found to be (5 +/- 2)x10(-12).