Weather as a Chronic Hazard for Road Transportation in Canadian Cities   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

Jean Andrey  Brian Mills  Mike Leahy  Jeff Suggett 《Natural Hazards》2003,28(2-3):319-343

Inclement weather creates a chronic hazard for Canadian travellers. Past studies indicate that road collision rates increase during precipitation, although the magnitude of theincrease varies from study to study, partly as a result of variations in weather and driving conditions,but also because of differences in methods. The goal of the current study is to improve ourunderstanding of the links between weather and travel risk in mid-sized Canadian cities by using astandardized method for analyzing data from six cities with different climates: Halifax-Dartmouth,Ottawa, Québec, Hamilton, Waterloo Region, and Regina. The study has four interrelated objectives: (1) Toconduct a sensitivity analysis to determine the extent to which risk estimates vary depending onthe criteria used to define precipitation events and `normal' conditions; (2) To compare therelative risk of collision and injury during precipitation relative to `normal' conditions; (3) Todetermine the extent to which weather-related risks vary fordifferent Canadian cities; and (4) To explore any differences in collision characteristics between events and controls, especially as theyvary from city to city. Results are based on a matched-pair analysis, using six-hour time blocks over afour-year period, 1995 to 1998. Results indicate only modest sensitivity to the criteria used to define precipitation events and `normal' conditions. On average, precipitation is associated with a 75 percentincrease in traffic collisions and a 45 percent increase in related injuries, as compared to `normal'seasonal conditions, but risk levels vary depending on the characteristics of the weather event.Both sensitivity to specific weather conditions and weather-related accident profiles vary from city tocity in ways that are not easily explained.  相似文献   

车辆导航系统中定位数据处理和地图匹配技术   总被引：11，自引：1，他引：11  

许志海张昭云  陈应东 《测绘学院学报》2003,20(4):247-250

分析了GPS误差来源，并提出了相应的处理办法；融合电子地图中的道路数据和GPS所提供的定位数据的地图匹配算法，可以有效地提高车辆导航的定位精度。在分析各种地图匹配算法基础上，提出了一种实用的地图匹配方法，并且在实践中得到了验证。  相似文献   

Exploration and discovery in Yellowstone Lake: results from high-resolution sonar imaging, seismic reflection profiling, and submersible studies     

L. A. Morgan  W. C. Shanks  III  D. A. Lovalvo  S. Y. Johnson  W. J. Stephenson  K. L. Pierce  S. S. Harlan  C. A. Finn  G. Lee  M. Webring  B. Schulze  J. Dühn  R. Sweeney  L. Balistrieri 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2003,122(3-4):221-242

‘No portion of the American continent is perhaps so rich in wonders as the Yellow Stone’ (F.V. Hayden, September 2, 1874)Discoveries from multi-beam sonar mapping and seismic reflection surveys of the northern, central, and West Thumb basins of Yellowstone Lake provide new insight into the extent of post-collapse volcanism and active hydrothermal processes occurring in a large lake environment above a large magma chamber. Yellowstone Lake has an irregular bottom covered with dozens of features directly related to hydrothermal, tectonic, volcanic, and sedimentary processes. Detailed bathymetric, seismic reflection, and magnetic evidence reveals that rhyolitic lava flows underlie much of Yellowstone Lake and exert fundamental control on lake bathymetry and localization of hydrothermal activity. Many previously unknown features have been identified and include over 250 hydrothermal vents, several very large (>500 m diameter) hydrothermal explosion craters, many small hydrothermal vent craters (1–200 m diameter), domed lacustrine sediments related to hydrothermal activity, elongate fissures cutting post-glacial sediments, siliceous hydrothermal spire structures, sublacustrine landslide deposits, submerged former shorelines, and a recently active graben. Sampling and observations with a submersible remotely operated vehicle confirm and extend our understanding of the identified features. Faults, fissures, hydrothermally inflated domal structures, hydrothermal explosion craters, and sublacustrine landslides constitute potentially significant geologic hazards. Toxic elements derived from hydrothermal processes also may significantly affect the Yellowstone ecosystem.  相似文献   

An innovative priming system - emulsion-based booster     

AK Mishra  D. Bhattacharya 《Fragblast: International Journal for Blasting and Fragmentation》2005,9(1):47-59

The mineral industry is leading towards a technology driven optimization process. Drilling and blasting are such unit operations in a mine, which can alter the balance sheet of the mine if not planned properly. The development, improvement and utilization of innovative technologies in terms of blast monitoring instruments and explosives technology are important for cost effectiveness and safety of mineral industries.

The ever-growing demand for minerals has compelled the industry to adopt large opencast projects using heavy equipment. This has necessitated use of a few hundred tonnes of explosives in each blast. The bulk delivered fourth generation explosives have solved the problem of explosive loading to a large extent as it provides improved safety in manufacturing, transportation and handling. Bulk delivered emulsion is non-explosive until gasification is complete and a large quantity of explosive can be transported and loaded into blast holes efficiently and with safety. The priming of bulk delivered explosives in Indian mines uses the conventional PETN/TNT-based boosters. The conventional booster possesses safety problems in terms of handling and use, so Indian Explosives Ltd has developed an emulsion-based booster (Powergel Boost).

This paper explores the potential of an emulsion-based booster used as a primer to initiate bulk delivered emulsion explosives used in mines. An attempt has been made at a comparative study between the conventional booster and the emulsion-based booster in terms of the initiation process developed and their capability of developing and maintaining a stable detonation process in the column explosives. The study has been conducted using a continuous velocity of detonation (VOD) measuring instrument, the VODMate two channel system manufactured by Instantel Inc. of Canada. During this study three blasts were monitored. In each blast two holes were selected for study, the first hole was initiated using a conventional booster while the other one used an emulsion-based booster. The findings of the study advocates that the emulsion-based booster is capable of the efficient priming of bulk delivered column explosive with a stable detonation process in the column.  相似文献   

浅论安阳市传染病医院规划设计     

张宏文  郭峰  王晓航 《中国勘察设计》2005,(8):22-24

以安阳市第五人民医院整体搬迁工程的设计为例,通过设计思路的详细介绍,阐述了传染病医院规划设计中注意到的几点问题。  相似文献   

地震力对高架桥梁轨道车辆影响之动态模型     

董永财  杨长春 《世界地震工程》2005,21(2):70-74

将轨道车辆系统仿真成由车厢、转向架及轮轴所组成。车厢与转向架间有次悬吊系统，转向架与轮轴间则有主悬吊系统。数学模型之推导将考虑车辆横向、垂向、翻滚(roll)及摇摆(yaw)方向之运动，将车辆仿真成三维具16个自由度之系统。本研究将探讨行驶高架桥梁之轨道车辆受地震激振时，建立轨道车辆与高架桥相互耦合之动态数学模型。  相似文献   

Lightning optical pulse statistics from storm overflights during the Altus Cumulus Electrification Study   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

D.M. Mach  R.J. Blakeslee  J.C. Bailey  W.M. Farrell  R.A. Goldberg  M.D. Desch  J.G. Houser 《Atmospheric Research》2005,76(1-4):386

The Altus Cumulus Electrification Study (ACES) was conducted during the month of August 2002 in an area near Key West, Florida. One of the goals of this uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) study was to collect time resolved optical pulse data from thunderstorms. During the month long campaign, we acquired 5256 lightning generated optical pulses. Most of these observations were made while quite close to the top of the storms. We divided our data into two amplitude groups based on prior NASA U2 aircraft optical data and the pulse characteristics. The group of strong pulses with radiance greater than 2.1 mW m^{− 2} sr^{− 1} had mean and median 10–10% optical pulse widths of 770 and 740 μs, respectively, 50–50% pulse widths of 399 and 355 μs, respectively, and 10–90% risetimes of 292 and 260 μs. These values are very similar to the previous U2 based optical results The other group of pulses consisting of slightly more than a quarter of the total pulses observed had radiances less than the minimum values detected in the U2 study. These weak pulses were narrower than the strong pulses with 50–50% mean and median values of 199 and 160 μs, respectively. Only 12% of the flashes observed contained only weak pulses. The source of these weak pulses is unknown, but we suspect that some are artifacts of the close proximity of the aircraft to cloud top.  相似文献   

Using unmanned underwater vehicles as research platforms in coastal ocean studies     

Kendall L.Carder  David K.Costello 《中国海洋大学学报(英文版)》2003,2(2):211-217

The advantages of using unmanned underwater vehicles in coastal ocean studies are emphasized. Two types of representative vehicles, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) from University of South Florida, are discussed. Two individual modular sensor packages designed and tested for these platforms and field measurement results are also presented. The bottom classification and albedo package, BCAP, provides fast and accurate estimates of bottom albedos, along with other parameters such as in-water remote sensing reflectance. The real-time ocean bottom optical topographer, ROBOT, reveals high-resolution 3-dimentional bottom topography for target identification. Field data and results from recent Coastal Benthic Optical Properties field campaign, 1999 and 2000, are presented. Advantages and limitations of these vehicles and applications of modular sensor packages are compared and discussed.  相似文献   

基于Kiwi数据格式的地图显示研究   总被引：7，自引：1，他引：7  

徐敬海  李清泉  宋莺  郑年波 《武汉大学学报(信息科学版)》2005,30(10):866-869

在分析Kiwi显示数据存储组织方法的基础上,研究了Kiwi显示数据在内存中的动态组织,改进了地图显示的二级缓存方法,提出了地图显示的双缓冲池策略。试验结果表明,本文研究的数据动态组织方法和地图显示策略提高了地图显示速度。  相似文献   

车牌识别仪在车辆管理系统中的应用     

尹明  金群峰 《测绘科学与工程》2005,25(4):36-39

本文通过对用户需求的分析，提出了一套具有车牌识别功能的小区车辆管理解决方案。其中对车牌识别仪在小区车辆管理系统中的应用、车牌识别技术及该设计方案中应用系统的功能做了较详细的介绍。  相似文献