Investigating Travel Behavior of Nondriving Blind and Vision Impaired People: The Role of Public Transit

Our purpose is to explore the travel behavior of blind or vision impaired people, focusing in particular on travel by bus. We differentiate the sample depending on the availability of a household car. We examine perceptions of and attitudes toward existing transit and various transit characteristics, highlighting features that seem to be frustrating or difficult. Finally, we have travelers evaluate the potential usefulness of various assistive devices, including electronic information that gives navigational assistance.     

On the evolution and stability of interfacial ripples on and off the critical frequency

Abstract

Under consideration are interfaces between two media of different densities and which arise from the interaction between the Mth and Nth harmonics of the motion where 1 ≤ N < M. By means of the method of multiple scales in both space and time a pair of nonlinear coupled partial differential equations is derived which model the progression of the interface. The equations contain a detuning parameter [sgrave] which allow imperfections in the resonance to be taken into account. Stokes-type sinusoidal solutions to the equations were sought. It was found that solutions exist for all values of the interaction ratio M/N. In some situations interfaces exist at both exact and near resonance; while in others they are destroyed by amplifications in the detuning. In yet others, a quantity of detuning is actually necessary for the profiles to exist. In all cases, even when the parameters are fixed, a very large class of interface profiles is possible. Finally, the stability of the profiles is studied. It is found that some are quite stable, even to perturbations with wavenumbers close to the main flow.     

基于城镇地籍数据库建立前的数据质量检查

采用MapSUV测绘和MapGIS平台建库的数据,主要有图形数据、属性数据和影像数据。在建库前根据全国和山东省第二次土地调查城镇建库标准,对每一类数据进行分析,针对其特点制定出检查的内容、方法和标准。经过检查的数据可以保证建立高质量的数据库。     

砂浆-花岗岩界面动态轴向拉伸力学性能试验研究

骨料-砂浆界面过渡区的力学性能对混凝土宏观受力特性有很重要的影响。在MTS试验机上对40个砂浆-花岗岩交界面试件进行了动态轴向拉伸力学性能试验研究,分析不同应变率（10-6～10-2 s-1）、不同程度预静载（30%、50%、70%静载强度）以及往复荷载（1、5 Hz）对交界面动态轴向拉伸力学性能的影响,并对其动态破坏机制进行了初探。研究结果表明：①交界面动抗拉强度随应变率增加有明显增加趋势;②较小预静载（不超过50%）不仅没有使动抗拉强度降低,反而有可能提高动抗拉强度,较大的预静载对损伤弱化效应起主导作用,从而使动抗拉强度降低;③往复荷载作用下会出现明显的低周疲劳损伤,而且残余变形随往复荷载的频率增加而减小;④不同应变率下的交界面应力-应变曲线上升段类似,约50%强度后呈现非线性变化,但非线性程度随应变率增加趋向不明显。另外,尝试性地进行了交界面试件轴向拉伸应力-应变全曲线的试验,得到了稳定断裂的全过程曲线。     

山东烟台大季家地区海水入侵界面划分的意义

在沿海地区划分海水入侵界线具有重大意义,在海水入侵范围内,地下水由于含盐量高,虽然工业生产、人畜生活不能利(饮)用,但深部海水可为海产品养殖业带来较高的利用价值。利用高密度电法和可控源音频大地电磁2种方法准确划分了浅、深部海水入侵界线,并根据电性特征分析探讨了海水入侵区域的由浅至深的侵入特点,推测了不同深度上岩石破碎及富水规律,为探讨沿海养殖业利用温度相对稳定或较高的深部入侵海水进行了积极、有益的探讨。     

以新视角解析公众气象服务的用户需求差异

基于公众气象服务需求调查数据,从马斯洛需求层次理论和行为经济学信息易得性原理的角度出发,分析了公众气象服务用户需求差异问题。结果发现:1)用户的气象服务需求程度满足一定的"规律性",社会公众对气象信息的需求首先是受到生理需要的驱动,其次是受到保障内在安全的需要驱动,最后才是更高层次的需求。2)用户需求又存在"特殊性",在特定的背景下,用户需求与基本的需求规律有差异,也与气象部门认为的"理想需求"存在不一致的方面。详细地了解用户需求差异的"规律性"和"特殊性",能更好地开展公众气象服务需求调查和改进气象服务质量。     

当涂地震站地方震Sc震相分析及康拉德面特征

2016年2月13日4时17分,芜湖市弋江区发生M_L 2.1地震,震中距43.75 km,震源深度8 km。当涂地震站记录的两水平向波形均出现3个明显震相,前面2个震相分别为Pg、Sg,在横波Sg震相之后又出现一个振幅较大的不明震相。通过分析,发现该不明震相为康拉德面上的反射波Sc。分析马鞍山测震台网记录的初动较清晰的6个Sc震例,对Sc走时和震中距进行拟合,得到康拉德面上方横波速度为3.59 km/s,康拉德面深度在20.35—23.85 km之间,与已知相关数值接近。     

Experimental investigation of density current patterns using dynamic fractal analysis

Density currents are caused by a difference in density,though low,of an entering fluid with the ambient fluid.This type of current is two-phased and found on riverbeds or in reservoirs behind dams,and is nonlinear in nature,complex,and sensitive to initial conditions.Fractal geometry is used as a powerful tool for studying complex natural phenomena.Using experimental studies and changes in inlet current conditions,the fractal and multi-fractal analyses of the interface between the density current and the ambient fluid were done.In addition,a search was made to find a possible connection between the nonlinear patterns.According to the results,with an increase in the inlet discharge and inlet density of the current the fractal dimension decreased.Further,the smaller the range of the singularity spectrum diagram was,i.e.,the more it was less than 0.34,the lower the system's tendency was to be multi-fractal,and the system sensitive to large local changes.In the interface between the density current and the ambient fluid,using the fractal dimension-based Richardson number could improve experimental data by 12.4%.Moreover,with an increase in the Richardson number,the Reynolds number of the current decreased.Further,upon considering the fractal dimension,the Reynolds number improved by 23%and a good correlation with a coefficient of determination of 0.76.     

Seasonal deposition and reworking at the sediment-water interface on the northwestern Iberian margin

Seabed distributions of ²³⁴Th excess (Th_xs) were determined in the upper centimetres of 38 sediment cores from the north-western Iberian Margin, sampled from 41–44°N and from 9–12°E during five OMEX II cruises. Three main areas, a northern, and at 42°38 and 42°N, were investigated during representative seasons (winter, spring and summer). Low ²³⁴Th_xs activities in summer 1998 (18–252 Bq per kg) were similar to those measured in summer 1997. In winter ²³⁴Th also showed moderate excess. The highest values were observed in spring with surface ²³⁴Th_xs values up to 402 Bq kg⁻¹. Maximum penetration depths of ²³⁴Th_xs ranged from a few mm to 3 cm. ²³⁴Th_xs activities always showed a smooth decrease with depth, without any evidence of non-local mixing. Thus particle mixing on a short time scale can be described as an eddy diffusive process, and bioturbation rates, calculated on this basis, range from 0.02 to 3.07 cm² per year. Data (activities, inventories, bioturbation rates) are discussed in order to relate the observed surface and down-core variations to spatial and seasonal trends. Using ²³⁴Th_xs data in sediment as a substitute for sediment trap estimates, particle fluxes were calculated from ²³⁴Th_xs inventories. The range of ²³⁴Th-derived particle fluxes for the north-western Iberian Margin is 16–1418 mg.m⁻².d⁻¹. Mean values indicate a gradual decrease of mass fluxes from the shelf to the open ocean. On a 100-day scale, the northern area (43–44°N) represents a low sedimentation regime. Further south, around 42°–43°N, particle inputs are more important. On the middle slope, around 1000 to 2000 m depth, high inventories and bioturbation rates indicate enhanced, and probably organic-rich, particle fluxes to the seafloor, particularly in spring.     

The upper mantle structure of the Tibetan Plateau and its implication for the continent-continent collision

The present continent had been assembled by the accretion of a series of terrains after their mutual colli-sions. Thus, the continental collision process plays an important role in the tectonics, the deformation and the movement in the continent. The Indo-Eurasian colli-sion had not only produced the grand geological structures and landscape, such as the Himalayan Mountain and the Tibetan Plateau, but also played a decisive role in the tectonic deformation and seismic-ity of Eastern Asia si…