Increasing Sustainability of Road Transport in European Cities and Metropolitan Areas by Facilitating Autonomic Road Transport Systems (ARTS)

2013 ◽  
pp. 201-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Schlingensiepen ◽  
R. Mehmood ◽  
F. C. Nemtanu ◽  
M. Niculescu
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
European Cities

Modernism, Space and the City

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Thacker
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Joseph Conrad ◽  
Jean Rhys ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Blaise Cendrars ◽  
Stephen Spender ◽  
Christopher Isherwood ◽  
The City

This innovative book examines the development of modernism in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna. Focusing upon how literary and cultural outsiders represented various spaces in these cities, it draws upon contemporary theories of affect, mood, and literary geography to offer an original account of the geographical emotions of modernism. It considers three broad features of urban modernism: the built environment of the particular cities, such as cafés or transport systems; the cultural institutions of publishing that underpinned the development of modernism in these locations; and the complex perceptions of writers and artists who were outsiders to the four cities. Particular attention is thus given to the transnational qualities of modernism by examining figures whose view of the cities considered is that of migrants, exiles, or strangers. The writers and artists discussed include Mulk Raj Anand, Gwendolyn Bennett, Bryher, Blaise Cendrars, Joseph Conrad, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, Hope Mirlees, Noami Mitchison, Jean Rhys, Sam Selon, and Stephen Spender.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Model with Which to Safely Optimize the Configuration of Hydraulic Suspension of Modular Trailers in Special Road Transport

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Rubén Escribano-García ◽  
Marina Corral-Bobadilla ◽  
Fátima Somovilla-Gómez ◽  
Rubén Lostado-Lorza ◽  
Ash Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Automatic Testing ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
The Road ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
On The Road

The dimensions and weight of machines, structures, and components that need to be transported safely by road are growing constantly. One of the safest and most widely used transport systems on the road today due to their versatility and configuration are modular trailers. These trailers have hydraulic pendulum axles that are that are attached in pairs to the rigid platform above. In turn, these modular trailers are subject to limitations on the load that each axle carries, the tipping angle, and the oil pressure of the suspension system in order to guarantee safe transport by road. Optimizing the configuration of these modular trailers accurately and safely is a complex task. Factors to be considered include the load’s characteristics, the trailer’s mechanical properties, and road route conditions including the road’s slope and camber, precipitation and direction, and force of the wind. This paper presents a theoretical model that can be used for the optimal configuration of hydraulic cylinder suspension of special transport by road using modular trailers. It considers the previously mentioned factors and guarantees the safe stability of road transport. The proposed model was validated experimentally by placing a nacelle wind turbine at different points within a modular trailer. The weight of the wind turbine was 42,500 kg and its dimensions were 5133 × 2650 × 2975 mm. Once the proposed model was validated, an optimization algorithm was employed to find the optimal center of gravity for load, number of trailers, number of axles, oil pressures, and hydraulic configuration. The optimization algorithm was based on the iterative and automatic testing of the proposed model for different positions on the trailer and different hydraulic configurations. The optimization algorithm was tested with a cylindrical tank that weighed 108,500 kg and had dimensions of 19,500 × 3200 × 2500 mm. The results showed that the proposed model and optimization algorithm could safely optimize the configuration of the hydraulic suspension of modular trailers in special road transport, increase the accuracy and reliability of the calculation of the load configuration, save time, simplify the calculation process, and be easily implemented.

scholarly journals Sustainable Transport in the Danube Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6797
Author(s):  
Peter Mako ◽  
Andrej Dávid ◽  
Patrik Böhm ◽  
Sorin Savu
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Inland Water ◽  
Danube Region ◽  
Inland Water Transport

Sustainability of transport systems is a key issue in transport. The main question is whether high levels of road and railway transport in areas along navigable waterways is an effective solution for this issue. The Danube waterway is an example. Generally, it is not observed that traffic performance is not as high as on the Rhine. This paper deals with the revelation of the available capacity of this waterway based on approximation functions and their comparison with real transport performances. This methodology points to the level of use of waterways. The connection of this model with the production of fossil fuels creates a basis for a case study. The case study in this paper offers a possibility for a sustainable and environmentally friendly transition from road transport to inland water transport on the example of specific transport routes. The main contribution of this paper is a presentation of the application of sustainable models of use transport capacity to increase the share of environmentally friendly and sustainable inland water transport. The conclusion based on the case study and materials is that the available capacity of inland water transport on the Danube could support the transition of traffic performances to sustainable and environmentally friendly means of transport.

scholarly journals The concept of average speed measurements network in the West Pomeranian

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 238-241
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Sosik
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
The West ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Average Speed ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Road Traffic Safety

The article presents the concept of implementing a network of average speed measurements in the West Pomeranian. The author focused on solutions of Intelligent Transport Systems to improve the safety of road transport. The first part of the article discusses the state of road traffic safety in the West Pomeranian. In the next part, the solutions of Intelligent Transport Systems used to record the speed of road vehicles and the method of data recording and processing were discussed. In the third part, the accident maps and the locations of the stored sectional speed measurements were analysed, on the basis of which the proposition of places for the implementation of the network of average speed measurements was created due to the high accident rate.

scholarly journals Path creation in Nordic energy and road transport systems – The role of technological characteristics

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 551-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teis Hansen ◽  
Antje Klitkou ◽  
Mads Borup ◽  
Lisa Scordato ◽  
Nina Wessberg
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Path Creation ◽  
Technological Characteristics

SERIEL SIMULATORS OF DYNAMIC NETWOORK OBJECTS WITH DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Minzorov Oleksandr ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Network Dynamic ◽  
Power Networks ◽  
Electrical Systems ◽  
Electronic Circuitry ◽  
Distributed Parameters ◽  
Electric Power Networks ◽  
Equipment Modernization ◽  
Dynamic Objects

Mining engineering networks, road transport systems, electric power networks, electronic circuitry, circulatory, respiratory, endocrine and other internal systems of people and other living beings, hydraulic and hydro-electrical systems, aeromechanics, gas dynamics and many other networks in the fields of physics, chemistry, transport, mathematics, biology, economics and other fields of science belong to the network dynamic objects with distributed parameters, which is a class of complex dynamic systems (VTS), which give rise to many different problems and problems with large amounts of data using computer parallel modeling. Technological and technical schemes of different subject areas and different complexities, secondary topologies of technological and technical objects with distributed parameters can also be presented as graphs with appropriate physical and mathematical interpretations of branches and nodes. Technological importance and technical complexity of network dynamic objects with distributed parameters (MDORP) determine the urgency of the problems of active model support (Model Drive Engineering, MDE) of industry innovative projects for building technological schemes, automation of dynamic process control in enterprises, development of simulators for staff simulators for narrow specialties, guaranteeing safe operation of complex and expensive equipment, modernization within the requirements for compliance with the level of objects of Industry 4.0, which can be represented in the form of network dynamic objects with distributed parameters. The article is a contribution to the solution of MDE-problem: the technique of construction of consecutive MDORP simulators on the basis of Block-oriented-language (BOlanguage) of modeling is developed, the method of interactive computer support of development of simulators for objects of real industrial complexity is offered. In the article the part of real technical topology is considered, realized and investigated, and results will be used at creation of parallel simulators.

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