Simulation and Design Study for Interior Zone Luminance in Tunnel Lighting

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Sait Cengiz

An optimal solution for tunnel lighting designs was determined using a computer software. The road tunnel under construction 14481 m in length was selected in order to get an optimal design solution for tunnel lighting.The lighting, luminaries, and road parameters were changed and the resulting scenarios were examined in a simulation environment. The proposed approach can be applied for the illumination of interior zones in tunnels of 10 km or longer with significant reduction in energy consumption. The optimal luminance values that affect vision comfort in the tunnel were calculated in a simulation environment. As a result, the most economic lighting system and luminaries were chosen among solutions conforming to technical standards for luminance values.

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-221
Author(s):  
Jaeyoung Kim ◽  
Sehong Min

With continued economic development, movement and logistics to various parts of the country are increasing. Consequently, long tunnels in the mountains and the large city underground road tunnels under construction have become increasingly important. Further, the escalating number of road tunnels has resulted in the deepening of tunnels and an increase in the number of long tunnels. Because it is highly possible fora traffic accident inside a tunnel to cause further accidents, various safety improvement measures should be prepared. To resolve the problem, dualizing the emergency power of CCTVs (which perform the major functions of tunnel safety) is proposed for application in a plan to improve safety. This plan improves safety control inside the tunnel and contributes to its maintenance. This study was prompted by the expressway tunnel accidents that occurred in the Central Region Expressway in October 2015 and February 2016. The safety security system based on the dualization of the emergency power inside the road tunnel is being monitored, with its application in some tunnels as the pilot project of an actual lab concept. Moreover, measures on safety control inside the road tunnel can be prepared through the monitoring.


1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Garro ◽  
G. Gurnari ◽  
G. Nicoletto ◽  
A. Serra

Abstract The interfacial phenomena between tread rubber compounds and rough surfaces are responsible for most of the behavior of a tire on the road. A new device was developed for the investigation of these phenomena in the laboratory. The device consists of a fully instrumented road wheel on which a simple geometry specimen is driven. The possibilities offered by this device are to perform tests at constant slip or at constant torque on both wet and dry surfaces, with complex cycles. The machine allows the measurement of slip, tangential forces, and temperature on the specimen, and computer software adds the possibility of applying Fourier analyses on force, road wheel speed, and specimen speed data. Other possibilities offered by the road wheel are to change the road surface, the load on the specimen, and the water rate. The description of a complete experiment is detailed in the paper showing the correlation of data with actual tire performances.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minhua Shao ◽  
Lijun Sun ◽  
Xianzhi Shao

The sensor location problem (SLP) discussed in this paper is to find the minimum number and optimum locations of the flow counting points in the road network so that the traffic flows over the whole network can be inferred uniquely. Flow conservation system at intersections is formulated firstly using the turning ratios as the prior information. Then the coefficient matrix of the flow conservation system is proved to be nonsingular. Based on that, the minimal number of counting points is determined to be the total number of exclusive incoming roads and dummy roads, which are added to the network to represent the trips generated on real roads. So the task of SLP model based on turning ratios is just to determine the optimal sensor locations. The following analysis in this paper shows that placing sensors on all the exclusive incoming roads and dummy roads can always generate a unique network flow vector for any network topology. After that, a detection set composed of only real roads is proven to exist from the view of feasibility in reality. Finally, considering the roads importance and cost of the sensors, a weighted SLP model is formulated to find the optimal detection set. The greedy algorithm is proven to be able to provide the optimal solution for the proposed weighted SLP model.


2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 3530-3537
Author(s):  
Zu Song Wu ◽  
Guang Qi Chen ◽  
Kou Ki Zen ◽  
Xin Rong Liu

When the road tunnel is excavated, the multi lining is used to being applied. In order to keep the surrounding rock stabilize and arouse the self-stability of the surrounding rock, building the first support is essential. But the slabbing often occurs near the spring line on the surface of the first lining, and because the slabbling is a common failing and not attracted our most attentions, it will develop to the crack and threaten the stability of the structure finally. This paper uses the line elastic method to analyze the mechanics that causes this slabbing phenomenon via the interaction between the surrounding rock and the first lining, and suggests the measure that escape the slabbing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Emil Yanev

The purpose of this study is to establish a suitable structural system for the restoration of the destroyed part of the pedestrian bridge, which is a part of a hydrocomplex built along the Arda River (Bulgaria), and to improve the vulnerable details in the original structure, taking into account the seismic hazard on the site. The decision is also dictated by the choice of a construction method that does not interfere the Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) that is built along the river with the normal operation of which the subject is connected. The appropriate selection of materials and modelling of the overall behaviour of the old and new parts of the bridge are the basis of the optimal solution for interference with the structure and the possibility of extending its service life. It is also important to preserve the visual unity of the whole structural complex, thus preserving the original appearance and good construction practice from the time they have been built during the middle of the 20th century This design solution is part of an investment project of "Risk Engineering" Ltd.


1973 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Z. Cohn ◽  
S. R. Parimi

Optimal (minimum weight) solutions for plastic framed structures under shakedown conditions are found by linear programming. Designs that are optimal for two failure criteria (collapse under fixed loads and collapse under variable repeated loads) are then investigated. It is found that these designs are governed by the ratio of the specified factors defining the two failure criteria, i.e., for shakedown, λs and for collapse under fixed loading, λ. Below a certain value (λs/λ)min the optimal solution under fixed loading is also optimal for fixed and shakedown loading. Above a value (λs/λ)max the optimal design for variable loading is also optimal under the two loading conditions. For intermediate values of λs/λ the optimal design that simultaneously satisfies the two criteria is different from the optimal designs for each independent loading condition. An example illustrates the effect of λs/λ on the nature of the design solution.


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