The transport sector emits 18% of global CO2. Industry and consumers must adopt green mobility to reduce emissions and climate change. This will help achieve sustainability by improving efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, smart electric vehicles (SEVs) have emerged. Digital twins concept and technology may help launch SEVs to the market by analysing and optimising supporting infrastructure. This work aims to fill in the gaps between different pieces of research by giving a full review from a technical and scientifically neutral point of view. The study looks at how digital twin technology can be used in smart car systems by looking at its promise and the hurdles faced. Based on a comprehensive literature survey, this is the first in-depth look at how digital twin technology can be used in smart electric cars. The review has been organised into specific areas of the smart vehicle system, such as drive train system battery management system, driver assistance system, vehicle health monitoring system, vehicle power electronics. This review goes into detail about each component of the car to provide an overall view of the smart vehicle system as a whole. This review makes it easier to understand how digital twin technology can be utilized into each area from a scientific point of view. Lastly, the work looks at the technological and economic impact of digital twin technology, which will make considerable changes in car manufacturing processes, as well as help address current obstacles in utilizing advanced technologies.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.003
Yue Wang , Huimin Wang , Weiming Wang , Shizhao Song , Xin Fu
The years we are experiencing are often identified as those of the age of digital technologies, where “digital” is commonly associated with intelligence, efficiency, and convenience. The emergence of digital technologies has significantly impacted and transformed various aspects of our society compared to the past. In this panorama, some arising questions regard transportation infrastructure systems and, first of all, highway infrastructure. This research focuses on one central issue: how highways fit into this digital revolution. Actually, the work in this paper can be described as follows. Although there are many different theoretical model systems for the architecture of the digital twin, we have chosen to review the main body of research on the digital twin in highway infrastructure based on a relatively well-established modeling framework, the five-dimensional model of the digital twin. After discussing the components of the digital twin for highway infrastructure's five-dimensional model, the paper reviews some innovative technologies that make these items effective. In addition to this, the digital twin maturity level of highway infrastructure and the MBSE-based (model-based systems engineering) digital twin model for highway are also discussed in this paper. Therefore, the paper provides a bird's eye view of this extremely dynamic technology for a new system of intelligent highways and discusses some of their criticalities and strengths, allowing for the optimization and development of new transportation functions and services, improving the adaptability of highways to the digital revolution.
{"title":"Architecture, application, and prospect of digital twin for highway infrastructure","authors":"Yue Wang , Huimin Wang , Weiming Wang , Shizhao Song , Xin Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The years we are experiencing are often identified as those of the age of digital technologies, where “digital” is commonly associated with intelligence, efficiency, and convenience. The emergence of digital technologies has significantly impacted and transformed various aspects of our society compared to the past. In this panorama, some arising questions regard transportation infrastructure systems and, first of all, highway infrastructure. This research focuses on one central issue: how highways fit into this digital revolution. Actually, the work in this paper can be described as follows. Although there are many different theoretical model systems for the architecture of the digital twin, we have chosen to review the main body of research on the digital twin in highway infrastructure based on a relatively well-established modeling framework, the five-dimensional model of the digital twin. After discussing the components of the digital twin for highway infrastructure's five-dimensional model, the paper reviews some innovative technologies that make these items effective. In addition to this, the digital twin maturity level of highway infrastructure and the MBSE-based (model-based systems engineering) digital twin model for highway are also discussed in this paper. Therefore, the paper provides a bird's eye view of this extremely dynamic technology for a new system of intelligent highways and discusses some of their criticalities and strengths, allowing for the optimization and development of new transportation functions and services, improving the adaptability of highways to the digital revolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 835-852"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.004
Yuquan Yao , Jiangang Yang , Jie Gao , Mulian Zheng , Liang Song , Jing Xu , Chen Sun
Cold milling is a widely used method for rehabilitating asphalt pavement, generating reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) chunks. Within this process, aggregates within the asphalt pavement will be crushed, forming RAP agglomerates and aggregate breakdown. However, the mechanism of these phenomena has remained unclear, and a unified evaluation method has yet to be established. In this study, RAP agglomeration and aggregate fragmentation were characterized, five distinct methods were systematically assessed, and the mechanism of RAP agglomeration and breakdown was analyzed by discrete element method (DEM) simulation based on setting different particle contact parameters, then followed by a mechanical analysis, and demonstrated in engineering. The results revealed that both agglomeration and aggregate breakdown occur within RAP particles of various sizes, with the five methods showing similar trends in quantifying these effects. Through DEM simulations and mechanical analyses, the aggregate breakdown predominantly occurs at the cutter's motion trajectory of the cutter and during crack propagation, while agglomeration was mainly related to the sliding surface's area. The milling speed and depth positively impact RAP agglomeration, while negatively affecting aggregate breakdown, and milling drum speed exerts minimal influence on these phenomena. RAP agglomeration varies considerably in different engineering projects, and cold milling parameters should be determined based on the material composition of the asphalt pavement and design requirements to control agglomeration and breakdown rates of RAP.
{"title":"RAP chunks produced in cold milling operation of asphalt pavement: Evaluation, mechanism, and engineering investigation in China","authors":"Yuquan Yao , Jiangang Yang , Jie Gao , Mulian Zheng , Liang Song , Jing Xu , Chen Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cold milling is a widely used method for rehabilitating asphalt pavement, generating reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) chunks. Within this process, aggregates within the asphalt pavement will be crushed, forming RAP agglomerates and aggregate breakdown. However, the mechanism of these phenomena has remained unclear, and a unified evaluation method has yet to be established. In this study, RAP agglomeration and aggregate fragmentation were characterized, five distinct methods were systematically assessed, and the mechanism of RAP agglomeration and breakdown was analyzed by discrete element method (DEM) simulation based on setting different particle contact parameters, then followed by a mechanical analysis, and demonstrated in engineering. The results revealed that both agglomeration and aggregate breakdown occur within RAP particles of various sizes, with the five methods showing similar trends in quantifying these effects. Through DEM simulations and mechanical analyses, the aggregate breakdown predominantly occurs at the cutter's motion trajectory of the cutter and during crack propagation, while agglomeration was mainly related to the sliding surface's area. The milling speed and depth positively impact RAP agglomeration, while negatively affecting aggregate breakdown, and milling drum speed exerts minimal influence on these phenomena. RAP agglomeration varies considerably in different engineering projects, and cold milling parameters should be determined based on the material composition of the asphalt pavement and design requirements to control agglomeration and breakdown rates of RAP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 972-1000"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.005
Haibin Li , Lichang Zhou , Yuhang Cai , Yongfei Zhang , Bature Auwal Ibrahim , Zixuan Feng , Liyun Tang , Zhigang Li , Fayong Yang
Waste plastics and rubber have always posed a threat to the environment and a great challenge for disposal. The use of these two waste materials as modifiers for road asphalt provides new road asphalt binders and at the same time provides a new way for waste material resource treatment. Rubber-modified asphalt and plastic-modified asphalt have received widespread attention due to their green and low-carbon characteristics and some performance advantages, but there are still some performance shortcomings that hinder their promotion and application. In order to continue to explore the application of waste materials in the field of road engineering, combined with the performance advantages of both, many scholars began to study the rubber-plastic composite modified asphalt (RPCMA). Therefore, this paper reviewed the different types of waste rubber and plastic, the comprehensive performance of different types of asphalt and its mixture performance, analyzed the modification mechanism of rubber-plastic composite modified asphalt and its performance changes. The results show that rubber-plastic composite modified asphalt is mostly prepared by directly adding modified materials. However, the pretreatment or melt granulation of rubber and plastic will make the performance of rubber-plastic modified asphalt has improved. There is a mutual promotion mechanism between rubber and plastic in asphalt, which makes the performance of rubber-plastic modified asphalt better than that of asphalt obtained by a single modification method (rubber modified asphalt or plastic modified asphalt). In some properties, it can be close to the commercial SBS modified asphalt. The performance of rubber and plastic composite modified asphalt at high temperature has been generally recognized by researchers, but its low-temperature performance is still controversial. Therefore, it is recommended to apply in high-temperature areas. Future work should focus on the development of composite modifiers with stable performance, low cost and ease of use, standardization of modification processes, improvement of low-temperature performance, and monitoring of road performance and environmental impact.
废塑料和废橡胶一直对环境构成威胁,也是处理过程中的巨大挑战。利用这两种废旧材料作为道路沥青改性剂,在提供新型道路沥青胶结料的同时,也为废旧材料资源化处理提供了一条新途径。橡胶改性沥青和塑料改性沥青因其绿色低碳的特点和一定的性能优势受到广泛关注,但仍存在一些性能缺陷,阻碍了其推广应用。为了继续探索废旧材料在道路工程领域的应用,结合二者的性能优势,许多学者开始研究橡胶塑料复合改性沥青(RPCMA)。为此,本文综述了不同类型废旧橡塑、不同类型沥青的综合性能及其混合料性能,分析了橡塑复合改性沥青的改性机理及其性能变化。结果表明,橡塑复合改性沥青多采用直接添加改性材料的方法制备。但橡塑预处理或熔融造粒会使橡塑改性沥青的性能得到改善。橡胶和塑料在沥青中存在相互促进的机理,使得橡塑改性沥青的性能优于单一改性方法(橡胶改性沥青或塑料改性沥青)制备的沥青。在某些性能上,它可以接近商品 SBS 改性沥青。橡塑复合改性沥青的高温性能已得到研究人员的普遍认可,但其低温性能仍存在争议。因此,建议在高温地区应用。今后的工作重点应放在开发性能稳定、成本低廉、使用方便的复合改性剂,规范改性工艺,提高低温性能,监测道路性能和环境影响等方面。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2022.07.007
Lei Jiang , Yongjian Liu , Neil A. Hoult , Xin Long , Wenshuai Wang
Stress concentration factors (SCFs) for welded tubular joints can be decreased by filling the chord with concrete leading to a longer fatigue life. However, there are currently no design formula available in guidelines to predict the SCF of concrete-filled circular hollow section (CFCHS) K-joints, thus limiting their applicability in bridge design. To address this gap, finite element models for CFCHS K-joints were developed and compared against test results to ensure their accuracy. Then, a comprehensive parametric study was conducted to establish relationships between maximum SCFs and four variables: brace-to-chord diameter ratio (β), chord diameter-to-thickness ratio (2γ), brace-to-chord thickness ratio (τ), and the angle between braces and chord (θ). A total of 480 FE models were examined under three loading conditions including brace and chord loading: balanced axial force, chord axial force, and chord bending. Design equations to predict the maximum SCF for CFCHS K-joints were established by multiple regression analyses of the numerical results. A comparison of maximum SCFs between circular hollow section (CHS) and CFCHS K-joints was made, and it was concluded that average reductions of 42% and 33% in maximum SCFs in CFCHS K-joints at the locations of the chord and brace were found compared to CHS joints for balanced axial force, respectively. Finally, a case study illustrating how to use the proposed equations for fatigue safety verification was presented.
通过在弦部填充混凝土可以降低焊接管状接头的应力集中系数(SCF),从而延长疲劳寿命。然而,目前还没有任何设计公式可用于预测混凝土填充圆形空心截面(CFCHS)K 型接头的应力集中系数,因此限制了其在桥梁设计中的应用。为了填补这一空白,我们开发了 CFCHS K 型连接件的有限元模型,并将其与测试结果进行比较,以确保其准确性。然后,进行了全面的参数研究,以确定最大 SCF 与四个变量之间的关系:支撑与弦直径比 (β)、弦直径与厚度比 (2γ)、支撑与弦厚度比 (τ),以及支撑与弦之间的角度 (θ)。共有 480 个有限元模型在三种加载条件下进行了检验,包括支架和弦杆加载:平衡轴向力、弦杆轴向力和弦杆弯曲。通过对数值结果进行多元回归分析,建立了预测 CFCHS K 型关节最大 SCF 的设计方程。对圆形空心截面(CHS)和 CFCHS K 型接头的最大 SCF 进行了比较,得出的结论是,与 CHS 接头相比,CFCHS K 型接头在平衡轴向力下,弦杆和支撑位置的最大 SCF 平均分别降低了 42% 和 33%。最后,介绍了一个案例研究,说明如何使用所提出的公式进行疲劳安全验证。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2024.09.001
Yisong Chen, Xiaofang Dai, Pei Fu, Geng Luo, Peilong Shi
To promote the improvement and development of China's automotive industry policy, this study conducts a systematic review and hierarchical analysis of both domestic and international automotive industry policies. First, the automotive industry policies of the United States, Germany, South Korea, and Japan are summarized in terms of their industrial structure adjustment, technological innovation, taxes and financial subsidies, and infrastructure construction. Benchmarking the policies of international automotive industry powers provides a reference and basis for integrating their experiences in the formulation of China's automotive industry policy. Second, beginning with China's “Automotive Industry Policy” issued in 1994, the key automotive industry policies at different points in history and under different strategies are analyzed. Through policy adjustment and target setting, the changing focus through the historical development of China's automotive industry is determined, along with the development of the industry and technological progress. Then, from the perspectives of strategic planning, promotion and application, credit management, infrastructure, management standards, and standard systems, the advantages and disadvantages of current development policies for new energy and intelligent connected vehicles are clarified. The challenges and limitations of China's automotive industry policy are summarized, including a lack of investment in technology research and development, low level of infrastructure support, and insufficient consumer protection. China's automotive industry policy is then into three different historical stages: i) 1994 to 2008, ii) 2009 to 2013, and iii) 2014 to present; and the characteristics of each stage are summarized. Finally, based on China's national conditions and considering the future development trends of the international automotive industry, the study concludes that under the strong drivers of carbon peak and neutrality goals, China's future automotive industry policy should feature energy saving and emission reduction as the main goals. Independent innovation should be the main enabler, strengthening and supplementing the supply chain through intelligent connectivity.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.006
Francesco Canestrari, Eugenio Mariani, Lorenzo Paolo Ingrassia
Pavement skid resistance plays a crucial role in ensuring road safety and avoiding accidents. In the past, the laboratory evaluation of the skid resistance was carried out by studying only the coarse aggregates of the wearing course. To overcome this drawback, the Wehner-Schulze (WS) machine was developed in Germany in the 1960s. This equipment, composed of a polishing unit and a measuring unit, has great potential in predicting pavement skid resistance and its evolution over time, but is still little known in the pavement community (especially outside Europe). For these reasons, there is a need of a comprehensive review of the existing technical-scientific literature concerning the use of the WS machine. Specifically, this paper focuses on the main factors affecting the skid resistance in WS tests, the correlation of WS data with other laboratory test methods and with field skid resistance/polishing, and the available prediction models that have been validated through WS measurements. The critical analysis of the existing literature highlights that it is possible to correlate WS data with typical skid resistance field measurements as well as WS polishing with traffic polishing, but further efforts are needed in this regard. Future work should focus especially on open-graded mixtures and innovative asphalt mixtures (e.g., containing recycled materials and additives). From the perspective of pavement management, based on a theoretical background, the WS test results could be used as starting point for simplified prediction models of the in-situ skid resistance.
{"title":"Use of Wehner-Schulze machine to evaluate pavement skid resistance: A review","authors":"Francesco Canestrari, Eugenio Mariani, Lorenzo Paolo Ingrassia","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2024.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pavement skid resistance plays a crucial role in ensuring road safety and avoiding accidents. In the past, the laboratory evaluation of the skid resistance was carried out by studying only the coarse aggregates of the wearing course. To overcome this drawback, the Wehner-Schulze (WS) machine was developed in Germany in the 1960s. This equipment, composed of a polishing unit and a measuring unit, has great potential in predicting pavement skid resistance and its evolution over time, but is still little known in the pavement community (especially outside Europe). For these reasons, there is a need of a comprehensive review of the existing technical-scientific literature concerning the use of the WS machine. Specifically, this paper focuses on the main factors affecting the skid resistance in WS tests, the correlation of WS data with other laboratory test methods and with field skid resistance/polishing, and the available prediction models that have been validated through WS measurements. The critical analysis of the existing literature highlights that it is possible to correlate WS data with typical skid resistance field measurements as well as WS polishing with traffic polishing, but further efforts are needed in this regard. Future work should focus especially on open-graded mixtures and innovative asphalt mixtures (e.g., containing recycled materials and additives). From the perspective of pavement management, based on a theoretical background, the WS test results could be used as starting point for simplified prediction models of the in-situ skid resistance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 896-917"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2023.12.001
Shahrbanoo Kavianpour , Farshidreza Haghighi , Abbas Sheykhfard , Subasish Das , Grigorios Fountas , Mohammad Mehdi Oshanreh
While pedestrian crashes on suburban roads have received more attention over recent years, the role of pedestrian crossing risk in areas adjacent to pedestrian crossing facilities, such as pedestrian overpasses, has been neglected. Most pedestrians in suburban areas tend to avoid pedestrian overpasses, exhibiting crossing behaviors that increase the likelihood of pedestrian-involving crashes. As a result of the presence of overpasses, drivers may think that there are no pedestrians in the surroundings, so they choose a speed based only on the prevailing traffic and road environment without accounting for potential interactions with pedestrians. Consequently, crashes will occur, with pedestrians typically being the most seriously affected casualties. In this study, using video recordings from a suburban road in Amol-Babol, Iran, the risk of pedestrian crossing behavior in areas near pedestrian overpasses is investigated. The speed selection behavior of drivers in these areas has also been examined using speedometer cameras. To quantify the level of risk for pedestrians when interacting with approaching vehicles during the crossing movements, the post encroachment time (PET) was used as a surrogate safety measure. Based on critical thresholds of PET, three different risk levels were identified using a K-means algorithm: high, medium, and low risk. To identify the elements affecting the risk of pedestrian crossing behavior, structural equation models were estimated for all three risk levels. The results showed that human factors, relating to both drivers and pedestrians, have a dominant impact on pedestrian safety, especially in high and medium risk contexts. Road and vehicle factors were also found to have statistically observable effects on pedestrian safety, but to a milder extent compared to human factors. The findings of this study highlight the need for intervening in several aspects of vehicle-pedestrian interactions with critical importance for pedestrian safety, including road users’ performance and compliance, state of alertness, and interaction with road infrastructure.
近年来,郊区道路上的行人碰撞事故受到越来越多的关注,但行人过街风险在行人过街设施(如人行天桥)附近地区的作用却一直被忽视。郊区的大多数行人都倾向于避开人行过街天桥,他们的过街行为增加了发生行人碰撞事故的可能性。由于立交桥的存在,驾驶员可能会认为周围没有行人,因此只根据当时的交通和道路环境选择车速,而不考虑可能与行人发生的相互作用。因此,碰撞事故就会发生,而行人通常是受影响最严重的伤亡者。本研究利用伊朗阿莫尔-巴波尔郊区道路的视频记录,调查了行人过街行为在人行天桥附近区域的风险。此外,还使用测速照相机对这些地区驾驶员的速度选择行为进行了研究。为了量化行人在横穿马路时与驶来车辆相互作用的风险水平,使用了侵占后时间(PET)作为替代安全措施。根据 PET 的临界阈值,使用 K-means 算法确定了三种不同的风险等级:高风险、中风险和低风险。为了确定影响行人过马路行为风险的因素,对所有三个风险等级进行了结构方程模型估算。结果表明,与驾驶员和行人有关的人为因素对行人安全有主要影响,尤其是在高风险和中风险情况下。从统计学角度看,道路和车辆因素对行人安全也有影响,但与人为因素相比,影响程度较轻。这项研究的结果突出表明,有必要对车辆与行人互动中对行人安全至关重要的几个方面进行干预,包括道路使用者的表现和遵守情况、警觉状态以及与道路基础设施的互动。
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Pub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2023.07.011
Peiliang Cong, Ruyan Du, Huanlin Gao, Zhihui Chen
Geopolymer concrete (GPC) has been developed as a sustainable alternative to traditional cement-based concrete using industrial waste materials. Thus, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in concrete production can be expected. This study employed the life cycle assessment (LCA) method to evaluate geopolymer concrete's cost and life-cycle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Moreover, the critical transportation radius of the geopolymer is estimated. Then, evaluation results were compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC), considering three concrete construction methods: cast-in-place, ready-mixed, and precast. In particular, the service life of two types of concrete in sulfuric acid environments is considered. Compared with OPC concrete, the results show that geopolymer concretes can significantly reduce the cost and CO2 emissions when one or a small amount of alkali activator is used or alkali-containing materials are used to replace some alkali activators. However, the advantages would be reversed by the rising alkali dosages, which account for cost increases and carbon emissions. When considering the service life in special environments, geopolymer concrete in sulfuric acid environments corresponds to fewer carbon emissions, 94%–97% decreased compared with OPC concrete. Finally, compared with OPC concrete, the newly developed limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) avoids high-temperature calcination and dramatically reduces carbon dioxide emissions. Compared to OPC concrete, LC3 concrete has a 19% reduction in CO2 emissions. And geopolymer concrete that takes alkali-activate materials for superseding alkalis also produces less carbon dioxide emissions. In particular, CO2 emissions from FA-SF geopolymer concrete are approximately 50% lower than OPC concrete. In addition, the use of alkali activators significantly weakens the cost advantage of geopolymers. But after accounting for waste disposal costs, the average net cost of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete can be more than 30% lower than that of OPC concrete. The average net cost of slag-based geopolymer concrete is 7%–45% lower than that of OPC concrete. The findings of this work provide the basis for further development of geopolymer concretes obeyed environmental protection.
{"title":"Comparison and assessment of carbon dioxide emissions between alkali-activated materials and OPC cement concrete","authors":"Peiliang Cong, Ruyan Du, Huanlin Gao, Zhihui Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.07.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2023.07.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Geopolymer concrete (GPC) has been developed as a sustainable alternative to traditional cement-based concrete using industrial waste materials. Thus, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in concrete production can be expected. This study employed the life cycle assessment (LCA) method to evaluate geopolymer concrete's cost and life-cycle carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions. Moreover, the critical transportation radius of the geopolymer is estimated. Then, evaluation results were compared with ordinary Portland cement (OPC), considering three concrete construction methods: cast-in-place, ready-mixed, and precast. In particular, the service life of two types of concrete in sulfuric acid environments is considered. Compared with OPC concrete, the results show that geopolymer concretes can significantly reduce the cost and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions when one or a small amount of alkali activator is used or alkali-containing materials are used to replace some alkali activators. However, the advantages would be reversed by the rising alkali dosages, which account for cost increases and carbon emissions. When considering the service life in special environments, geopolymer concrete in sulfuric acid environments corresponds to fewer carbon emissions, 94%–97% decreased compared with OPC concrete. Finally, compared with OPC concrete, the newly developed limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) avoids high-temperature calcination and dramatically reduces carbon dioxide emissions. Compared to OPC concrete, LC3 concrete has a 19% reduction in CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. And geopolymer concrete that takes alkali-activate materials for superseding alkalis also produces less carbon dioxide emissions. In particular, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from FA-SF geopolymer concrete are approximately 50% lower than OPC concrete. In addition, the use of alkali activators significantly weakens the cost advantage of geopolymers. But after accounting for waste disposal costs, the average net cost of fly ash-based geopolymer concrete can be more than 30% lower than that of OPC concrete. The average net cost of slag-based geopolymer concrete is 7%–45% lower than that of OPC concrete. The findings of this work provide the basis for further development of geopolymer concretes obeyed environmental protection.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"11 5","pages":"Pages 918-938"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142527640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2022.12.003
Ning Wang , Hangqi Tian , Jiahui Guo , Huahua Wu , Jian Lyu
Long waiting delays for users and significant imbalances in vehicle distribution are bothering traditional station-based one-way electric car-sharing system operators. To address the problems above, a “demand forecast-station status judgement-vehicle relocation” multistage dynamic relocation algorithm based on the automatic formation cruising technology was proposed in this study. In stage one, a novel trip demand forecast model based on the long short-term memory network was established to predict users' car-pickup and car-return order volumes at each station. In stage two, a dynamic threshold interval was determined by combining the forecast results with the actual vehicle distribution among stations to evaluate the status of each station. Then vehicle-surplus, vehicle-insufficient, vehicle-normal stations, and the number of surplus or insufficient vehicles for each station were counted. In stage three, setting driving mileage and carbon emission as the optimization objectives, an integer linear programming mathematical model was constructed and the optimal vehicle relocation scheme was obtained by the commercial solver Gurobi. Setting 43 stations and 187 vehicles in Jiading District, Shanghai, China, as a case study, results showed that rapid vehicle rebalancing among stations with minimum carbon emissions could be realized within 15 min and the users’ car-pickup and car-return demands could be fully satisfied without any refusal.
{"title":"Efficiency-oriented vehicle relocation of shared autonomous electric fleet in station-based car-sharing system","authors":"Ning Wang , Hangqi Tian , Jiahui Guo , Huahua Wu , Jian Lyu","doi":"10.1016/j.jtte.2022.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtte.2022.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Long waiting delays for users and significant imbalances in vehicle distribution are bothering traditional station-based one-way electric car-sharing system operators. To address the problems above, a “demand forecast-station status judgement-vehicle relocation” multistage dynamic relocation algorithm based on the automatic formation cruising technology was proposed in this study. In stage one, a novel trip demand forecast model based on the long short-term memory network was established to predict users' car-pickup and car-return order volumes at each station. In stage two, a dynamic threshold interval was determined by combining the forecast results with the actual vehicle distribution among stations to evaluate the status of each station. Then vehicle-surplus, vehicle-insufficient, vehicle-normal stations, and the number of surplus or insufficient vehicles for each station were counted. In stage three, setting driving mileage and carbon emission as the optimization objectives, an integer linear programming mathematical model was constructed and the optimal vehicle relocation scheme was obtained by the commercial solver Gurobi. Setting 43 stations and 187 vehicles in Jiading District, Shanghai, China, as a case study, results showed that rapid vehicle rebalancing among stations with minimum carbon emissions could be realized within 15 min and the users’ car-pickup and car-return demands could be fully satisfied without any refusal.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47239,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering-English Edition","volume":"11 4","pages":"Pages 681-699"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095756424000758/pdfft?md5=7f5a2b9bf77fabfe5a9982ead8e12ab2&pid=1-s2.0-S2095756424000758-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142097268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}