As a disaster prevention measure based on self-assistance and mutual assistance,disaster prevention maps are being created with citizen participation throughout Japan.The process of creating disaster prevention maps i...As a disaster prevention measure based on self-assistance and mutual assistance,disaster prevention maps are being created with citizen participation throughout Japan.The process of creating disaster prevention maps is itself a disaster prevention measure that contributes to raising awareness of disaster prevention by promoting exchange and cooperation within the region.By focusing on relations between road networks and hazardous elements,we developed a system to support disaster prevention map creation that visualizes roads at high risk during a disaster and facilitates the study of evacuation simulations.This system leads to a completed disaster prevention map in three phases.In the first phase,we use a device with GPS logging functions to collect information related to hazardous elements.In the second phase,we use Google Maps(“online map,”below)to visualize roads with high evacuation risk.In the final phase,we perform a regional evaluation through simulations of disaster-time evacuations.In experimental verifications,by conducting usability tests after creating a disaster prevention map in the target area,we evaluated the system in terms of simple operability and visibility.We found that by implementing this series of processes,even users lacking specialized knowledge regarding disaster prevention can intuitively discover evacuation routes while considering the relations between visualized road networks and hazardous elements.These results show that compared with disaster prevention maps having simple site notations using existing WebGIS systems,disaster prevention maps created by residents while inspecting the target area raise awareness of risks present in the immediate vicinity even in normal times and are an effective support system for prompt disaster prevention measures and evacuation drills.展开更多
The complex terrain environment in the hilly land directly affects the operational reliability of agricultural robots.In order to study the impact of road irregularity on walking chassis vibration,the 3CYLZ-750 remote...The complex terrain environment in the hilly land directly affects the operational reliability of agricultural robots.In order to study the impact of road irregularity on walking chassis vibration,the 3CYLZ-750 remote-controlled weeding machine which is applied to orchards was taken as the object of study,and the rear roller was selected as the object of observation to reveal the rules under which the vibration of the track chassis changes as there is a sudden change in road surface elevation.A column-type test-to-pass method based on unit excitation was proposed in this study.The excitation behavior and action process were analyzed by category.A critical acceleration prediction model was built and verified by virtual simulation and hard road surface excitation testing.The results showed that at the forward velocity of 0-2.5 km/h and exciter height of 20-100 mm,the vertical vibration acceleration of the target roller was significantly affected by Track Contact Point Centrifugal Acceleration(TCPCA).As TCPCA increased,the change rate of vertical vibration acceleration decreased,reaching a minimum of[−13.8,28.8];as TCPCA decreased,the vertical vibration acceleration tended to increase positively at a maximum variation range of[−13.3,42.2].The measured and simulated macroscopic change rules were consistent with the theoretical analysis,further verifying the correctness of variable extraction,and providing a research basis for the accurate modification and improvement of the model.The research conclusions can lay a theoretical foundation for analyzing the walking reliability of the track chassis,and provide a design basis and technical support for the development of a tracked agricultural robot chassis for the hilly land in the future.展开更多
基金This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20K20122.
文摘As a disaster prevention measure based on self-assistance and mutual assistance,disaster prevention maps are being created with citizen participation throughout Japan.The process of creating disaster prevention maps is itself a disaster prevention measure that contributes to raising awareness of disaster prevention by promoting exchange and cooperation within the region.By focusing on relations between road networks and hazardous elements,we developed a system to support disaster prevention map creation that visualizes roads at high risk during a disaster and facilitates the study of evacuation simulations.This system leads to a completed disaster prevention map in three phases.In the first phase,we use a device with GPS logging functions to collect information related to hazardous elements.In the second phase,we use Google Maps(“online map,”below)to visualize roads with high evacuation risk.In the final phase,we perform a regional evaluation through simulations of disaster-time evacuations.In experimental verifications,by conducting usability tests after creating a disaster prevention map in the target area,we evaluated the system in terms of simple operability and visibility.We found that by implementing this series of processes,even users lacking specialized knowledge regarding disaster prevention can intuitively discover evacuation routes while considering the relations between visualized road networks and hazardous elements.These results show that compared with disaster prevention maps having simple site notations using existing WebGIS systems,disaster prevention maps created by residents while inspecting the target area raise awareness of risks present in the immediate vicinity even in normal times and are an effective support system for prompt disaster prevention measures and evacuation drills.
基金This study was financially supported by the Guangdong Provincial Key Project R&D Program(Grant No.2019B090922001)the Guangdong Provincial Postdoctoral Research Center Construction Project(Grant No.[2020]No.122).
文摘The complex terrain environment in the hilly land directly affects the operational reliability of agricultural robots.In order to study the impact of road irregularity on walking chassis vibration,the 3CYLZ-750 remote-controlled weeding machine which is applied to orchards was taken as the object of study,and the rear roller was selected as the object of observation to reveal the rules under which the vibration of the track chassis changes as there is a sudden change in road surface elevation.A column-type test-to-pass method based on unit excitation was proposed in this study.The excitation behavior and action process were analyzed by category.A critical acceleration prediction model was built and verified by virtual simulation and hard road surface excitation testing.The results showed that at the forward velocity of 0-2.5 km/h and exciter height of 20-100 mm,the vertical vibration acceleration of the target roller was significantly affected by Track Contact Point Centrifugal Acceleration(TCPCA).As TCPCA increased,the change rate of vertical vibration acceleration decreased,reaching a minimum of[−13.8,28.8];as TCPCA decreased,the vertical vibration acceleration tended to increase positively at a maximum variation range of[−13.3,42.2].The measured and simulated macroscopic change rules were consistent with the theoretical analysis,further verifying the correctness of variable extraction,and providing a research basis for the accurate modification and improvement of the model.The research conclusions can lay a theoretical foundation for analyzing the walking reliability of the track chassis,and provide a design basis and technical support for the development of a tracked agricultural robot chassis for the hilly land in the future.
