Shi-Chun Yang

Analysis of the traditional vehicle’s running cost and the electric vehicle’s running cost under car-following model

In this paper, we use car-following theory to study the traditional vehicle’s running cost and the electric vehicle’s running cost. The numerical results illustrate that the traditional vehicle’s running cost is larger than that of the electric vehicle and that the system’s total running cost drops with the increase of the electric vehicle’s proportion, which shows that the electric vehicle is better than the traditional vehicle from the perspective of the running cost.

Analyzing trip cost allowing late arrival under car-following model

In this paper, we use car-following model to explore each commuter’s trip cost and the system’s total trip cost in the commuter’s system allowing late arrival. The numerical results show that each commuter’s trip cost and the system’s total trip cost are related to each commuter’s time headway at the origin and the proportion of the commuters’ late arrival, but the system’s total trip cost has the minimum value that is irrelevant to the proportion of the commuters’ late arrival.

An extended helicopter's rescuing model with multiple points

In this paper, we propose an extended helicopters rescuing model to explore the effects of multiple rescuing points on each helicopters flying behavior during the whole rescuing process from the numerical perspective. The numerical results show that the proposed model can describe the qualitative effects of multiple rescuing points on each helicopters speed, running trail and safe region.

Effects of Exchanging Battery on the Electric Vehicle’s Electricity Consumption in a Single-Lane Traffic System

We propose a car-following model to explore the influences of exchanging battery on each vehicle’s electricity consumption under three traffic situations from the numerical perspective. The numerical results show that exchanging battery will destroy the stability of traffic flow, but the effects are related to each vehicle’s initial headway, the time that each electric vehicle exchanges the battery, the proportion of the electric vehicles that should exchange the battery, the number of charging stations, and the distance between two adjacent charging stations.