Thesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-125). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-305). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D. in City and Regional Planning)--University of California, Berkeley, 2003. / "Fall 2003." Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183). Also available online via the ITS Berkeley web site (www.its.berkeley.edu).

The purpose of this study is the development of a decision support system for the analysis of trip generation in urban areas. The general characteristics, advantages and components of a decision support system are considered. This is followed by a literature study of the concept "trip generation" and the part played by it in transport planning processes. The computer packages most generally used for transport planning today are then discussed. The lack of support for these packages in the decision making process is highlighted. A computerized decision support system is developed. The system makes use of a trip generation model for all analyses. This model was developed empirically by applying it to the data pertaining to the central business district of a specific city. A graphical representation of the trip generation levels in the area under consideration is given by the system. Provision is made for different levels of refinement. A hard copy may be obtained using a suitable utility programme and colour printer. Further areas for research on this topic are identified in the conclusionary section. / MSc, PU vir CHO, 1994

The purpose of this study is the development of a decision support system for the analysis of trip generation in urban areas. The general characteristics, advantages and components of a decision support system are considered. This is followed by a literature study of the concept "trip generation" and the part played by it in transport planning processes. The computer packages most generally used for transport planning today are then discussed. The lack of support for these packages in the decision making process is highlighted. A computerized decision support system is developed. The system makes use of a trip generation model for all analyses. This model was developed empirically by applying it to the data pertaining to the central business district of a specific city. A graphical representation of the trip generation levels in the area under consideration is given by the system. Provision is made for different levels of refinement. A hard copy may be obtained using a suitable utility programme and colour printer. Further areas for research on this topic are identified in the conclusionary section. / MSc, PU vir CHO, 1994

This trip reporting and GPS-based prompted-recall travel survey was undertaken to provide a better understanding of (a) demographic and behavioural differences between students with a home telephone land line and students without one (b) effects of carrying a GPS device on trip reporting (c) differences in trips reported and confirmed through a prompted-recall survey, and (d) performance of the TRIPS platform. The survey was designed and conducted at the University of Toronto between November 2008 and April 2009. It targeted mostly university students and returned 90 valid interviews. Participants were required to carry a GPS device with them for the two days surveyed. They were then asked to report their trips first, and then to confirm their recorded trips through the web-based prompted-recall tool, TRIPS. Preliminary analysis was conducted based on the reported data, and improvements to the TRIPS platform have been suggested.

This trip reporting and GPS-based prompted-recall travel survey was undertaken to provide a better understanding of (a) demographic and behavioural differences between students with a home telephone land line and students without one (b) effects of carrying a GPS device on trip reporting (c) differences in trips reported and confirmed through a prompted-recall survey, and (d) performance of the TRIPS platform. The survey was designed and conducted at the University of Toronto between November 2008 and April 2009. It targeted mostly university students and returned 90 valid interviews. Participants were required to carry a GPS device with them for the two days surveyed. They were then asked to report their trips first, and then to confirm their recorded trips through the web-based prompted-recall tool, TRIPS. Preliminary analysis was conducted based on the reported data, and improvements to the TRIPS platform have been suggested.

Transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steels are a class of steels with exceptional formability properties, due mainly to the presence of meta-stable retained austenite which transforms to martensite under loading, locally hardening the steel. The volume fraction and mechanical stability of the retained austenite play an important role in producing the high formabilities of TRIP steels. In this thesis, two separate morphologies of retained austenite, equiaxed versus lamellar, have been produced through thermo-mechanical processing of a single common TRIP steel chemistry. The sheet formability characteristics of these two microstructures were examined, with varying volume fractions of retained austenite, through uniaxial tensile and in-plane plane-strain (IPPS) testing. It was found that higher levels of retained austenite produced better formability properties for both microstructures and strain paths. In uniaxial tension it was seen that the the lamellar microstructure attained higher strains at maximum load, and exhibited more sustained instantaneous n values than the equiaxed structure, despite having a lower volume fraction of retained austenite. IPPS testing was performed using an optical measurement of local strain and a comparative forming limit based on differences in strain rate between a developing neck and the surrounding material. It was found that the lamellar microstructure performed better than the equiaxed microstructure for this strain path, achieving higher strains before reaching the comparative forming limit. / Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2010-01-25 16:36:07.598

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1995. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-03, Section: A, page: 1347. Adviser: F. L. Hall.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.