Structural health monitoring of inland navigation structures and ports: a review on developments and challenges

P Negi, R Kromanis, AG Dorée… - Structural Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Inland navigation structures (INS) facilitate transportation of goods in rivers and canals.
Transportation of goods over waterways is more energy efficient than on roads and railways …

Ship traffic optimization method for solving the approach channel and lock co-scheduling problem of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River

Y Zhang, QQ Zheng, LJ He, HW Tian - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the demands of waterway transport on the Yangzi River have been growing in recent
years, traffic congestion at Three Gorges Dam (TGD) has become a very serious issue …

Discrete multi-objective artificial bee colony algorithm for green co-scheduling problem of ship lift and ship lock

QQ Zheng, Y Zhang, LJ He, HW Tian - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a multi-objective green co-scheduling problem of ship lift and ship
lock (GCP-SL&SL) at the Three Gorges Cascade Hub (TGCH). A mathematical model of …

Cooperative ship formation system and control methods in the ship lock waterway

C Liu, J Qi, X Chu, M Zheng, W He - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
To improve the safety and efficiency when ships pass through a lock, a Cooperative Ship
Formation System (CSFS) in the lock waterway is proposed. An improved ship formation …

Multi-objective solution and decision-making framework for coordinating the short-term hydropeaking-navigation-production conflict of cascade hydropower reservoirs

X Ma, S Liao, B Liu, H Zhao, C Cheng, H Su - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transformation of energy structure motivates hydropower to participate in peak shaving
operations for grid stability, which conflicts with the multiple uses of cascade hydropower …

Solving energy-efficient lock group co-scheduling problem with ship lift and approach channel using a collaborative adaptive multi-objective algorithm

QQ Zheng, Y Zhang, WJ Guo, HW Tian… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in the lock group co-scheduling research because of serious
capacity imbalance between two dams at Three Gorges-Gezhou Dams Hub (TGDH) …

Ship scheduling problem based on channel-lock coordination in flood season

S Liu, Y Zhang, W Guo, H Tian, K Tang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Channels and locks are crucial resources for ships of inland waterways. This paper
addresses the ship scheduling problem based on channel-lock coordination, where ships …

An Intelligent scheduling system and hybrid optimization algorithm for ship locks of the Three Gorges Hub on the Yangtze River

H Zhang, J Ke - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024 - Elsevier
The ship lock system of the Three Gorges Hub (TGH) stands out as the most intricate
navigation system for ships passing through dams, which is composed of the the world's …

Ship–Infrastructure Cooperation: Survey on Infrastructure Scheduling for Waterborne Transportation Systems

X Li, J Mou, L Chen, Y Huang, P Chen - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ship–infrastructure cooperation, ie, infrastructure scheduling, is significant for optimizing the
utilization of spatial-temporal resources of infrastructures and improving the efficiency and …

A ship high-precision positioning method in the lock chamber based on LiDAR

J Lan, M Zheng, X Chu, C Liu, S Ding - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate perception of ship position can assist ships in safe navigation in the lock. However,
due to the limited space in the lock chamber, the satellite positioning signal is unstable …