中国证券网3月3日报道，2月27日，交通运输部部长杨传堂主持召开部务会议，会议审议并原则通过了《关于废止7件铁路规章的决定》和《关于促进我国邮轮运输业持续健康发展的指导意见》。这也标志，《关于促进我国邮轮运输业持续健康发展的指导意见》出台在即。

Marine coatings are coatings that are specially made for the manufacture and maintenance of commercial and military ships as well as fixed and floating marine structures. They are applied to commercial ships including freight carriers, tows, cruise ships, yachts, and others to improve the life and efficiency of these assets and protect them from the corrosive effect of sea water. Marine coatings are not only used for esthetic purposes, they are primarily used for their functional benefits.

A satellite is an artificial object that is placed in orbit around the earth or other planets for telecommunication purposes. Satellites are used in providing various services and products such as broadcast, trunking or VSAT services, broadband internet access, mobile voice, data, and TV services, and more recently satellite radio. The adoption of satellite technology is high in developed countries owing to the large demand for digital content. However, demand from developing countries is catching up with global demand. The Global Satellite market is expected to witness moderate growth with a CAGR of 8.05 percent during the period 2013-2018. In 2013, the Americas dominated the market , followed by the EMEA and APAC regions. The current demand for satellites is mainly for defense applications, but it is expected that the demand from the commercial sector will grow over the next few years.

Helicopters have a significant role in the modern day aircraft fleets and these are used in a wide range of applications across various industries. One of the major reasons for the increasing demand for helicopters is their unique features such as vertical take-off and landing, and the ability to hover, and fly forward, backward, and lateral. The Civil Aviation sector and Defense sector are the major end-users of helicopters. In 2013, the Defense sector contributed the major revenue to the market.

The Center for Nondestructive Evaluation at Iowa State University has experience in development of measurement techniques and new sensors using a variety of interrogating energies. This research evaluated feasibility of three technologies—x-ray radiation, groundpenetrating radar (GPR), and magnetic flux leakage (MFL)—for detection and quantification of corrosion of embedded reinforcing steel.The methods provide useful and complementary information. GPR provides a rapid approach to identify reinforcing steel that has anomalous responses. MFL provides similar detection responses but could be optimized to provide more quantitative correlation to actual condition. Full implementation could use either GPR or MFL methods to identify areas of concern, followed by radiography to give a visual image of the actual condition, providing the final guidance for maintenance actions.

Sound amalgams can be fabricated by substituting Ga-In liquid for mercury; Cu-coated steel fibers bond well with the amalgam components. Inclusion of steel fibers significantly improved mechanical properties. An application scenario utilizing amalgams for in-space parts fabrication and repair was suggested. Procedure and materials need to be optimized.

Last year, the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) inaugurated the now annual High Level Architecture (HLA) Smackdown at the Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW). A primary objective of the Smackdown event is to provide college students with hands-on experience in the High Level Architecture (HLA). The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) fielded teams in 2011 and 2012.This paper concentrates on the first two federates by describing the functions, algorithms, the modular FOM, experiences, lessons learned and recommendations for future Smackdown events.

Organizations are unable to support near‐ and mid‐term Arctic operations to include: Humanitarian Response, Environmental Response, International Search & Rescue (SAR), and Counter‐Trafficking (to include WMD).

In this study, the cumulative interference power distribution at low earth orbit from AeroMACS transmitters at the 497 major airports in the contiguous United States was simulated with the Visualyse Professional software. The dependence of the interference power on the number of antenna beams per airport, gain patterns, and beam direction orientations was simulated. As a function of these parameters, the simulation results are presented in terms of the limitations on transmitter power required to maintain the cumulative interference power under the established threshold.

This document consists of 14 papers that explore construction road user costs in rural areas, value of tablet computers in transportation construction inspection, benefits of three- and four-dimensional computer-aided design models, comparison of public-private partnerships and traditional procurement methods, construction manager-general contractor delivered projects, and volumetric and mechanistic test variability on predicted performance of asphalt pavement.

The report discusses 21 papers on topics including general structures; steel bridges; concrete bridges; field testing and nondestructive evaluation of transportation structures; tunnels and underground structures; culverts and hydraulic structures; structural fiber-reinforced polymers; and critical transportation infrastructure protection.