Implications of Truck Platoons for Roadside Hardware and Vehicle Safety

dc.contributor.authorDobrovolny, Chiara Silvestrien
dc.contributor.authorUntaroiu, Costin D.en
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Roshanen
dc.contributor.authorJin, Hanxiangen
dc.contributor.authorMeng, Yunzhuen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-09T14:46:31Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-09T14:46:31Zen
dc.date.issued2019-10en
dc.description.abstractPlatooning is an extension of cooperative adaptive cruise control and forward collision avoidance technology, which provides automated lateral and longitudinal vehicle control to maintain short following distances and tight formation. The capacity and adequacy of existing roadside safety hardware deployed at strategic locations may not be sufficient to resist potential impact from an errant fleet of multiple trucks platooning at high speed. It is unknown how these impacting trucks might interact with roadside safety barriers after leaving their platoon and what the occupant risks associated with such impacts may be. This research identifies and prioritizes the critical Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware TL5 roadside safety devices for truck platooning impact assessment in order to understand the associated roadside and occupant risks and hazards. Finite element models of the trucks and roadside safety devices are examined using multiple computer simulations for various scenarios. Occupants injury risks during truck collision simulations are assessed using dummy and human finite element models. The results and implications can provide a better understanding of whether any roadside safety device improvements and/or platooning constraint modifications will be necessary before implementing truck platooning.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96339en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAFE-D: Safety Through Disruption National University Transportation Centeren
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSAFE-D;01-006en
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectplatooningen
dc.subjecttractor-van traileren
dc.subjectconcrete barrieren
dc.subjectbridge railen
dc.subjectMASHen
dc.subjectimpact simulationen
dc.subjectroadside safetyen
dc.subjectLS-DYNAen
dc.titleImplications of Truck Platoons for Roadside Hardware and Vehicle Safetyen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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