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Manuzzi, Nicolas. "Autonomous Vehicle and Internet on Vehicles." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/9211/.
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Felixson, Henrik. "Vehicle Ahead Property Estimation in Heavy Duty Vehicles." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Reglerteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-108341.
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Rombach, Markus. "Vehicle Speed Estimation for Articulated Heavy-Duty Vehicles." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Reglerteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-152428.
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Common trends in the vehicle industry are semiautonomous functions and autonomous solutions. This new type of functionality sets high requirements on the knowledge about the state of the vehicle. A precise vehicle speed is important for many functions, and one example is the positioning system which often is reliant on an accurate speed estimation. This thesis investigates how an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), consisting of a gyroscope and an accelerometer, can support the vehicle speed estimation from wheel speed sensors. The IMU was for this purpose mounted on a wheelloader. To investigate the speed estimation EKFs (Extended Kalman Filters) with different vehicle and sensor models are implemented. Furthermore all filters are extended to Kalman smoothers. First an analysis of the sensors was performed. The EKFs were then developed and verified using a simulation model developed by Volvo Construction Equipment. The filters were also implemented on the wheel loader and tested on data collected from real world scenarios.
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Mikesell, David Russell. "Portable automated driver for universal road vehicle dynamics testing." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1198722243.
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Roediger, Micah David. "Exploring human-vehicle communication to balance transportation safety and efficiency: A naturalistic field study of pedestrian-vehicle interactions." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96198.
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While driving behavior is generally governed by the nature and the driving objectives of the driver, there are many situations (typically in crowded traffic conditions) where tacit communication between vehicle drivers and pedestrians govern driving behavior, significantly influencing transportation safety. The study aimed to formalize the tacit communication between vehicle drivers and pedestrians, in order to inform an investigation on effective communication mechanisms between autonomous vehicle and humans. Current autonomous vehicles engage in decision making primarily controlled by on-board or external sensory information, and do not explicitly consider communication with pedestrians. The study was a within subject 2x2x2 factorial experimental design. The three independent variables were driving context (normal driving vs. autonomous vehicle placard), driving route (1 vs. 2), and narration (yes vs. no). The primary outcome variable was driver-yield behavior. Each of the ten drivers completed the factorial design, requiring eight total drives. Data were collected using a data acquisition system (DAS) designed and installed on the experimental vehicle by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. The DAS collected video, audio, and kinematic data. Videos were coded using a proprietary software program, Hawkeye, based on an a priori data directory. Recommendations for future autonomous vehicle research and programming are provided.Ph. D.
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Varnhagen, Scott Julian. "Development of Vehicle Dynamics Control for Wheel-Motored Vehicles." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3685305.
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This dissertation describes a methodology for the vehicle dynamics control of a wheel motored vehicle. All theory is developed assuming that the driver has control of the front wheel steering angle, and that wheel torque is solely generated by independent wheel motors at each corner of the vehicle. Theoretical work is presented for the general case with four independent wheel motors, but can be easily reduced to a situation with only two wheel motors. Indeed, all theory developed in this work is evaluated experimentally on a production automobile converted to be driven by two independent rear wheel motors.
As opposed to directly allocating wheel torques, the proposed philosophy operates in the slip-ratio domain. Doing so helps to prevent excessive tire saturation and allows the system to adapt to changing road surfaces. To that end, this dissertation first proposes a method of estimating slip-ratio utilizing only sensors currently available on modern automobiles. A slip-ratio controller is then developed approximating the disturbance observer structure. This allows the controller to be robust to changing road surface and as a byproduct provide an accurate estimate of longitudinal tire force. Combining the estimated longitudinal tire force with the estimated slip-ratio it is then possible to ascertain some degree of tire saturation. With this in mind, an optimal control allocation problem is proposed which attempts to achieve the desired vehicle dynamics while at the same time minimizing tire saturation.
It is shown experimentally that the proposed control methodology effectively achieves desired vehicle dynamics. In addition, the system adapts its behavior to changing road surfaces resulting in optimal performance regardless of operating conditions.
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Sundström, Christofer. "Model Based Vehicle Level Diagnosis for Hybrid Electric Vehicles." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Fordonssystem, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-105487.
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When hybridizing a vehicle, new components are added that need to be monitored due to safety and legislative demands. Diagnostic aspects due to powertrain hybridization are investigated, such as that there are more mode switches in the hybrid powertrain compared to a conventional powertrain, and that there is a freedom in choosing operating points of the components in the powertrain via the overall energy management and still fulfill the driver torque request. A model of a long haulage truck is developed, and a contribution is a new electric machine model. The machine model is of low complexity, and treats the machine constants in a different way compared to a standard model. It is shown that this model describes the power losses significantly better when adopted to real data, and that this modeling improvement leads to better signal separation between the non-faulty and faulty cases compared to the standard model. To investigate the influence of the energy management design and sensor configuration on the diagnostic performance, two vehicle level diagnosis systems based on different sensor configurations are designed and implemented. It is found that there is a connection between the operating modes of the vehicle and the diagnostic performance, and that this interplay is of special relevance in the system based on few sensors. In consistency based diagnosis it is investigated if there exists a solution to a set of equations with analytical redundancy, i.e. there are more equations than unknown variables. The selection of sets of equations to be included in the diagnosis system and in what order to compute the unknown variables in the used equations affect the diagnostic performance. A systematic method that finds properties and constructs residual generator candidates based on a model has been developed. Methods are also devised for utilization of the residual generators, such as initialization of dynamic residual generators, and for consideration of the fault excitation in the residuals using the internal form of the residual generators. For demonstration, the model of the hybridized truck is used in a simulation study, and it is shown that the methods significantly increase the diagnostic performance. The models used in a diagnosis system need to be accurate for fault detection. Map based models describe the fault free behavior accurately, but fault isolability is often difficult to achieve using this kind of model. To achieve also good fault isolability performance without extensive modeling, a new diagnostic approach is presented. A map based model describes the nominal behavior, and another model, that is less accurate but in which the faults are explicitly included, is used to model how the faults affect the output signals. The approach is exemplified by designing a diagnosis system monitoring the power electronics and the electric machine in a hybrid vehicle, and simulations show that the approach works well.
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Rahman, Md Mahbubar. "Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problems Using Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28423.
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In this thesis, we investigate new multi-echelon vehicle routing problems for logistics operations using unmanned autonomous vehicles. This can provide immediate tangible outcomes, especially in high-demand areas that are otherwise difficult or costly to serve. This type of problem differs from the commonly used multi-echelon supply chain management systems in that here there exist no intermediate facilities that consolidate/separate products for delivery; instead all decisions are made on a per-vehicle basis. We describe here how we can obtain the necessary parameters (data collection) to evaluate the performance of such multi-echelon systems. We also provide three mathematical formulations based on different assumptions and case scenarios. We then study the differences between the three models in practice, as far as routing cost and duration of operations are concerned. We finally show that there are savings to be had by properly employing unmanned vehicles for logistics operations.
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Dowd, Garrett E. "Improving Autonomous Vehicle Safety using Communicationsand Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1574861007798385.
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Harvey, Daniel R. "Willans Line Modeling for Powertrain Analysis and Energy Consumption of Electric Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104087.
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With electric vehicles becoming increasingly prevalent in the automotive market consumers are becoming more conscientious of total driving range. In light of this trend, reliable and accurate modeling methods are necessary to aid the development of more energy efficient vehicles with greater drivable range. Many methods exist for evaluating energy consumption of current and future vehicle designs over the US certification drive cycles. This work focuses on utilizing the well-established Willans line approximation and proposes a simplified modeling method to determine electric vehicle energy consumption and powertrain efficiency. First, a backwards physics-based model is applied to determine tractive effort at the wheel to meet US certification drive cycle demand. Second, the Willans line approximation then augments the tractive effort model and parameterizes the vehicle powertrain to establish a bi-directional power flow method. This bi-directional approach separates propel and brake phases of the vehicle over the certification City and Highway drive cycles to successfully isolate the vehicle powertrain from non-intrinsic losses, such as parasitic accessory loads. The proposed method of bi-directional modeling and parameter tuning provides significant insight to the efficiency, losses, and energy consumption of a modeled electric vehicle strictly using publicly available test data. Results are presented for eight electric vehicles with production years varying from 2016 to 2021. These electric vehicles are chosen to encapsulate the electric vehicle market as performance electric vehicles to smaller commuter electric vehicles are selected. All vehicles are modeled with an accessory load constrained between 300 and 850 W and a regenerative braking ("regen") low-speed cutoff of 5 mph with six of the eight vehicles modeled with a regenerative braking fraction of 94%. The bi-directional Willans line is then tuned to reach agreement with the net EPA energy consumption test data for each vehicle with the results presented as representative of the chosen vehicle. Lastly, a transfer function relating major model inputs to the output is derived and lends considerable insight for the sensitivity of the modeling method. Sensitivity of the proposed modeling method is conducted for a 2017 BMW i3 with the model deemed reasonably resilient to changes in input parameters. The model is most sensitive to changes in powertrain marginal efficiency with a 6% decrease of marginal efficiency leading to a 0.404 kW and 0.793 kW cycle average net battery power increase for the City and Highway drive cycles respectively. Additionally, the model is also sensitive to changes in vehicle accessory load with a direct relationship between increases of vehicle accessory load to increases of cycle average net battery power for the City and Highway cycles. The sensitivity results justify the use of the proposed model as a method for evaluating vehicle energy consumption and powertrain efficiency solely using publicly available test data.Master of Science
Developing robust and accurate methods for analyzing electric vehicle energy consumption and powertrain efficiency is of great interest. For the purposes of this paper, powertrain refers to a motor / inverter pair which is coupled to a simple gear reduction for torque multiplication. Many vehicles are designed with motors of varying power and torque capabilities which can present challenges when attempting to effectively compare electric vehicles from different manufacturers. The proposed modeling method presented in this work utilizes public test data to derive detailed vehicle and powertrain information. Vehicle energy consumption is also modeled and compared to net EPA test data. Eight electric vehicles are modeled with each vehicle representing a specific segment of the current electric vehicle market. A bi-directional Willans line is applied to model the propel and brake phases of each electric vehicle over the US certification drive cycles. The bi-directional approach effectively isolates the vehicle powertrain from non-intrinsic losses. From the derived powertrain parameters and modeled energy consumption, the proposed method is deemed accurate and highly useful for translating public test data to detailed vehicle information. Lastly, a sensitivity analysis is presented with the proposed method deemed reasonably resilient to changes in input parameters. The modeling method is most sensitive to changes of powertrain marginal efficiency and vehicle accessory load but constraining these inputs to reasonable ranges for electric vehicles proves sufficient.
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Deshpande, Anup S. "Computer Joystick Control and Vehicle Tracking System in Electric Vehicles." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1282569869.
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Wu, Qiong. "Non-stationary Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channel Characterization." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1354686659.
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Hajimirsadeghi, Seyedsalar. "Vehicle to Vehicle Communication in Level 4 Autonomy." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1622.
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With the number of deaths, commute time, and injuries constantly rising due to
human driving errors, it’s time for a new transportation system, where humans are no
longer involved in driving decisions and vehicles are the only machine that decide the
actions of a vehicle. To accomplish a fully autonomous world, it’s important for
vehicles to be able to communicate instantly and report their movements in order to
reduce accidents. This paper discusses four approaches to vehicle to vehicle
communication, as well as the underlying standards and technology that enable
vehicles to accomplish communicating.
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Hamersma, H. A. (Herman Adendorff). "Longitudinal vehicle dynamics control for improved vehicle safety." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40829.
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An autonomous vehicle is a vehicle that is capable of navigating and driving with no human intervention whatsoever through the utilization of various sensors and positioning systems. The possible applications of autonomous vehicles are widespread, ranging from the aerospace industry to the mining and military sectors where the exposure of human operators to the operating conditions is hazardous to their health and safety. Automobile accidents have become the leading cause of death in certain segments of the world population. Removing the human driver from the decision-making process through automation may result in significantly safer highways. Although full autonomy may be the ultimate goal, there is huge scope for systems that aid the driver in decision making or systems that take over from the driver under conditions where the human driver fails.
The aim of the longitudinal control system to be implemented on the Land Rover test vehicle in this study is to improve the vehicle’s safety by controlling the vehicle’s longitudinal behaviour. A common problem with sports-utility-vehicles is the low rollover threshold, due to a high centre of gravity. Rather than modifying the vehicle to increase the rollover threshold, the aim of the control system presented here is to prevent the vehicle from exceeding speeds that would cause the vehicle to reach its rollover threshold.
In order to develop a control system that autonomously controls the longitudinal degree of freedom, a model of the test vehicle (a 1997 Land Rover Defender 110 Wagon) was developed in MSC.ADAMS/View and validated experimentally. The model accurately captures the response of the test vehicle to supply forces as generated by the engine and demand forces applied through drag, braking and engine braking. Furthermore, the model has been validated experimentally to provide reliable simulation results for lateral and vertical dynamics.
The control system was developed by generating a reference speed that the vehicle must track. This reference speed was formulated by taking into account the vehicle’s limits due to lateral acceleration, combined lateral and longitudinal acceleration and the vehicle’s performance capabilities. The control system generates the desired throttle pedal position, hydraulic pressure in the brake lines, clutch position and gear selection as output. The MSC.ADAMS\View model of the test vehicle was used to evaluate the performance of the control system on various racetracks of which the GPS coordinates were available. The simulation results indicate that the control system performs as expected.
Finally, the control system was implemented on the test vehicle and the performance was evaluated by conducting field tests in the form of a severe double lane change manoeuvre. The results of the field tests indicated that the control system limited the acceleration vector of the vehicle’s centre of gravity to prescribed limits, as predicted by the simulation results.Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Wu, Tahchang Jimmy. "Simulation and analysis of the control system of the hybrid vehicle." Ohio : Ohio University, 1989. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1182180337.
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Sanchez, Juan Sebastiam. "Connected Vehicles: from CAN bus to IP-based In-Vehicle Networks." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/20415/.
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Il settore automotive, negli ultimi vent’anni, è stato oggetto di importanti sviluppi tecnologici, caratterizzati principalmente dall’evoluzione dei settori dell’elettronica e delle telecomunicazioni.
Questo elaborato si pone come obiettivo lo studio delle tecnologie che hanno permesso l’introduzione di sistemi elettronici avanzati all’interno dei veicoli, e di come queste si siano evolute negli anni.
Vengono quindi presentate le moderne idee di Connected Vehicle e di In-Vehicle Networks (IVN), nonché i principali protocolli di comunicazione che ne hanno caratterizzato l’evoluzione. Si procede poi analizzando il Controller Area Network (CAN bus), le reti veicolari IP-based ed infine il dispositivo che permette l’implementazione di reti eterogenee, l’Automotive Gateway.
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Iqbal, Ammar Tanange Rakesh Virk Shafqat. "Vehicle fault prediction analysis : a health prediction tool for heavy vehicles /." Göteborg : IT-universitetet, Chalmers tekniska högskola och Göteborgs universitet, 2006. http://www.ituniv.se/w/index.php?option=com_itu_thesis&Itemid=319.
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Gustafsson, Tobias. "In-Vehicle Execution Environment for Diagnostic Scripts on Heavy Commercial Vehicles." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-192155.
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Today the importance and complexity of vehicle diagnostics are increasing and more systems uses remote diagnostics. Remote diagnostics involves an off-board server that uses a wireless connection to access the diagnostic services inside a vehicle on a remote location. Problems occur because of the remote connections limitations in speed and reliability. This can be solved by executing tasks on an Electrical Control Unit (ECU) inside the vehicle. However, implementing new software in an ECU is time consuming and expensive. An in-vehicle execution environment for diagnostic scripts can make it possible to send these tasks from the off-board systems and execute them on-board the vehicle. This thesis investigates that possibility. A set of requirements for an in-vehicle execution environment are identified together with important decisions that affects them. Restricting the diagnostic services to only passive scripts reduces the requirements. Using a higher abstraction level in the scripts to send diagnostic commands makes it easier to develop scripts, but requires more software to be implemented on the ECU. The choice of script engine is also important and a survey and evaluation of different script engines is performed. Python, Lua, mRuby and ChaiScript are compared and Lua is selected for an implementation used in a case study where the results are validated. This case study shows that the requirements are sufficient to create an in-vehicle execution environment that can execute advanced diagnostic tasks. An in-vehicle script executes more than eight times faster than the same task on the off-board system and decreases the amount of data in the remote communication. Development of a script is more than 20 times faster compared to the development of ECU system software. Before this in-vehicle execution environment can be used on a population of vehicles, investigations needs to be done regarding the requirements for the off- board systems and how the development and usage of scripts should be organized.Idag ökar vikten och komplexiteten hos fordonsdiagnostik och fler system använder fjärrdiagnostik. Fjärrdiagnostik innebär att en server använder en trådlös anslutning för att komma åt de diagnostiska tjänsterna i ett fordon på en avlägsen plats. Problem uppstår på grund av begränsningar i hastighet och tillförlitlighet hos fjärranslutningarna. Detta kan lösas genom att köra uppgifter i fordonet. Men att göra ny programvara i ett fordon är tidskrävande och dyrt. En exekveringsmiljö för diagnostiska skript kan göra det möjligt att skicka dessa uppgifter från de externa systemen och köra dem ombord på fordonet. I den här avhandling undersöks denna möjlighet. En uppsättning krav för en exekveringsmiljö för diagnostiska skript har identi- fieras. Att begränsa de diagnostiska tjänsterna till endast passiva skript minskar kraven. Med hjälp av en högre abstraktionsnivå för att skicka diagnostiska kommandon blir det lättare att utveckla skript, men detta kräver att mer programvara är implementerad i fordonet. Valet av skriptmotorn är också viktigt och en undersökning och utvärdering av olika skriptmotorer har utförs. Python, Lua, mRuby och ChaiScript har jämförts och Lua valts för en implementering som används i en fallstudie där resultaten har validerats. Denna fallstudie visar att kraven är tillräckliga för att skapa en exekveringsmiljö som kan utföra avancerade diagnostiska uppgifter. Ett skript som körs i fordonet körs mer än åtta gånger snabbare än samma uppgift på som körs på de externa systemet och minskar också mängden data i fjärrkommunikationen. Utveckling av ett skript är mer än 20 gånger snabbare jämfört med utvecklingen av systemprogramvaran i fordonet. Innan en exekveringsmiljö kan användas på en population av fordon måste undersökningar göras om kraven för de externa system som ska hantera skripten och hur utvecklingen och användningen av skript ska organiseras.
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Åberg, Adam. "Vehicle Design." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för planering och mediedesign, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2077.
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Abstrakt Denna uppsats syftar till att utforska hur begreppet recontextualisering kan användas i samband med design koncept av krigsfordon skapade för antingen spel eller film produktioner. Dessa krigsfordon placeras i olika miljöer och anpassas för tjänst i dessa miljöer med hjälp av grafiska koncept. Dessa grafiska koncept skapas med hjälp av begreppet rekontextualisering. Uppsatsen undersöker hur vida man kan gå tillväga för att skapa dessa grafiska koncept och vilken betydelse det har för skapandet av ett spel eller en film. Med denna uppsats undersöks även industriell design som Feng Zhu (2012) förklarar det i kombination med illustration och skillnaden däremellan samt hur bägge är relevanta för denna uppsatsen samt dess produktion eller liknande produktioner. Sammanfattningsvis skapas dessa konceptuella prototyper och därefter analyseras samt dokumenteras resultaten och slutsatserna i en diskussion. Nyckelord: Recontextualisering, prototyp, koncept, idustriell design, illustration, vehicle, design. Abstract This thesis intends to explore how the concept of recontextualisation can be used in conjunction with design based concepts of war vehicles created for either game or movie productions. These vehicles of war are placed in different environments and adapted for services in these environments via graphic concepts. These graphic concepts are in turn created using the concept of recontextualization. This essay examines how far one can go about creating these graphic concepts and what relevance it has on the creation of a game or a movie. With this essay the difference between industrial design as Feng Zhu (2012) addresses it and illustration is also examined, and how both are relevant to this thesis and its production or similar productions. In summary, the conceptual prototypes were created and thereafter the results and conclusions were analyzed and documented in a discussion. Keywords: Recontexualizing, prototype, concept, industrial design, illustration, vehicle, design.http://aadiart.wordpress.com/
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Thorpe, J. C. "Vehicle scheduling." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488397.
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Snare, Matthew C. "Vehicle Dynamics Model for Predicting Maximum and Typical Acceleration Rates for Passenger Vehicles." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34779.
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Effectively modeling the acceleration behavior of vehicles is an important consideration in a variety of transportation engineering applications. The acceleration profiles of vehicles are important in the geometric design of roadways and are used to model vehicle behavior in simulation software packages. The acceleration profile of the vehicle is also a critical parameter in fuel consumption and emissions models. This paper develops and validates a vehicle dynamics model to predict the maximum acceleration rates of passenger vehicles. The model is shown to be superior to other similar models in that it accurately predicts speed and acceleration profiles in all domains and for a variety of vehicle types. The paper also modifies the model by introducing a reduction factor, which enables the model to predict the typical acceleration patterns for different driver types. The reduction factors for the driving population are shown to follow a normal distribution with a mean of 0.60 and a standard deviation of 0.08. The paper also provides new data sets containing maximum and typical acceleration profiles for thirteen different vehicles and twenty different drivers.Master of Science
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Topham, Debra Ann. "Decentralised wireless data dissemination for vehicle-to-vehicle communications." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3335/.
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This thesis is concerned with inter-vehicle communications supporting the deployment of future safety-related applications. Through use case analysis of the specific communica- tions requirements of safety related and traffic efficiency applications, a data dissemination framework is proposed that is able to meet the various message delivery requirements. More specifically, this thesis focuses on the subset of the proposed framework, which provides geocasting, i.e. addressing a geographical area on the road network, and local zone connectivity, providing neighbour awareness, for safety related applications. The enabling communications technology for inter-vehicle communications based on IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network devices and the associated lack of reliability it presents for the distribution of safety messages in broadcast mode, form the main topic of this thesis. A dissemination scheme for safety related inter-vehicular communication applica- tions, using realistic vehicular traffic patterns, is proposed, implemented and evaluated to demonstrate mechanisms for efficient, reliable and timely delivery of safety messages over an unreliable channel access scheme. The original contribution of this thesis is to propose a novel data dissemination protocol for vehicular environments, capable of simultaneously achieving significant economy of messaging, whilst maintaining near 100% reliable message delivery in a timely manner for a wide variety of highway traffic flow scenarios, ranging from sparsely, fragmented networks to dense, congested road networks. This is achieved through increased protocol complexity in inferring and tracking each vehicular node’s local environment, coupled with implementing adaptation to both local data traffic intensity and vehicular density. Adaptivity is achieved through creating and employing an empirical channel access delay model and embedding the stochastic delay distribution in decisions made at the network layer; this method of adaptivity is novel in itself. Moreover, unnecessary retransmissions arising from the inherent uncertainty of the wireless medium are suppressed through a novel three-step mechanism.
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Xi, Xiaomin. "Challenges in Electric Vehicle Adoption and Vehicle-Grid Integration." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366106454.
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He, Qing. "Robust-Intelligent Traffic Signal Control within a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure and Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Environment." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196011.
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Modern traffic signal control systems have not changed significantly in the past 40-50 years. The most widely applied traffic signal control systems are still time-of-day, coordinated-actuated system, since many existing advanced adaptive signal control systems are too complicated and fathomless for most of people. Recent advances in communications standards and technologies provide the basis for significant improvements in traffic signal control capabilities. In the United States, the IntelliDriveSM program (originally called Vehicle Infrastructure Integration - VII) has identified 5.9GHz Digital Short Range Communications (DSRC) as the primary communications mode for vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (v2i) safety based applications, denoted as v2x. The ability for vehicles and the infrastructure to communication information is a significant advance over the current system capability of point presence and passage detection that is used in traffic control systems. Given enriched data from IntelliDriveSM, the problem of traffic control can be solved in an innovative data-driven and mathematical way to produce robust and optimal outputs.In this doctoral research, three different problems within a v2x environment- "enhanced pseudo-lane-level vehicle positioning", "robust coordinated-actuated multiple priority control", and "multimodal platoon-based arterial traffic signal control", are addressed with statistical techniques and mathematical programming.First, a pseudo-lane-level GPS positioning system is proposed based on an IntelliDriveSM v2x environment. GPS errors can be categorized into common-mode errors and noncommon-mode errors, where common-mode errors can be mitigated by differential GPS (DGPS) but noncommon-mode cannot. Common-mode GPS errors are cancelled using differential corrections broadcast from the road-side equipment (RSE). With v2i communication, a high fidelity roadway layout map (called MAP in the SAE J2735 standard) and satellite pseudo-range corrections are broadcast by the RSE. To enhance and correct lane level positioning of a vehicle, a statistical process control approach is used to detect significant vehicle driving events such as turning at an intersection or lane-changing. Whenever a turn event is detected, a mathematical program is solved to estimate and update the GPS noncommon-mode errors. Overall the GPS errors are reduced by corrections to both common-mode and noncommon-mode errors.Second, an analytical mathematical model, a mixed-integer linear program (MILP), is developed to provide robust real-time multiple priority control, assuming penetration of IntelliDriveSM is limited to emergency vehicles and transit vehicles. This is believed to be the first mathematical formulation which accommodates advanced features of modern traffic controllers, such as green extension and vehicle actuations, to provide flexibility in implementation of optimal signal plans. Signal coordination between adjacent signals is addressed by virtual coordination requests which behave significantly different than the current coordination control in a coordinated-actuated controller. The proposed new coordination method can handle both priority and coordination together to reduce and balance delays for buses and automobiles with real-time optimized solutions.The robust multiple priority control problem was simplified as a polynomial cut problem with some reasonable assumptions and applied on a real-world intersection at Southern Ave. & 67 Ave. in Phoenix, AZ on February 22, 2010 and March 10, 2010. The roadside equipment (RSE) was installed in the traffic signal control cabinet and connected with a live traffic signal controller via Ethernet. With the support of Maricopa County's Regional Emergency Action Coordinating (REACT) team, three REACT vehicles were equipped with onboard equipments (OBE). Different priority scenarios were tested including concurrent requests, conflicting requests, and mixed requests. The experiments showed that the traffic controller was able to perform desirably under each scenario.Finally, a unified platoon-based mathematical formulation called PAMSCOD is presented to perform online arterial (network) traffic signal control while considering multiple travel modes in the IntelliDriveSM environment with high market penetration, including passenger vehicles. First, a hierarchical platoon recognition algorithm is proposed to identify platoons in real-time. This algorithm can output the number of platoons approaching each intersection. Second, a mixed-integer linear program (MILP) is solved to determine the future optimal signal plans based on the real-time platoon data (and the platoon request for service) and current traffic controller status. Deviating from the traditional common network cycle length, PAMSCOD aims to provide multi-modal dynamical progression (MDP) on the arterial based on the real-time platoon information. The integer feasible solution region is enhanced in order to reduce the solution times by assuming a first-come, first-serve discipline for the platoon requests on the same approach. Microscopic online simulation in VISSIM shows that PAMSCOD can easily handle two traffic modes including buses and automobiles jointly and significantly reduce delays for both modes, compared with SYNCHRO optimized plans.
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Berthold, Florence. "Integration of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle using Vehicle-to-home and Home-to-Vehicle Capabilities." Thesis, Belfort-Montbéliard, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BELF0241/document.
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Le challenge de ces prochaines années est de réduire le plus possible les émissions de CO2 qui la première cause du réchauffement climatique. L’émission de CO2 est principalement due à l’utilisation du moteur thermique dans le milieu du transport. Pour diminuer cette émission, la solution réside à utiliser des véhicules électriques qui sont non polluants et rechargés par des sources émettant le moins possible de CO2. Mais cela impliquerait une production supplémentaire d’énergie. Aujourd’hui l’énergie électrique est produite principalement par des centrales thermiques au niveau mondial, des centrales nucléaires enFrance et des centrales hydrauliques au Québec. Les pics d’utilisations et de productions restant une problématique posant encore beaucoup de problèmes.Une utilisation croissante de véhicules électriques ou hybrides rechargeables permettrait de pouvoir disposer de systèmes de stockage d’énergie, permettant à la fois d’alimenter le moteur électrique du véhicule ou d’aider le réseau électriques. Ce flux est appelé Vehicle-to-Grid ou plus précisément dans le travail présenté ici, ce flux s’appelle Vehicle-to-Home. Alimenter la maison via la batterie du véhicule, permet de diminuer le pic de consommation du foyer. De plus, la batterie du véhicule peut être chargée durant la nuit lorsque la production d’énergie est au plus bas et la moins chère.Ce document présente une optimisation offline du système qui inclut les différents flux d’énergie. Cette optimisation a été réalisée à l’aide de la programmation dynamique. L’objectif de cette optimisation est de minimiser le coût de l’énergie que ce soit le coût de l’essence ou de l’électricité ou encore des énergies renouvelables installées localement.Ensuite deux contrôleurs flous localisés dans le véhicule et dans la maison ont été dimensionnés, testés par simulation (simulation online) et validés expérimentalement.Finalement cette recherche a mis en avant deux cas d’études: un en hivers et l’autre en été. Le cas d’hiver présente une réduction budgétaire de 40% dans la simulation offline, 27% dans la simulation online et 29% en expérimentation. D’autre part, le cas d’été montre une réduction budgétaire de 62% dans la simulation offline, 60% dans la simulation online et 64% en expérimentationThe challenge for the next few years is to reduce CO2 emissions, which are the cause of global climate warming. CO2 emissions are mainly due to thermal engines used in transportation. To decrease this emission, a viable solution lies in using non-polluting electric vehicles recharged by low CO2 emission energy sources. New transportation penetration has effected on energy production. Energy production has already reached peaks. At the same time, load demand has drastically increased. Hence, it has become imperative to increase daily energy production. It is well-known that world energy production is mainly produced thermal pollutant power plants, except in Québec, where energy is produced by hydro power plants.The more recent electricity utility trend is that electric, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EV, PHEV) could allow storage and/or production of energy. EV/PHEV batteries can supply the electric motor of the vehicle, and act as an energy storage that assists the grid to supply household loads. This power flow is called vehicle-to-grid, V2G. In this dissertation, the V2G power flow is specifically called vehicle-to-home, V2H. That is battery is used during peak. Moreover, the EV battery is charged during the night, when energy production is low and cheap. This important aspect of V2H is that the vehicle battery is not connected to the grid, but is a part of a house micro-grid.This dissertation presents an offline optimization technique, which includes different energy flows, between the home, EV/PHEV, and a renewable energy source (such as photovoltaic - PV and/or wind) which forms the micro-grid. This optimization has been realized through the dynamic programming algorithm. The optimization objective is to minimize energy cost, including fuel cost, electricity cost, and renewable energy cost.Two fuzzy logic controllers, one located in the vehicle and the second one in the house, have been designed, tested by simulation (online simulation) and validated by experiments.The research analyses two seasonal case studies: one in winter and the other one in summer. In the winter case, a cost reduction of 40% for the offline simulation, 27% for the online simulation and 29% for the experiment is realized whereas in the summer case a cost reduction of 62% for the offline simulation, 60% for the online simulation and 64% for the experiment is presented
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Wong, Chi-tak Keith. "Applications of vehicle location and communication technology in fleet management systems." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339767.
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Martin, Tyler Allen. "Assessing the influence of policy factors on alternative fuel vehicle adoption in Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/55051.
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To make a compelling case for government incentives as a stimulus for alternative fuel vehicle adoption, this thesis assesses the preliminary impacts associated with the elimination of Georgia’s income tax credits for low-emission and zero-emission vehicle purchases. The thesis identifies policy factors that appear to impact alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) adoption in the United States, with a focus on government incentives. Specific policy factors are discussed in the context of state and federal laws. For Georgia, motor vehicle registrations were collected to track AFV adoption rates before and after the change in law. Electric and hybrid vehicle registrations in Georgia have plummeted since the income tax credits were eliminated on June 30, 2015. Income tax credit data were collected to chart the significant increase in zero-emission and low-emission vehicle purchases and leases since electric vehicles started flooding the market. The primary outcome of this research is a set of distinct, measurable policy factors that influence AFV adoption in the United States. The factors identified include: 1) reward amount to income ratio, 2) ease of policy comprehension, 3) consumer awareness, 4) fuel/vehicle coverage of incentives, 5) incentive user groups, 6) forms of incentives (grants, income tax credits, etc.), 7) number of incentives available, and 8) dollar values of incentives. The conclusion presents factors for use in choice model estimation. These factors should be useful by policymakers who are trying to understand the true value of government incentives for alternative fuel vehicles.
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Edwards, Dustin L. Bevly David M. "Parameter estimation techniques for determining safe vehicle speeds in UGVs." Auburn, Ala., 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Mechanical_Engineering/Thesis/Edwards_Dustin_24.pdf.
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Velenis, Efstathios. "Analysis and Control of High-Speed Wheeled Vehicles." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10476.
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In this work we reproduce driving techniques to mimic expert race drivers and obtain the open-loop control signals that may be used by auto-pilot agents driving autonomous ground wheeled vehicles.
Race drivers operate their vehicles at the limits of the acceleration envelope. An accurate characterization of the acceleration capacity of the vehicle is required. Understanding and reproduction of such complex maneuvers also require a physics-based mathematical description of the vehicle dynamics. While most of the modeling issues of ground-vehicles/automobiles are already well established in the literature, lack of understanding of the physics associated with friction generation results in ad-hoc approaches to tire friction modeling. In this work we revisit this aspect of the overall vehicle modeling and develop a tire friction model that provides physical interpretation of the tire forces. The new model is free of those singularities at low vehicle speed and wheel angular rate that are inherent in the widely used empirical static models. In addition, the dynamic nature of the tire model proposed herein allows the study of dynamic effects such as transients and hysteresis.
The trajectory-planning problem for an autonomous ground wheeled vehicle is formulated in an optimal control framework aiming to minimize the time of travel and maximize the use of the available acceleration capacity. The first approach to solve the optimal control problem is using numerical techniques. Numerical optimization allows incorporation of a vehicle model of high fidelity and generates realistic solutions. Such an optimization scheme provides an ideal platform to study the limit operation of the vehicle, which would not be possible via straightforward simulation. In this work we emphasize the importance of online applicability of the proposed methodologies. This underlines the need for optimal solutions that require little computational cost and are able to incorporate real, unpredictable environments. A semi-analytic methodology is developed to generate the optimal velocity profile for minimum time travel along a prescribed path. The semi-analytic nature ensures minimal computational cost while a receding horizon implementation allows application of the methodology in uncertain environments. Extensions to increase fidelity of the vehicle model are finally provided.
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Garro, Alexandra. "Connected Vehicle Co-Simulation for Autonomous Vehicles in Airsim using Ns-3." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2021. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2332.
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Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications enables vehicles to communicate directly with each other, as well as roadside infrastructure. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, a subset of V2X communication, enables the vehicle to not solely rely on on-board sensors and allows the vehicle to share information directly to any nearby vehicles. Information shared between vehicles may include a vehicle's position, velocity, and direction, as well as other data. As these are safety-critical applications, rigorous security assessments are needed, yet it can be very expensive, dangerous, and complex to test security vulnerabilities of autonomous vehicles. Therefore, we aim to leverage realistic open-sourced simulators to carry out testing for multiple features, such as security attacks as well as cooperative autonomous driving algorithms. Since there is no open-sourced simulator capable of visually and physically simulating a vehicle and accurately representing its network, this thesis aims to combine a vehicle simulator and network simulator in real-time. Specifically, we incorporate Network Simulator 3 (Ns-3) and Unreal Engine's plugin, Airsim. To run this type of simulation accurately requires high computation power and time, and these requirements can cause delays between the two simulators. To handle the delays during simulation, we propose a system using a time step synchronization technique to pair Airsim and Ns-3. We further elaborate on our incorporation of delaying network packets that arrive earlier than the ideal packet delay. Additionally, we validate our system by demonstrating proof-of-concept attacks. Specifically, we simulate a replay attack and a jamming attack on our system, as well as show that a sybil attack is possible.
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Kirsch, Patricia Jean. "Autonomous swarms of unmanned vehicles software control system and ground vehicle testing /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2993.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Golbuff, Sam. "Optimization of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-05172006-183243/.
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Westrick, Michael A. "Compact Wire Antenna Array for Dedicated Short-Range Communications: Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Infrastructure Communications." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1345081406.
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BRUCE, WILLIAM, and OTTER EDVIN VON. "Artificial Neural Network Autonomous Vehicle : Artificial Neural Network controlled vehicle." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191192.
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This thesis aims to explain how a Artificial Neural Network algorithm could be used as means of control for a Autonomous Vehicle. It describes the theory behind the neural network and Autonomous Vehicles, and how a prototype with a camera as its only input can be designed to test and evaluate the algorithms capabilites, and also drive using it. The thesis will show that the Artificial Neural Network can, with a image resolution of 100 × 100 and a training set with 900 images, makes decisions with a 0.78 confidence level.Denna rapport har som mal att beskriva hur en Artificiellt Neuronnatverk al- goritm kan anvandas for att kontrollera en bil. Det beskriver teorin bakom neu- ronnatverk och autonoma farkoster samt hur en prototyp, som endast anvander en kamera som indata, kan designas for att testa och utvardera algoritmens formagor. Rapporten kommer visa att ett neuronnatverk kan, med bildupplos- ningen 100 × 100 och traningsdata innehallande 900 bilder, ta beslut med en 0.78 sakerhet.
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Yang, Rong. "Vehicle Detection and Classification from a LIDAR equipped probe vehicle." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253598183.
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Nguyen, Vincent. "Vehicle handling, stability, and bifurcation analysis for nonlinear vehicle models." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3271.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Gantt, Lynn Rupert. "Energy Losses for Propelling and Braking Conditions of an Electric Vehicle." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32879.
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The market segment of hybrid-electric and full function electric vehicles is growing within the automotive transportation sector. While many papers exist concerning fuel economy or fuel consumption and the limitations of conventional powertrains, little published work is available for vehicles which use grid electricity as an energy source for propulsion. Generally, the emphasis is put solely on the average drive cycle efficiency for the vehicle with very little thought given to propelling and braking powertrain losses for individual components. The modeling section of this paper will take basic energy loss equations for vehicle speed and acceleration, along with component efficiency information to predict the grid energy consumption in AC Wh/km for a given drive cycle.
This paper explains how to calculate the forces experienced by a vehicle while completing a drive cycle in three different ways: using vehicle characteristics, United States Environmental Protection Agencyâ s (EPA) Dynamometer â targetâ coefficients, and an adaptation of the Sovran parameters. Once the vehicle forces are determined, power and energy demands at the wheels are determined. The vehicle power demands are split into propelling, braking, and idle to aide in the understanding of what it takes to move a vehicle and to identify possible areas for improvement. Then, using component efficiency data for various parameters of interest, the energy consumption of the vehicle as a pure EV is supplied in both DC (at the battery terminals) and AC (from the electric grid) Wh/km. The energy that flows into and out of each component while the vehicle is driving along with the losses at each step along the way of the energy path are detailed and explained. The final goal is to make the results of the model match the vehicle for any driving schedule. Validation work is performed in order to take the model estimates for efficiencies and correlate them against real world data. By using the Virginia Tech Range Extended Crossover (VTREX) and collecting data from testing, the parameters that the model is based on will be correlated with real world test data. The paper presents a propelling, braking, and net energy weighted drive cycle averaged efficiency that can be used to calculate the losses for a given cycle. In understanding the losses at each component, not just the individual efficiency, areas for future vehicle improvement can be identified to reduce petroleum energy use and greenhouse gases. The electric range of the vehicle factors heavily into the Utility Weighted fuel economy of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, which will also be addressed.Master of Science
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Belin, Siderov Mitkov. "AUTONOMOUS MINING VEHICLE." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-215965.
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Brand, Carlton Michael. "Vehicle bodyclosures engineering." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.415848.
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Khavassefat, Parisa. "Vehicle-Pavement Interaction." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Väg- och banteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-156045.
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Several aspects of vehicle-pavement interaction have been studied and discussed in this thesis. Initially the pavement response is studied through a quasi-static and a dynamic computationally efficient framework under moving traffic loads. Subsequently, a non-stationary stochastic solution has been developed in order to account for the effect of pavement surface deterioration on pavement service life.The quasi-static procedure is based on a superposition principle and is computationally favourable, as it requires only a reduced incremental problem to be solved numerically. Using the developed framework, the effect of vehicle configuration and traffic characteristics on the damage induced in pavements is investigated numerically. It is shown that the developed numerical model provides a more accurate explanation of different distress modes.In the dynamic approach the pavement roughness and vehicle suspension system are linked to a dynamic pavement model in order to account for the dynamic effects of vehicle-pavement interaction on pavement response. A finite element method is employed in order to establish the response function for a linear viscoelastic pavement structure with dynamic effects taken into account. The developed computational procedure is applied to evaluate the effect of the pavement surface roughness on the pavement structure response to truck traffic loadings.Furthermore, the deterioration trends for the flexible pavement surface have been investigated based on field measurements of longitudinal profiles in Sweden. A predictive function is proposed for surface deterioration that is based on the average gradient of yearly measurements of the road surface profiles in Swedish road network. The developed dynamic framework is further elaborated to a non-stationary stochastic approach. The response of the flexible pavement is given for a non-stationary random case as the pavement surface deteriorates in pavement service life, thus influencing the magnitude of the dynamic loads induced by the vehicles. The effect of pavement surface evolution on the stress state induced in the pavement by moving traffic is examined numerically. Finally the effect of surface deterioration on pavement service life has been investigated and discussed in the thesis by incorporating the proposed prognostic surface deterioration model into a ME design framework. The results are discussed for different case studies with different traffic regimes. It was indicated that the predicted pavement service life decreases considerably when the extra dynamic loads, as a result of pavement surface deterioration, has been taken into account. Furthermore, the effect of performing a predictive rehabilitation process (i.e. resurfacing) has been studied by employing a LCC framework. The application of preventive maintenance was shown to be effective, especially when the deterioration rate is high.QC 20141119
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Standen, Paul. "Towed vehicle aerodynamics." Thesis, University of Bath, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311175.
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Jenkins, Chadlea. "Vehicle suspension design." Thesis, University of Salford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395699.
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Bannister, Christopher David. "Vehicle emissions measurement." Thesis, University of Bath, 2007. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437600.
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Siderov, Mitkov Belin. "AUTONOMOUS MINING VEHICLE." Thesis, KTH, Industriell produktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-200894.
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Automation in mining industry is one of the important research and application areas of artificial intelligence. Also it is one of the key areas that autonomous vehicle technology being built upon. In order to accomplish autonomous driving, researchers get help from many different areas such as computer science, mechanical engineering, mathematics, and even psychology, and many more areas. With the current speed of technological development, in the near future, it will be inevitable that autonomous driving will be reality in many areas including mining areas, public and private transportation. It is obvious that autonomous vehicles will be major type of transportation when benefits of autonomous vehicles realized by the public. In this work, a lighting system for autonomous mining vehicle that has never been truly and intensively studied was developed. In this study, a state-of-the-art lighting system was designed and tested for realization of autonomous mining vehicle. Not only lighting system but also cleaning system for the surfaces of headlamps, sensors, and cameras has been developed and two patent application has been made. Also human vehicle interaction was studied.Automation i gruvindustrin är ett av de viktigaste forsknings- och tillämpningsområdena för artificiell intelligens. Det är också ett av nyckelområdena för autonom fordonsteknik. För att åstadkomma autonom körning, behöver forskare ta hjälp från många olika områden såsom t.ex. datavetenskap, maskinteknik, matematik men även psykologi. Med den nuvarande teknikutvecklingshastigheten så kommer det inom en snar framtid vara fullt möjligt för autonom körning att bli verklighet inom områden såsom t.ex. gruvnäringen samt offentliga och privata transporter. Det är uppenbart att förflyttning med autonoma fordon kommer vara en viktig typ av transport när fördelarna med autonoma fordon går upp för allmänheten. Detta arbete fokuserar på ett belysningssystem för ett autonomt gruvfordon, ett område som inte tidigare blivit särskilt ordentligt studerat. I denna studie har ett modernt belysningssystem utformats och testats för användande i autonoma gruvfordon. Studien täcker inte bara belysningssystemet utan även rengöringssystem för belysningsenheter, sensorer och kameror. Två patentansökningar har lämnats in. Även samspelet mellan människa och fordon har studerats.
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Yakovlev, M. "Unmanned ground vehicle." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62566.
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In the broadest sense, an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) is any piece of mechanized equipment that moves across the surface of the ground and serves as a means for carrying or transporting something, but explicitly does not carry a human being. The main parts of UGV are: sensors, platform, control, human machine interface, communication and system integration.
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Boughton, Ryan Baxter. "A Living Vehicle." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99080.
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A living vehicle sets forth the ability for a lifestyle not of a static place, but as part of the interstate system built into the American landscape. A living vehicle provides the ability to craft a lifestyle around mobility, and will support the situation of living on the road for extended periods of time with many potential benefits over traditional travel. First and foremost, a living vehicle gives the individual the ability to travel large spans with relative ease. A living vehicle's architecture will also provide the interior environment that supports the necessities and tasks of daily life similar to a house. This enables the individual to complete tasks in their living vehicle, as they traditionally would in their house, with the options available in the living vehicle to self drive and wirelessly charge all while remaining on the road.Master of Architecture
A living vehicle sets forth the ability for a lifestyle not of a static place, but as part of the interstate system built into the American landscape. A living vehicle provides the ability to craft a lifestyle around mobility, and will support the situation of living on the road for extended periods of time with many potential benefits over traditional travel. First and foremost, a living vehicle gives the individual the ability to travel large spans with relative ease. A living vehicle's architecture will also provide the interior environment that supports the necessities and tasks of daily life similar to a house. This enables the individual to complete tasks in their living vehicle, as they traditionally would in their house, with the options available in the living vehicle to self drive and wirelessly charge all while remaining on the road.
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Challa, Dinesh Kumar. "Vehicle highway automation." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2338.
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Belsick, Charlotte Ann. "Space Vehicle Testing." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/888.
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Requirement verification and validation is a critical component of building and delivering space vehicles with testing as the preferred method. This Master’s Project presents the space vehicle test process from planning through test design and execution. It starts with an overview of the requirements, validation, and verification. The four different verification methods are explained including examples as to what can go wrong if the verification is done incorrectly. Since the focus of this project is on test, test verification is emphasized. The philosophy behind testing, including the “why” and the methods, is presented. The different levels of testing, the test objectives, and the typical tests are discussed in detail. Descriptions of the different types of tests are provided including configurations and test challenges. While most individuals focus on hardware only, software is an integral part of any space product. As such, software testing, including mistakes and examples, is also presented. Since testing is often not performed flawlessly the first time, sections on anomalies, including determining root cause, corrective action, and retest is included. A brief discussion of defect detection in test is presented.
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Tamilarasan, Santhosh. "Use of Connected Vehicle Technology for Improving Fuel Economy and Driveability of Autonomous Vehicles." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543787677995516.
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Kaltenberger, Burke R. "Unmanned air vehicle/remotely piloted vehicle analysis for lethal UAV/RPV." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1993. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA276052.
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Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1993.Thesis advisor(S): Kaminer, Isaac I. "September 1993." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.