Development of Impact-Absorbing Bumper for ruck Platooning System
This paper describes development of the impact-absorbing bumper between the platoons as a safety device to the truck platooning system which aimed at improvement in fuel consumption by performing an automatic platooning, in order to reduce air resistance by a short inter-vehicle distance. This device absorbs the shock of the approach collision in a platooning, and aims at reducing the damage to vehicles and a crew member. This time, the bumper elasticity and contracted at the rear of a truck was suggested, and real construction was performed. Furthermore this paper also reports the collision test by a real vehicle.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission from Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Kato, Shin
- Tsugawa, Sadayuki
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Conference:
- 19th ITS World Congress
- Location: Vienna , Austria
- Date: 2012-10-22 to 2012-10-26
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: 8p
- Monograph Title: 19th ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 22 to 26 October 2012
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Crash tests; Fuel consumption; Intelligent transportation systems; Safety equipment; Traffic platooning; Trucks
- Geographic Terms: Japan
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01501924
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 23 2013 7:53AM