Automatic Steering For Conventional Truck Trailers: Development and Assessment of Operating Concepts for Improving Safety, Productivity and Pavement Durability

Longer combination vehicle (LCV) operations raise safety concerns and also can damage roadways and bridges not equipped to support the operations. The authors observed that a root cause of several major issues associated with LCV operations is the problem of offtracking. This offtracking problem can be drastically reduced with automated trailer steering (ATS) but the degree of the benefit is difficult to assess. ATS can be used to create a new mode of operations in which a tractor can pull a larger number of short trailers - Shorter Trailer Combination Vehicles (STCVs). The authors demonstrate the benefit of STCV operations for the household-goods moving industry.

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  San Jose State University

  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  One Washington Square
  San Jose, CA  United States  95192-0085

  California Department of Transportation

  Office of Research, P.O. Box 942873
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001
• Authors:
  • Tsao, H -
  • Dessousky, Y
  • Rangavajhula, K
  • Zeta, J B
  • Zhou, L
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 1 vol (various pagings + 1 CD ROM)
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Heavy duty vehicles; Heavy vehicles; Pavement performance; Steering; Trucks; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles)
• ATRI Terms: Articulated vehicle; Cost benefit analysis; Heavy vehicle; Steering; Truck; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01386245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-2006-8
• Files: PATH, CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 9:03PM