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Rollover detection and prevention are among the most critical aspects affecting the stability and safety assessment of heavy vehicles, especially for off-road driving applications. This topic has been studied in the past and analyzed in depth in terms of
Antonio Tota +4 more
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Electrification of Agricultural Machinery: A Review
Today, agriculture industry has a significant impact in global greenhouse gas emissions. A large amount of pollutants come from diesel internal combustion engines, widely used in agricultural machinery.
Elia Scolaro +5 more
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Developing A New Model for Assessment of Heavy Vehicle-Pedestrian Collisions
The treatment and analysis of accidents involving heavy transport vehicles and pedestrians include the identification and treatment of a certain number of factors that may differ from the cases of passenger vehicle-pedestrian accidents.
Gezim Hoxha +2 more
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Do Heavy Vehicles Always Have a Negative Effect on Traffic Flow?
The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of heavy vehicles on traffic flow on a two-lane highway. To achieve this goal, data was obtained from piezosensors on the Seoul–Chuncheon Expressway.
Chang-Gyun Roh +2 more
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Computational Analysis of Turbulent Flow over a Bluff Body with Drag Reduction Devices [PDF]
Reducing aerodynamic drag of heavy trucks is crucially important for the reduction of fuel consumption and hence results in less air pollution. One way to reduce the aerodynamic drag is the deployment of drag reduction devices at the rear of trucks and ...
Adam Abikan, Zhiyin Yang, Yiling Lu
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Monitoring the Static Vehicle Load on a Heavy Goods Vehicle [PDF]
Static vehicle load can be calculated accurately from measurements of axle strain. This paper describes, in outline form, a series of laboratory and field tests on an instrumented heavy goods vehicle. The vehicle was instrumented in the laboratory and an extensive series of calibration tests performed to establish the relationship between measurements ...
Ivor Humphreys +3 more
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Research on carbon dioxide emission factor characteristics of multi-type heavy-duty vehicles [PDF]
CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles are an important source of greenhouse gases in the transportation sector. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on the characteristics of CO2 emission factors of multiple types of heavy-duty vehicles.
Yang Daoyuan +9 more
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Active suspension systems for automotive vehicles were developed in the past using hydrostatic, electric, magnetic and magnetorheological (MR) technologies to control road vibrations and vehicle dynamics and thus improve ride comfort and vehicle ...
Gabrielle Mallette +4 more
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Providing an appropriate length of highway entrance ramps is an important feature that should be considered in freeway design. The recommended minimum acceleration lane length in the Green Book of the American Association of State Highway and ...
Saremi Niousha +3 more
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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF HEAVY VEHICLES ON TRAFFIC PARAMETERS BY USING HEAVY VEHICLE FACTOR
Safe, convenient and timely transportation of goods and passengers is necessary for development of nation. After independence road traffic is increased manifold in India. Modal share of freight transport is shifted from Railway to roadways in India. Road infrastructures continuously increased from past few decades but there is still need for new roads ...
Parthkumar Patel 1, Dr. H.R.Varia 2
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