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Aerodynamic Drag Coefficient Analysis of Heavy-Duty Vehicle Platoons: A Hybrid Approach Integrating Wind Tunnel Experiments and CFD Simulations

Energies
Heavy-duty vehicle (HDV) platooning, facilitated by vehicle-to-vehicle communication, plays a crucial role in transforming logistics and transportation. It reduces fuel consumption and emissions while enhancing road safety, supporting sustainable freight
Xiao Liang, Xiaohui Gao, Tianjiao Gu, Xudong Jia   +3 more
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The Attack on the Church in St. Martin-de-Fontenay: 31 July–1 August 1944 [PDF]

, 2012
Editor’s Note: General J.A. Dextraze, “J Dex“ to Canada’s post–war army, served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1972 to 1975 but in 1944 he was a 24–year–old company commander in Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal (FMR).
Dextraze, Jacques
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Truck Platooning Worldwide

, 2022
AbstractAlthough early attempts date back several decades, truck platooning initiatives and trials gained significant momentum in the 2010s in the light of the overall wave of vehicle automation. This chapter aims at providing an overview of the most significant platooning endeavours over the past two decades, with focus on European efforts and their ...
Hatun Atasayar, Philipp Blass, Susanne Kaiser   +2 more
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A Military Engima: The Canadian Air Service Company, 1948-1949 [PDF]

, 2012
The Canadian Special Air Service (SAS) Company is truly a military enigma. Very few people are aware of its short-lived existence. Those who are normally have a misunderstanding of its origins and role, a misconception largely reinforced by the sparse ...
Horn, Bernd
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Scalable Platooning Based on Directed Information Flow Topology With Granulating Method

IEEE Access, 2019
Vehicle platooning is of great importance in future autonomous driving and intelligent transportation systems, due to its advantages in road safety, traffic efficiency, energy consumption and exhaust emissions.
Wei Gao, Yan Shi, Shanzhi Chen
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“Miniature Set-Piece Battles”: Infantry Patrolling Ops in Korea [PDF]

, 2012
During the summer of 1942 the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) destroyed five German U-boats in the space of six weeks. It was a remarkable feat for a small, inexperienced navy.
Doary, Christopher
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Effectiveness Proving and Control of Platoon-Based Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems

IEEE Access, 2018
With the application of cyber-physical systems, many cargo fleets take the initiative to form a platoon during transportation. Compared with the conventional signal timing algorithms, the platoon-based algorithm can greatly reduce the traveling time ...
Jia Wu, Fei Yan, Jianxing Liu
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Distributed Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Vehicle Platoon with Uncertain Driving Resistance and Actuator Saturation

Complexity, 2020
Vehicle platoon has been demonstrated to be a promising driving pattern for its prominent advantages in enhancing traffic safety, improving highway capacity, and increasing fuel economy as well as reducing carbon emissions. However, the uncertain driving
Jia-cheng Song, Yong-feng Ju
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Safely Optimizing Highway Traffic with Robust Model Predictive Control-based Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control

, 2016
Road traffic crashes have been the leading cause of death among young people. Most of these accidents occur when the driver becomes distracted due to fatigue or external factors.
Massera, Carlos M., Terra, Marco H., Wolf, Denis F.   +2 more
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“The Battle of Moyland Wood”: The Regina Rifle Regiment, 16–19 February 1945 [PDF]

, 2012
Although I have written accounts about the D-Day Landings in Normandy and several costly battles from the beaches to Falaise, I have always been reluctant to write about the tragic events at Moyland Wood in Germany. My reluctance stems from the fact that
Brown, Gordon
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