Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Compatibility of vehicles'

O setor rodoviário no Brasil é o maior responsável pelo transporte de passageiros e de cargas. A indústria de veículos de carga tem realizado modificações nas características dos veículos e a tendência neste mercado é o aumento na capacidade de transporte, obtida com a fabricação de veículos com maiores dimensões, com um maior número de eixos, bem como a utilização de combinações de veículos de carga (CVCs). Estas alterações atendem uma exigência do mercado, que é o aumento da produtividade nos serviços de transporte. Para uma operação segura, entretanto, se faz necessário garantir a compatibilidade entre os veículos e a malha rodoviária ofertada para absorver este tráfego. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é investigar as características e padrões dos veículos que trafegam nas rodovias brasileiras, visando à proposição de parâmetros de projeto geométrico compatíveis, contemplando os aspectos da interação dos veículos e da via, com ênfase para os veículos de grande porte, e em particular os veículos do tipo CVC. São propostos ajustes nos padrões técnicos estabelecidos pelo DNER, atual DNIT, de forma a adequar a geometria das rodovias às características e restrições dos veículos em operação. Foi realizado ainda um estudo de caso para um conjunto de trechos de rodovias no Estado de São Paulo e no Estado do Ceará, com características técnicas diferentes, onde trafegam CVCs de diversas configurações com restrições, permitindo que sejam identificados os ajustes necessários na geometria para adequação ao tráfego, bem como orientar a concepção de outros projetos.
In Brazil the majority of passenger and goods transportation is carried out by the highway transportation system. Vehicle industry does a continuous job of designing new models in order to increase capacities, producing bigger vehicles, with more axles, as well as long combination vehicles (LCVs). These modifications aim to attend a market demand that is looking for better productivity figures for transportations services. However, to assure a good level of safety in the operation of these vehicles, it is necessary a guarantee of compatibility of them with the roads where they will circulate. The main objective of this thesis is the research of the characteristics and standards of vehicles traveling on brazilian roads, in order to analyze design parameters, considering the interaction between vehicles and roads. The problem of the flow of large vehicles, in particular LCVs, is emphasized. Adjustments on the design standards, established by the DNER (presently named DNIT), are proposed with the intention of adequate the road geometry to the vehicles characteristics and restrictions. A case study was carried out for a set of highway segments of the states of São Paulo and Ceará. These segments present different technical characteristics and are traversed, with some restrictions, by different types of LCVs. This study allows not only the identification of necessary adjustment on the road geometry to hold up the existing traffic flow, but also the design of new projects standards.

This research contributes to the existing body of knowledge relating to crash compatibility (the minimisation of injury risk faced by all participants involved in a collision in traffic). The research focuses on the topic of structural interaction in collisions involving passenger vehicles, a phenomenon describing the efficiency of energy dissipation within existing deformation-zones of a passenger vehicle during a collision. A new definition for structural interaction was developed and several metrics to evaluate structural interaction and compatibility in car-to-car collisions were proposed, based on the commonly known Equivalent Energy Speed (EES) metric. The new EES metrics describe equivalent closing velocities for a given collision based on the energy dissipated within the front-ends (EESFF) and the entire structure (EESVV) of both vehicles involved in a head-on collision. These metrics form the basis of the new knowledge generated by this research. Additionally, a new method was developed to measure the amount of energy dissipated through structural deformation in a collision, based on accelerometer readings. This method was applied to several experimental and simulationbased car-to-car collisions and the validity of the method was proven. Based on the energy dissipation which occurred in the car-to-car collisions analysed, the degree of compatibility reached and the level of structural interaction which occurred in each collision was evaluated by applying the newly developed EESFF and EESVV metrics. Thie research also investigates the assessment of vehicles' structures in a standardized procedure with a view to improving structural interaction in the real-world. Several fixed barrier crash tests have been proposed in different configurations and with different assessment criteria. All assessments aim to evaluate the geometrical characteristics of the front-ends of passenger vehicles. A set of factors required from a compatilibility assessment focused on assessing vehicle geometry were identified. The proposed compatibility assessment procedures were evaluated based on their ability to predict the potential for structural interaction offered by passenger vehicles.

Avec l’électrification des moyens de transport, nous constatons ces dernières années une augmentation de l’utilisation de l’électronique de puissance et de la puissance mise en jeu dans les véhicules électriques ou hybrides (VEH). A cela s’ajoute une intégration de cette électronique dans des milieux de plus en plus compacts, a conduit à l’apparition de problèmes de la compatibilité électromagnétique (CEM) et d’exposition aux champs électromagnétiques. Pour réduire les effets indésirables des champs électromagnétiques, le blindage électromagnétique est l’une des solutions envisageables. Ces travaux de thèse portent essentiellement sur le blindage magnétique basse fréquence en champ proche des boîtiers contenant des équipements d’électroniques de puissance. Généralement, les boîtiers sont équipés d’ouvertures et de fentes ce qui conduit à une dégradation des performances du blindage magnétique. Nous nous intéressons dans ces travaux de thèse au développement de modèles permettant la prédiction de l’efficacité de blindage magnétique en tenant compte des effets de la diffusion, des ouvertures et des fentes. Ces différents modèles permettront aux concepteurs de maitriser les contraintes liées au blindage magnétique des dispositifs d’électroniques embarquées à bord des véhicules. L’aptitude ou la capacité des méthodes numériques à résoudre les problèmes de diffusion des champs magnétiques dans les tôles minces en présence et en absence d'ouvertures est présentée. Dans le cas de boîtiers munis de fentes de faibles dimensions, des approches basées sur la méthode des moments magnétiques sont développées pour la prédiction de l’efficacité de blindage magnétique. Des bancs de test ont été développés pour valider ces modèles. Dans le cas de fentes de dimensions quelconques, des approches dites "hybrides" associant des méthodes numériques et analytiques ont été développées et validées expérimentalement. Les approches développées ont été appliquées dans le cadre de l’étude d’une application industrielle
The electrification of transport means, in recent years leads to an increase of the use of the power electronics and the power involved in electric or hybrid vehicles (HEV). With the integration of electronic devices in more compact environments, appear problems of the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and the electromagnetic field exposure. To reduce the effects of electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic shielding is one of the possible solutions.This thesis focus mainly on the magnetic shielding at low frequency in near field of enclosures containing power electronics. Usually, the enclosures are equipped with openings and slots which results in degraded performance of the magnetic shield. We develop models for predicting the magnetic shielding taking into account the effects of diffusion, openings and slots.These models will allow designers to control the magnetic shielding constraints of embedded electronic devices in vehicles. The ability or capability of numerical methods to solve the problems of the magnetic fields diffusion in thin sheets in the presence and absence of openings is presented. In the case of enclosures with slots of small dimensions's, magnetic moments approaches are developed for the prediction of magnetic shielding effectiveness. Test benches are developed to validate these models. In the general case, so-called “hybrid” approaches combining the analytical and numerical methods are developed and experimentally validated. The developed approaches are also applied in the framework of an industrial application

Thesis deals with the compatibility of vehicles in a frontal collision. The first section discusses about compatibility from different views. There are the physical processes used in the mechanics of impact. The second part is focused on solving the compatibility of vehicles in a frontal collision by crash analysis using the finite element method. Firstly there are described collisions of vehicles from different vehicle classes (small cars, lower middle class, Pick up / SUV) into the fixed barrier by the US NCAP. Furthermore there are simulated head-on collisions of vehicles from different vehicle classes. In the end there is shown the possibility of using data from crash tests to determine the EES.

Dissertation (PhD. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.
Dissertation Advisor(s): Don Brutzman. "September 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328). Also available in print.

Dans l’industrie automobile, le véhicule électrique séduit de plus en plus de clients. Ce qui limite sa progression dans le marché est son manque d’autonomie. Une des solutions permettant d’augmenter l’autonomie d’un véhicule est de réduire sa masse en modifiant la géométrie des pièces et les matériaux utilisés. Cependant, de tels changements peuvent avoir des impacts sur la CEM du véhicule.Les travaux de cette thèse portent sur l’étude de l’allègement du blindage des batteries de traction pour véhicule électrique du point de vue de la CEM. Plusieurs méthodes de caractérisation de matériaux sont mises en place dans ce document. Une méthode innovante reposant sur l’utilisation d’une cellule TEM ou d’une stripline a été développée durant ces travaux de thèse, elle permet de mesurer la permittivité relative complexe d’un matériau diélectrique inconnu entre 1 kHz et 1 GHz. Les propriétés électromagnétiques ainsi mesurées sont insérées dans des modèles numériques 3D. Les méthodes numériques adaptées à ce type d’étude sont les différences finies dans le domaine temporel et la méthode des moments. L’étude du rayonnement de la batterie a été effectuée grâce à une maquette à l’échelle ½ en chambre semi-anéchoïque et en chambre réverbérante à brassage de mode selon des montages normatifs. Des configurations plus complexes ont ensuite été étudiées en tenant compte de l’intégration du pack-batterie dans le véhicule
In automotive industry, electric vehicle is becoming more and more attractive for car buyers. The market penetration of electric vehicle is limited by its short range. One of the solutions to increase the range is to lower the weight of the vehicle by modifying the geometry or the material composition. Nevertheless, such changes may have consequences on the EMC of the vehicle.The work of this thesis concern the study of weight reduction of the battery shield from an EMC point of view. Several methods for materials characterization are set in this document. A method which uses a TEM cell or a stripline has been designed during this thesis to measure the complex relative permittivity of an unknown dielectric material. Then, the measured properties are inserted into numerical 3D models. The numerical techniques that fit this study are the finite differences in time domain and the method of moments. The study of radiated electromagnetic field from a battery has been performed thanks to a ½ scale model in semi anechoic chamber and mode-stirred reverberation chamber according to standard setups. More complex configurations were studied taking into account the integration of the battery-pack into the vehicle

L'objectif de cette these est de modeliser l'interaction entre un signal electromagnetique et un vehicule routier. Ce travail de modelisation a ete aborde sous deux aspects : - le premier a consiste a modeliser un vehicule dans son environnement de test c'est-a-dire a l'interieur d'une chambre semi-anechoique. Ceci a necessite un travail de modelisation des materiaux absorbants qui tapissent les murs et le plafond de la chambre semi-anechoique. On montre qu'il est possible de remplacer les panneaux de materiaux absorbants par une lame inhomogene anisotrope. - la deuxieme concerne la modelisation du vehicule en espace libre, c'est-a-dire en s'affranchissant du moyen d'essai qu'est la chambre semi-anechoique. On s'est alors interesse a la facon de modeliser les ouvertures fines du type de celles rencontrees sur un vehicule. Cette etude a montre la necessite de modeliser finement la geometrie des parois au voisinage des ouvertures. A ce prix l'accord calcul/mesure est satisfaisant, tant pour la position des resonances que pour les niveaux de champ. Dans cette meme partie nous avons aussi effectue des calculs sur une structure simplifiee d'une caisse de vehicule a l'echelle 1/2 a l'interieur de laquelle sont places des fils. On constate que pour ce qui est des comparaisons de niveaux de champ a l'interieur et a l'exterieur du vehicule on obtient une bonne correlation calcul/mesure. Pour ce qui est des tensions en extremites de fils on montre comment il est possible pour les fils disposes perpendiculairement a la direction de propagation de l'onde plane illuminatrice de s'affranchir du regime d'ondes stationnaires present sous le generateur experimental d'onde plane. Pour les fils disposes parallelement a la direction de propagation de l'onde plane illuminatrice il n'est pas possible de s'affranchir du regime d'ondes stationnaires mais on montre comment le modele permet de prendre en compte le regime d'ondes stationnaires en superposant a l'onde plane incidente une onde plane reflechie. En conclusion nous presentons un calcul sur une caisse de 306 qui constitue l'aboutissement de l'etude de faisabilite des calculs en cem sur vehicules reels.

Cette thèse présente, dans un premier temps, une nouvelle approche pour traiter les lignes de transmission, appelée la Théorie des Lignes de Transmission Améliorée et Modifiée (TLTAM). Cette extension du formalisme classique de la théorie des lignes de transmission est directement dérivée des équations de Maxwell et ne se limite pas à la seule prise en compte du mode transverse électromagnétique (TEM). Tout en conservant la simplicité du formalisme classique, cette extension aboutit à la définition de paramètres linéiques évolués et associés au mode antenne de la ligne de transmission. Cette solution présente l’avantage d’être compatible avec les noyaux de calcul existants, tout en palliant certaines limitations de la théorie des lignes de transmission (TLT) classique. LA TLTAM est tout d’abord définie pour le cas élémentaire d’une ligne de transmission à conducteur unique. Elle est ensuite généralisée au cas d’un nombre quelconque de conducteurs. Les matrices de paramètres linéiques correspondants sont alors définies. Les capacités de cette nouvelle théorie sont démontrées et validées au moyen de confrontations avec la solution directe des équations de Maxwell et de résultats de mesure. Dans un deuxième temps, le traitement d’une ligne de transmission multiconducteur située à distance d’un plan de référence conducteur est effectué au moyen d’une nouvelle approche désignée sous le nom de Théorie des Lignes de Transmission à Double Référence Intégrée (TLTDRI). Cette approche permet de simplifier l’évaluation des paramètres linéiques du faisceau en scindant le problème initial en deux sous-ensembles de lignes de transmission couplées. Le premier sous-ensemble est composé d'un fil conducteur du faisceau choisi arbitrairement et le plan de référence et constitue le sous-ensemble externe. Le deuxième sousensemble est composé uniquement des fils conducteurs du faisceau, en l’absence du plan de référence et constitue un sous-ensemble interne dont la référence locale est le fil choisi précédemment. On montre alors que seul le sous-ensemble externe nécessite le calcul de paramètres linéiques évolués associés à TLTAM. Le calcul des paramètres linéiques dans le système à référence unique constituée par le plan de référence, est reconstitué à partir de formules de passage permettant leur expression à partir des paramètres linéiques des deux sousensembles. Cette approche est validée et ses résultats sont en très bon accord avec ceux fournis par un calcul numérique direct des équations de Maxwell ainsi que ceux de la TLTAM. Elle permet une simplification très significative du traitement de l’interaction entre le faisceau de câble et la structure conductrice de référence
This thesis presents, in a first step, a new approach to deal with transmission lines called the Modified Enhanced Transmission Line Theory (METLT). This extension of the classical formalism of the transmission line theory (TLT) is directly derived from Maxwell's equations without the restriction to the transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode. This extension leads to the definition of enhanced per-unit-length (p.u.l.) parameters taking into account the antenna mode of the transmission line, while it keeps the simplicity of the classical formalism. This solution presents the advantage of being compatible with the existing TLT solvers while overcoming some limitations of the classical TLT. The METLT is firstly developed for the simple case of a single conductor transmission line. It is then generalized to the case of any number of conductors. The corresponding matrices of the p.u.l. parameters are then calculated. The capabilities of this new theory are demonstrated and validated by the means of comparisons with results obtained through a rigorous resolution of Maxwell's equations and measurements results. In a second step, a multi-conductor transmission line sufficiently far from the reference ground plane is assessed through a new approach called: Embedded Double Reference Transmission Line Theory (EDRTLT). This approach allows the simplification of the calculation of the harness p.u.l. parameters by splitting the first set of wires above a ground plane into two subsets of coupled transmission lines. The first subset consists in a conducting wire chosen arbitrarily and the reference ground plane and forms the external subset. The second subset consists only in the conducting wires of the harness, in the absence of the ground plane, and forms an internal subset which local reference is the wire chosen previously. We show that only the external subset requires the calculation of the enhanced p.u.l. parameters with the METLT. The calculation of the harness p.u.l. parameters in the system with a single reference, which is the ground plane only, is made through transformation formulae that allow their extraction from the p.u.l. parameters of the two subsets. This approach is validated and its results are in a very good agreement with those obtained by a rigorous resolution of Maxwell's equations and those of the METLT. It allows a great simplification to assess the interaction between the harness and the reference conducting structure

The doctoral thesis deals with aspects of pre-certification tests of electromagnetic immunity in the automotive industry. The thesis analyses commonly used test methodology and mentions that standardized electromagnetic immunity tests performed by certified testing centres, which are extremely expensive and represents a considerable time load in the development of the vehicle. The thesis therefore proposes innovative ways for replacement of certification tests with an acceptable level of uncertainty. Key methods are seen in numerical simulations and modified test procedures when the vehicle is exposed by electromagnetic field. The proposed methods are deeply explored and their benefits are discussed and support by number of experiments. The results obtained with the pre-certification methods are objectively compared with the results of the certification measurements by FSV method. The work brings a proposal for a comprehensive test methodology including a discussion of risks and uncertainties with related issues.

Esta pesquisa avalia a aplicabilidade de modelos matemáticos para analisar a compatibilidade de tráfego de caminhões e combinações de veículos de carga com trechos de rodovias. Os modelos avaliados permitiram a elaboração de um simulador de tráfego de veículos rodoviários de carga em trechos de rodovias, permitindo determinar o perfil de velocidades com base nas características mecânicas do veículo e o perfil da rodovia. O método permite ainda obter os valores de aceleração, potência utilizada, e consumo de combustível. Os resultados obtidos mostraram-se consistentes com observações de campo e recomendações de manuais de projeto de rodovias. Outros fatores associados à compatibilidade entre veículos e rodovias, como capacidade de frenagem motora, capacidade de frenagem de emergência, requisitos de sobrelargura, estabilidade veicular, influência do comportamento do condutor sobre as simulações, consumo de combustíveis e emissões de poluentes são discutidos. Conclui-se que o simulador tem utilidade tanto como ferramenta de análise da compatibilidade de tráfego de veículos de carga em trechos de rodovias, como para identificar deficiências de projeto geométrico de rodovias para autorizar o tráfego de determinadas configurações veiculares.
This research evaluates the applicability of mathematical models to analyze the traffic compatibility of trucks or cargo combination vehicles with road segments. The evaluated models led to a cargo vehicle locomotion simulator along a road segment, that calculates the speed profile of the vehicle as a function of its mechanical characteristics and the road profile. The method also calculates values of acceleration, used power, and fuel consumption. The results obtained are consistent with field observations and recommendations of road design manuals. Others factors associated with the traffic compatibility of cargo vehicles with geometric characteristics of a road segment like engine braking capability, emergency braking capability, overwidht requirements, vehicle stability, conductor influence, fuel consumption, and emissions rates are also discussed. The conclusion is that the simulator can be used as a tool for traffic compatibility analysis of cargo vehicles with road sections or to identify road design deficiencies to certify traffic of certain vehicle configurations.

碩士
國立暨南國際大學
電機工程學系
103
This thesis proposes EMC design rules and design skills for the design of printed circuit board layouts. A power charging management circuit and a motor control circuit of electric vehicles are adopted as examples to demonstrate the EMC design. The two circuits will produce noises due to a large number of electric currents flowing in the paths. To avoid the interference of conducted emission and radiated emission and to save the cost of parts used in the circuits, the printed circuit board layout should be carefully designed in the beginning stage of designing these large power of circuits. Measured results of the designed circuit reveal that conducted emission measurements meet the criteria of CNS 13438 V AV B and the level of radiated emission is lower than that of the criteria except the radiated emission level less than the frequency of 220 MHz. The results show that the proposed EMC design methods work very well for the power charging management circuit. Some EMC troubleshooting skills are proposed as well to solve the radiated emission level problem. The proposed EMC know-how can be used for designing large power electric circuits.

碩士
雲林科技大學
工業工程與管理研究所碩士班
97
Drivers can not predict and perceive the problems of vehicle and road environment changes all the time, and thus the in-vehicle warning information systems can provide useful information for safety improvement. Well-designed in-vehicle warning information systems become more important in complex traffic condition today. In a stimulus-response task, spatial compatibility can increase the driver’s response accuracy and decrease the response time. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of in-vehicle auditory warning information adopting spatial compatibility design concept upon driver’s behaviors and performance. This study includes three stages. The first stage is to design and to develop the visual and auditory warning information systems based on previous literature review guidelines. The second stage, an experiment is conducted to compare the three visual warning information formats, i.e., text only vs. icon only vs. text and icon. In the third stage, based on the stage two evaluation results, the optimal visual warning information format is then brought to be compared to the auditory warning information with or without the design concept of spatial compatibility via a driving simulator experiment. In this way, the in-vehicle warning information interfaces in this stage will include visual display, auditory display with spatial compatibility, auditory display, visual and auditory display with spatial compatibility, visual and auditory display. This simulator experiment is to assess the impact of those five warning information displays upon driver’s behavior and response. 30 drivers following the within-subjects design participate in the second and third stage experiments and the dependent variables collected for this study include driving performances, response times, and driver’s subjective workload. Results showed that (1) comparative evaluation of three visual warning information formats, subjects’ performances using icon only and text and icon formats were better than those using text only format; (2) Hybrid in-vehicle auditory and visual warning information interface was more beneficial for task performances than single auditory (or visual) warning information interface; (3) spatial compatibility indeed was helpful to decrease response time and improve response accuracy, and this effect was more significant while combined with the visual display.

碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
電機工程系
88
This thesis focuses on the problems of the electromagnetic compatibility due to the power-supply system of the vehicles. For evaluating background noise levels before the Taiwan high-speed train system is built, the power-frequency magnetic fields and radio-frequency electromagnetic noises are measured at several locations near the high-speed train route. The measured results are also compared emission of the whole railway system to the outside world with the European Norm, prEN50121-2. Besides, the magnetic compatibility measurements are performed for the vehicles of the Taiwan Train Company and Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, and also an electric motorcycle. The results are compared with the European Norm and China National Standard. Thus, the electromagnetic interferences due to those vehicles can be analyzed. On the other hand, approaches for shielding magnetic fields are also studied in this thesis. The shielding performance of the metal wires on power-frequency magnetic fields is evaluated by applying a quasi-static magnetic method. Also, a finite element program, FLUX3D, is used to determine the shielding effects of the metal plates on low-frequency magnetic fields. Besides, measurements on the magnetic field shielding of the metal plates are performed to verify the simulation results. Thus, those methods may be employed to mitigate the low-frequency magnetic-field interferences caused by vehicle systems.

The Vehicle Routing Problem has been around for more than 50 years and has been of major interest to the operations research community. The VRP pose a complex problem with major benefits for the industry. In every supply chain transportation occurs between customers and suppliers. In this thesis, we analyze the use of a multiple pheromone trial in using Ant Systems to solve the VRP. The goal is to find a reasonable solution for data environments of derivatives of the basic VRP. An adaptive object model approach is followed to allow for additional constraints and customizable cost functions. A parallel method is used to improve speed and traversing the solution space. The Ant System is applied to the local search operations as well as the data objects. The Tabu Search method is used in the local search part of the solution. The study succeeds in allowing for all of the key performance indicators, i.e. efficiency, effectiveness, alignment, agility and integration for an IT system, where the traditional research on a VRP algorithm only focuses on the first two.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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