Browsing by Subject "Trucks"

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Analytical target cascading for the design of an advanced technology heavy truck

Louca, Loucas S.; Kokkolaras, M.; Delagrammatikas, G. J.; Michelena, N. F.; Filipi, Z. S.; Papalambros, P. Y.; Assanis, D. N. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)

Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a methodology that can be used during the early development stages of large and complex systems for propagating desirable overall product targets to appropriate individual specifications ...

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Combined optimisation of design and power management of the hydraulic hybrid propulsion system for the 6 × 6 medium truck

Filipi, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Daran, B.; Lin, C.-C.; Yildir, U.; Wu, B.; Kokkolaras, M.; Assanis, D.; Peng, H.; Papalambros, P.; Stein, J.; Szkubiel, D.; Chapp, R. (2004)

Hybrid propulsion systems are one of the critical technologies on the roadmap to future ultra-efficient trucks. While there is a significant body of work related to hybrid passenger cars and light commercial trucks, there ...

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Combined Variable Speed Limit and Lane Change Control for Truck-Dominant Highway Segment

Zhang, Y.; Ioannou, Petros A. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)

Traffic demand of trucks is rapidly increasing on highway networks, which harms highway traffic mobility, safety and the environment. Variable speed limit (VSL) control is considered to be able to improve the traffic ...

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Design of an advanced heavy tactical truck: A target cascading case study

Michelena, N.; Louca, Loucas S.; Kokkolaras, M.; Lin, C.-C.; Jung, D.; Filipi, Z.; Assanis, D.; Papalambros, P.; Peng, H.; Stein, J.; Feury, M. (2001)

The target cascading methodology is applied to the conceptual design of an advanced heavy tactical truck. Two levels are defined: an integrated truck model is represented at the top (vehicle) level and four independent ...

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Design under uncertainty and assessment of performance reliability of a dual-use medium truck with hydraulic-hybrid powertrain and fuel cell auxiliary power unit

Kokkolaras, M.; Filipi, Z.; Stefanopoulou, A.; Papalambros, P.; Assanis, D.; Mourelatos, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Delagrammatikas, G. J. (2005)

Medium trucks constitute a large market segment of the commercial transportation sector, and are also used widely for military tactical operations. Recent technological advances in hybrid powertrains and fuel cell auxiliary ...

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Fuel cell APU for silent watch and mild electrification of a medium tactical truck

Filipi, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Stefanopoulou, A.; Pukrushpan, J.; Kittirungsi, B.; Peng, H. (2004)

This paper investigates the opportunities for improving truck fuel economy through the use of a Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit (FC APU) for silent watch, as well as for powering electrified engine accessories during driving. ...

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Generating proper dynamic models for truck mobility and handling

Louca, Loucas S.; Rideout, D. G.; Stein, J. L.; Hulbert, G. M. (2004)

The effectiveness and utility of an energy-based model reduction algorithm for two different vehicle system modeling applications are discussed. The first case study focuses on the vehicle dynamics model of a military ...

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Integration and use of diesel engine, driveline and vehicle dynamics models for heavy duty truck simulation

Assanis, D.; Bryzik, W.; Chalhoub, N.; Filipi, Z.; Henein, N.; Jung, D.; Liu, X.; Louca, Loucas S.; Moskwa, J.; Munns, S.; Overholt, J.; Papalambros, P.; Riley, S.; Rubin, Z.; Sendur, P.; Stein, J.; Zhang, G. (1999)

An integrated vehicle system simulation has been developed to take advantage of advances in physical process and component models, flexibility of graphical programming environments (such as MATLAB-SIMULINK), and ever ...

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Longitudinal control of heavy trucks in mixed traffic: Environmental and fuel economy considerations

Zhang, J.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2006)

In this paper, longitudinal vehicle-following controllers for heavy trucks with different spacing policies are designed, analyzed, simulated, and experimentally tested, and their performance in mixed traffic with passenger ...

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Longitudinal control of heavy trucks: Environmental and fuel economy considerations

Zhang, J.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2004)

In this paper we design, analyze, simulate and experimentally test longitudinal vehicle following controllers for heavy trucks with different spacing policies and evaluate their performance in mixed traffic with passenger ...

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Modelling and control of a medium-duty hybrid electric truck

Lin, C.-C.; Filipi, Z.; Louca, Loucas S.; Peng, H.; Assanis, D.; Stein, J. (2004)

The main contributions of this paper are the development of a forward-looking hybrid vehicle simulation tool, and its application to the design of a power management control algorithm, The hybrid electric vehicle simulation ...

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Modelling and reduction techniques for studies of integrated hybrid vehicle systems

Louca, Loucas S.; Yildir, B. U. (2006)

Models of integrated vehicle systems are essential for designing hybrid vehicles by means of simulation-based optimization. Given the complexity of hybrid vehicle systems, designing is a time consuming process that requires ...

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Simulation-based optimal design of heavy trucks by model-based decomposition: An extensive analytical target cascading case study

Kokkolaras, M.; Louca, Loucas S.; Delagrammatikas, G. J.; Michelena, N. F.; Filipi, Z. S.; Papalambros, P. Y.; Stein, J. L.; Assanis, D. N. (2004)

We present the findings of an extensive case study for the decomposed, simulation-based, optimal design of an advanced technology heavy truck by means of analytical target cascading. The use of a series hybridelectric ...

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Target cascading in vehicle redesign: A class VI truck study

Kim, H. M.; Kokkolaras, M.; Louca, Loucas S.; Delagrammatikas, G. J.; Michelena, N. F.; Filipi, Z. S.; Papalambros, P. Y.; Stein, J. L.; Assanis, D. N. (2002)

The analytical target cascading process is applied to the redesign of a U.S. class VI truck. Necessary simulation and analysis models for predicting vehicle dynamics, powertrain, and suspension behaviour are developed. ...

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A Traffic Light Signal Control System with Truck Priority

Zhao, Y.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2016)

This paper proposed and evaluated a traffic light control system for signalized urban intersections that aims to benefit all traffic flows involved by giving priority to trucks. The problem is motivated from the observation ...

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Validation and use of SIMULINK integrated, high fidelity, engine-in-vehicle simulation of the international class VI truck

Assanis, D.; Filipi, Z.; Gravante, S.; Grohnke, D.; Gui, X.; Louca, Loucas S.; Rideout, G.; Stein, J.; Wang, Y. (2000)

This work presents the development, validation and use of a SIMULINK integrated vehicle system simulation composed of engine, driveline and vehicle dynamics modules. The engine model links the appropriate number of ...

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Vehicle model robustness: A case study of the FMTV military truck model

Sohns, B. J.; Stein, J. L.; Louca, Loucas S. (2005)

Vital to the effectiveness of simulation-based design is having a model of known quality of the system being designed. The purpose of this paper is to validate a simplified dynamic model of an FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical ...