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Diab, I. (author), Saffirio, Alice (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Bauer, P. (author)Solar PV systems have so far been the source of choice for the sustainable supply of urban electric transport networks—like trams and trolleybus grids. However, no consensus exists yet on the placement or sizing of PV systems at the traction substations, and no method is available for easy estimation of the PV system utilization performance....journal article 2023
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Singh, Ajaypal (author)Bicycle disc brake noise and vibration, which usually falls in the frequency range of 0-2 kHz, is a principal braking quality attribute that has started to attract significant interest from bicycle manufacturers. Brake noise is an irritant to their customers, who see it as a symptom of a defective brake and that leads to unnecessary warranty...master thesis 2022
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de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Saffarian, M (author), Senders, John W. (author)Objective: To share results of an experiment that used visual occlusion for a new purpose: inducing a waiting time. Background: Senders was a leading figure in human factors. In his research on the visual demands of driving, he used occlusion techniques. Methods: In a simulator experiment, we examined how drivers brake for different levels of...journal article 2022
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Diab, I. (author), Saffirio, Alice (author), Chandra Mouli, G.R. (author), Tomar, Abhishek Singh (author), Bauer, P. (author)This paper offers a complete and verified model of DC trolleybus grids and examines the effect of the common modelling assumptions made in literature by using simulations, as well as bus and substation measurements from the grid of Arnhem, the Netherlands. An equivalent model for the overhead line impedance is offered taking into account the...journal article 2022
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Ali, Yasir (author), Haque, Md Mazharul (author), Zheng, Zuduo (author), Afghari, A.P. (author)Driver's response to a pedestrian crossing requires braking, whereby both excess and inadequate braking is directly associated with crash risk. The highly anticipated connected environment aims to increase drivers’ situational awareness by providing advanced information and assisting them during critical driving tasks such as braking....journal article 2022
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Erdinçler, Onur (author)Optimal design of a lift dumping assembly (LDA) has been found utilizing a gapped spoiler design that consists of two separate surfaces that are placed at 0.06b-0.17b and 0.28b-0.038b spanwise locations. The gapped design allows the cross flow amplified at the hingeline of the inboard spoiler to escape through the middle gap increasing the lift...master thesis 2021
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de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Stanton, Neville (author), Eisma, Y.B. (author)The last decade has seen a surge of driving simulator research on automation-to-manual take-overs. In this commentary, we argue that most research within the take-over paradigm bears little resemblance to real automated driving. Furthermore, we claim that results within this paradigm could already be known based on published research from the...journal article 2021
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Lee, J. (author), Mitici, M.A. (author)Aircraft maintenance is key for safe and efficient aircraft operations. While most studies propose cost-efficient maintenance strategies, the safety and efficiency of these strategies need to be quantified. This paper proposes a formal framework to assess the safety and efficiency of maintenance strategies by means of agent-based modelling,...journal article 2020
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Jakka, Naveen (author)Platooning is an application of autonomous driving in which the vehicles travel linearly following each other. The benefits of such driving are many-fold, primarily it increases the traffic throughput and also reduces fuel consumption as the result of minimized drag experienced by the vehicles. The state-of-the-art technologies to achieve...master thesis 2020
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Sharma, Samriddh (author)Today, 60% of the European mainline railway network is electrified with 80% of total traffic. It will further increase driven by The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and sustainability initiatives. As electricity consumption by railway networks increases, quantification of rail transport’s actual energy consumption is essential....master thesis 2020
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Pretagostini, Francesco (author), Ferranti, L. (author), Berardo, Giovanni (author), Ivanov, Valentin (author), Shyrokau, B. (author)Since their introduction, anti-lock braking systems (ABS) have mostly relied on heuristic, rule-based control strategies. ABS performance, however, can be significantly improved thanks to many recent technological developments. This work presents an extensive review of the state of the art to verify such a statement and quantify the benefits...journal article 2020
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Scheepmaker, G.M. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author)Energy-efficient train control (EETC) has been studied a lot over the last decades, because it contributes to cost savings and reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The aim of EETC is to minimize total traction energy consumption of a train run given the running time in the timetable. Most research is focused to apply mechanical braking on...journal article 2020
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Chowdhri, Nishant (author)The automotive sector has seen a rapid transition towards autonomous driving with an aim to achieve SAE Level 5 vehicle. The incessant drive for innovation has resulted in modern passenger cars equipped with plethora of control technologies such as ABS, VSC, AFS via EPS assist etc. all working respectively in various critical and non-critical...master thesis 2019
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van trigt, chris (author)This exploration study focuses on the braking behaviour of World Tour cyclists during a descent. For this study, 8 riders descended over 6 trials using a ‘sensor bike’. As part of this particular study, a novel brake sensor is developed and validated in practice. The sensor package can be transferred between bicycles, allowing each rider to use...master thesis 2019
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Mohammadnejad, Ali (author), Bahrami, Abbas (author), Goli, Majid (author), Dehbashi Nia, Hossein (author), Taheri, P. (author)This paper investigated a failure in a ventilated disc brake in an automobile. The failed brake disc had been in service for approximately 10 years. The observed failure was in the form of radial cracks that appeared to have initiated at the outer edge of the disc brake. The cracks were rather straight with no branching. Optical microscope,...journal article 2019
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Negi, Naman Singh (author), van Leeuwen, P.M. (author), Happee, R. (author)This study is an extension of a previous work where differences between race-car drivers and normal drivers has been investigated in a high-speed driving task. The study focused on gaining knowledge about driver differences that can be helpful in designing an adaptive ADAS by introducing the driver into the control loop. The present study...conference paper 2019
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Negi, Naman Singh (author), van Leeuwen, P.M. (author), Happee, R. (author)Safety is one of the major areas of concerns today in the field of automotive development. Different safety measures have and are being introduced in order to improve driver/passenger and pedestrian safety. Advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) are therefore becoming increasingly important in their role of reducing driver crash risk. A...conference paper 2019
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Xiong, Xiaoxia (author), Wang, M. (author), Cai, Yingfeng (author), Cheng, Long (author), Farah, H. (author), Hagenzieker, M.P. (author)Measuring risk is critical for collision avoidance. The paper aims to develop an online risk level classification algorithm for forward collision avoidance systems. Assuming risk levels are reflected by braking profiles, deceleration curves from critical evasive braking events from the Virginia “100-car” database were first extracted. The...journal article 2019
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Pretagostini, Francesco (author), Shyrokau, B. (author), Berardo, Giovanni (author)Since several decades anti-lock braking systems rely on rule-based control strategies. Extensive literature review highlighted the possibility that significant improvements could be achieved if ABS controllers were redesigned taking advantage of the technological improvements achieved in the last decade. This work aims to verify this...conference paper 2019
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Savitski, Dzmitry (author), Ivanov, Valentin (author), Augsburg, Klaus (author), Shyrokau, B. (author), Fujimoto, Hiroshi (author)The paper presents an overview of continuous wheel slip control (WSC) methods as the part of anti-lock braking system (ABS) for the several vehicles configurations with friction brakes and electric motors. Performance of proposed WSC design variants using several control techniques has been experimentally evaluated for three different test...conference paper 2019