Essays about: "string stability"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words string stability.

  1. 6. Linear Quadratic Control for Heavy Duty Vehicle Platooning

    University essay from KTH/Reglerteknik

    Author : Kuo-Yun Liang; [2011]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Scania CV AB has estimated that the fuel consumption constitutes 30% of the operational costs of a heavy duty vehicle. With the increasing oil price, reducing the fuel consumption becomes highly profitable. A mitigation to the high fuel consumption is to form a platoon. READ MORE

  3. 7. Weight optimization of steel trusses by a genetic algorithm - size, shape and topology optimization according to Eurocode

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Konstruktionsteknik; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)

    Author : Max Hultman; [2010]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : There are benefits of weight optimized structures in many engineering fields. In civil engineering it can for instance be associated with cheaper structural parts and easier transportation. In this study a genetic optimization algorithm for weight minimization of steel trusses has been developed in MATLAB. READ MORE

  4. 8. Experiments with Vehicle Platooning

    University essay from Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE)

    Author : Essayas Gebrewahid Woldu; Fareed Ahmed Jokhio; [2010]
    Keywords : Robotic-vehicle platooning; Autonomous platooning; vehicle platooning; TinyTimber; Embedded Systems Programing;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with an experimental platform for studying cooperative driving and techniques for embedded systems programming. Cooperative driving systems use vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication for safe, smooth and efficient transportation. READ MORE

  5. 9. Dynamic Simulation of the Train Concept Nowait Transit

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Daria Madjidian; Arash Majedi; [2005]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with some aspects of the Nowait Transit train concept in order to provide insight and guidelines for further development. The train constitutes an interconnected closed string of cars and requires track areas with complex rail geometry. READ MORE