Collision mitigation and vehicle transportation safety using integrated vehicle dynamics control systems

作     者：Mustafa Elkady Ahmed Elmaralebi John Maclntyre Mohammed Alhariri 

作者机构：School of EngineeringLebanese International UniversityBeirutLebanon Faculty of EngineeringAin Shams UniversityCairoEgypt Faculty of Engineering and Advanced ManufacturingUniversity of SunderlandSunderlandSR6 ODDUK 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition)》 (交通运输工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第4卷第1期

页      面：41-60页

学科分类：082304[工学-载运工具运用工程] 08[工学] 082303[工学-交通运输规划与管理] 080204[工学-车辆工程] 0802[工学-机械工程] 082302[工学-交通信息工程及控制] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：the Egyptian government and the Faculty of Engineering Ain Shams University for supporting this research 

主　　题：Vehicle transportation safety Collision mitigation Vehicle dynamics and control Mathematical modelling Occupant kinematics 

摘      要：The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of vehicle dynamics control systems （VDCS） on both the collision of the vehicle body and the kinematic behaviour of the ve- hicle＇s occupant in case of offset frontal vehicle-to-vehicle collision. A unique 6-degree-of- freedom （6-DOF） vehicle dynamics/crash mathematical model and a simplified lumped mass occupant model are developed. The first model is used to define the vehicle body crash parameters and it integrates a vehicle dynamics model with a vehicle front-end structure model. The second model aims to predict the effect of VDCS on the kinematics of the occupant. It is shown from the numerical simulations that the vehicle dynamics/crash response and occupant behaviour can be captured and analysed quickly and accurately. Yurthermore, it is shown that the VDCS can affect the crash characteristics positively and the occupant behaviour is improved.