Energy-Efficient and Semi-Automated Truck Platooning : : Research and Evaluation / / editors, Alexander Schirrer [et al.]

• Superior document: Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure.
• TeilnehmendeR: Schirrer, Alexander.; Gratzer, Alexander L.; Thormann, Sebastian.; Jakubek, Stefan.; Neubauer, Matthias.; Schildorfer, Wolfgang.
• Place / Publishing House: ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.) :; illustrations (chiefly color).
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project "Connecting Austria," illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort considers aspects of engineering, road-vehicle and infrastructure technologies, traffic management and optimization, traffic safety, and psychology, as well as potential economic effects.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction & Research Approach --Research Need: An Overview on Project "Connecting Austria" --Platooning Around the World --Research Design & Evaluation Strategies --Truck Platooning Requirements Analysis --Part II: Methodology --Computation Fluid Dynamics Assessment of Truck Platoons --Simulation of Platoon Dynamics, Optimization & Traffic Effects --Platoon Control Concepts --Part III: Simulations, Tests and Demonstrations --ZalaZone --Scenario-Based Simulation Studies on Platooning Effects in Traffic --Fuel Efficiency --Traffic Measurement for the Intersection Case in Hallein, Austria --Part IV: Analysis of Results --Requirements for Truck Platooning from a Road Safety Perspective --Energy, Fuel & Traffic Efficiency of Platooning --Business Models, Economy & Innovation --Truck Drives --How Platooning Research Enhances the European Innovation System – Even Without Electronically-Coupled Trucks on the Road --Discussion.