ROAZ and ROAZ II Autonomous Surface Vehicle Design and Implementation

International Lifesaving Congress 2007, La Coruna, Spain, December, 2007

ROAZ Autonomous Surface Vehicle Design and Implementation

The design of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for operation in river and estuarine scenarios is presented. Multiple operations with autonomous underwater vehicles and support to AUV missions are one of the main design goals in the ROAZ system. The mechanical design issues are discussed. Hardware, software and implementation status are described along with the control and navigation system architecture. Some preliminary test results concerning a custom developed thruster are presented along with hydrodynamic drag calculations by the use of computer fluid dynamic methods.

Application of virtual certification techniques to vehicle design and track maintenance

Virtual certification partially substitutes by computer simulations the experimental techniques required for rail vehicle certification. In this paper, several works were these techniques were used in the vehicle design and track maintenance processes are presented. Dynamic simulation of multibody systems was used to virtually apply the EN14363 standard to certify the dynamic behaviour of vehicles. The works described are: assessment of a freight bogie design adapted to meter-gauge, assessment of a railway track layout for a subway network, freight bogie design with higher speed and axle load, and processing of the data acquired by a track recording vehicle for track maintenance.

Designing Rapid Transit Network Design with Alternative routes

The aim of this paper is to propose a model for the design of a robust rapid transit network. In this paper, a network is said to be robust when the effect of disruption on total trip coverage is minimized. The proposed model is constrained by three different kinds of flow conditions. These constraints will yield a network that provides several alternative routes for given origin–destination pairs, therefore increasing robustness. The paper includes computational experiments which show how the introduction of robustness influences network design

Urban Vehicle Design Competition

The "Urban Car One Thousand" is designed to hold two passengers 35 hp wankel type rotation combustion engine Competition intended to provide a forum for students to express a technological solution to the urban transportation crisis. Students, left ot right, Mitch Walker, Tom Newhouse, Mark Bonnette

Wheelchair securement systems in transit vehicle: a summary report.

Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C.

Sensitivity analysis of vehicle design attributes that affect vehicle response in critical accident situations - part 1: user's manual. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Effects of recent vehicle design changes on safety performance - executive summary.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Effects of recent vehicle design changes on safety performance. Volume I: interim report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Sensitivity analysis of vehicle design attributes that affect vehicle response in critical accident situations - part II: technical report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Potential of spark ignition engine, effect of vehicle design variables on top speed, performance and fuel economy. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Vehicle design optimization system user manual. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Effects of recent vehicle design changes on safety performance. Volume II: interim report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Handbook for purchasing a small transit vehicle /

"DOT-T-89-07"--P. [4] of cover.

Pedestrian model parametric studies. Interim report, volume II - vehicle design optimization program.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.