Ursa Major neo Truck Platooning Trial D5.2 : Final evaluation report on bridges and viaducts : Impact Analyses : Probabilistic analyses for determining the impact on the structural safety of bridges and viaducts
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In Europe, the developments in robotization for transport and mobility are directed towards connected and cooperative automation as well as improving sustainability. The same developments can be observed in the Netherlands. There are many potential technologies associated with automation and robotization in transport and logistics. For CO2-reduction Truck Platooning (TP)1 is considered a high potential scenario in cooperative automation in transport and logistics. With truck platooning heavy-duty trucks drive in convoy formation with short time-gaps between them. An important aspect towards commercial introduction of truck platooning is managing the potential impact on civil infrastructure like bridges and viaducts. At the moment Rijkswaterstaat lacks sufficient quantitative insight into the expected impact of truck platooning (and other new heavy vehicle concepts) on the structural safety and service life of bridges and viaducts. It is therefore important to gain this insight, so that the road authority is able to formulate mitigation strategies (if considered necessary). Rijkswaterstaat is active within the Ursa Major neo (UMneo) program together with other road operators from Germany, Austria and Italy (www.its-platform.eu). Under contract with RWS, TNO is performing a research project in which different aspects are studied, such as the impact on traffic safety, fuel consumption and emissions, traffic throughput, human driver acceptance and C-ITS communication. In this research report, the impact on the structural safety of bridges and viaducts is studied.
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TNO Identifier
962265
Publisher
TNO
Collation
197 p.
Place of publication
Delft