Virtual sensors for advanced vehicle stability control

Advanced vehicle control technologies provide a great potential to further improve vehicle handling, ride and safety. The goal of this research is to demonstrate the added value of the TNO Vehicle State Estimation module to integrated active safety. State-of-the-art Electronic Stability Control (ESC) systems limit the sideslip angle indirectly....

Zustandsschätzung von aktiven Fahrwerkregelsystemen

Eine Weiterentwicklung von Fahrdynamikregelung, Überroll- und Seitenaufprallschutz sowie Pre-Crash-Funktionen und Kollisionsminderung verspricht TNO. Mit einem System zur Beobachtung des aktuellen Fahrzeugzustands (Vehicle State Estimator – VSE) bietet der niederländische Zulieferer ein zentrales Modul für zukünftige Fahrzeugregelungs...

State estimator for active vehicle control systems

With the “Vehicle State Estimator VSE module”, TNO offers a solution for integrated active safety. Relevant driving conditions and critical situations for active (safety) control systems are monitored and detected. The VSE is a first step towards brand independent tuning. Its generic design can be used easily across vehicles in a product line,...

Moderate alcohol consumption and postprandial plasma lipids in men with different risks for coronary heart disease

Background: Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a reduced coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Epidemiologic studies have provided conflicting data which suggests that CHD protection may be modulated or may not be modulated by a person's CHD risk profile. Methods: We examined the effects of moderate alcohol consumption (35 g/day) on...

Relationship between visceral fat and PAI-1 in overweight men and women before and after weight loss

This study was aimed at evaluating the relationship between visceral fat accumulation and plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels in healthy, obese men and women undergoing weight loss therapy. The subjects, 25 men and 25 premenopausal women, aged between 26 and 49 years, with an initial body mass index between 28 and 38 kg/m2,...