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Al-Saadi, M. (author), Mathes, M. (author), Käsgen, J. (author), Koffrie, R. (author), Mayrock, M. (author), van Mierlo, J. (author), Berecibar, M. (author)This work presents three demos, which include Electric Buses (EBs) from four various brands with lengths of 12 m and 18 m and an Electric Truck (E-truck) for refuse collection. The technical operation of these EVs were analyzed to implement further operational cost optimization on the demo vehicles. The Electric Vehicles (EVs) were tested...article 2022
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Sharma, S. (author), van Lint, H. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author), Snelder, M. (author)Optimizing route choices for truck drivers is a key element in achieving reliable road freight operations. For commercial reasons, it is often difficult to collect freight activity data through traditional surveys. Automated vehicle identification (AVI) data on fixed locations (e.g., Bluetooth or camera) are low-cost alternatives that may hold...article 2022
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- Nadi, A. (author), Sharma, S. (author), Snelder, M. (author), Bakri, T. (author), van Lint, H. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author) article 2021
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Nadi, A. (author), Nugteren, A. (author), Rezaei, J. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Snelder, M. (author)This paper introduces an advisory-based time slot management system to control truck arrivals at seaport terminals with the aim to reduce congestion at terminal gates. We propose, develop and apply a modeling framework to assess the impact of a truck arrival shift for a use case in the Port of Rotterdam. This system is designed to apply control...conference paper 2021
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Engasser, J. (author), Mentink, P. (author), Ille, T. (author), Wilkins, S. (author)Im Forschungsprojekt Aeroflex, an dem unter anderem MAN beteiligt ist, wurde eine modell basierte Testmethodik für die Steuerung eines verteilten Antriebsstrangs in einem Lang-Lkw entwickelt. Die Antriebssteuerung des Trucks wurde so angepasst, dass die zusätzlichen elektrischen Antriebseinheiten beispielsweise zur Rekuperation von Bremsenergie...article 2020
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Zhang, B. (author), Wilschut, E.S. (author), Willemsen, D.M.C. (author), Martens, M.H. (author)Automated truck platooning is getting an increasing interest for its potentially beneficial effects on fuel consumption, driver workload, traffic flow efficiency, and safety. Nevertheless, one major challenge lies in the safe and comfortable transitions of control from the automated system back to the human drivers, especially when they have...article 2019
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Nadi, A. (author), Snelder, M. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author), Sharma, S. (author), van Lint, H. (author)Bluetooth technology is receiving more and more attention to support travel time measurement for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) applications. Bluetooth receivers are used to time-stamp passing identical vehicles at different locations based on their unique MAC addresses. This information is useful to predict travel times and estimate...conference paper 2019
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Zhang, B. (author), Wilschut, E.S. (author), Willemsen, D.M.C. (author), Alkim, T. (author), Martens, M.H. (author)Automated platooning of trucks has its beneficial effects on energy saving and traffic flow efficiency. The vehicles in a platoon, however, need to maintain an extremely short headway to achieve these goals, which will result in a heavily blocked front view for the driver in a following truck. Monitoring surrounding traffic environment and...conference paper 2018
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Moreira, J. (author), Ferreira Pires, L. (author), Sinderen, M.V. (author), Daniele, L. (author)Recently, a number of ontology-driven healthcare systems have been leveraged by the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies, which offer opportunities to improve patient monitoring and abnormal situation detection with support of medical wearables and cloud infrastructure. Usually, these systems rely on IoT ontologies to represent sensor data...conference paper 2018
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Wang, B. (author), Snelder, M. (author), Tavasszy, L.A. (author)Understanding of freight truck travel behavior in urban transportation network is essential for regional economy, and choice set generation is the basis for the analysis. This paper uses the planned trip data and realized GPS trajectory data of trucks to evaluate the performance of choice set generation algorithms. The difference between planned...conference paper 2018
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Zegers, J.C. (author), Semsar Kazerooni, E. (author), Fusco, M. (author), Ploeg, J. (author)This paper presents a multi-layer approach to Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) to improve the platoon cohesion subject to limited vehicle actuation capabilities. The objective of the design is to guarantee that the vehicles in the platoon keep their desired relative position, while maintaining desirable platoon properties in terms of...conference paper 2017
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Mioch, T. (author), Kroon, L. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author)In the collaborative driving scenario of truck platooning, the first car is driven by its chauffeur and the next cars follow automatically via a so-called 'virtual tow-bar'. The chauffeurs of the following cars do not drive 'in the towbar mode', but need to be able to take back control in foreseen and unforeseen conditions. It is crucial that...conference paper 2017
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Bijlsma, T. (author), Hendriks, T. (author)Truck platooning for which multiple trucks follow at a short distance is considered a near-Term truck automation opportunity, with the potential to reduce fuel consumption. Short following distances and increasing automation make it hard for a driver to be the backup if the system fails. The EcoTwin consortium successfully demonstrated a two...conference paper 2017
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van Nunen, E. (author), Esposto, F. (author), Saberi, A.K. (author), Paardekooper, J.P. (author)This paper addresses safety indicators for truck platooning at short inter-vehicle distances (with a time gap of 0.5 s). The aim of a safety indicator is to determine the correct moment for initiating a Collision Avoidance brake action to prevent a collision with the preceding truck in threatening situations. Three safety indicators are selected...conference paper 2017
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Schraagen, J.M.C. (author), Roelofs, M. (author)Truck platooning. Two or three trucks connected by a ‘virtual tow bar’. The leading truck is controlled by a driver while the following trucks accelerate, brake and steer all by themselves without the intervention of a driver. Platooning saves on fuel, cuts emissions and optimises costs. And the driver sitting in the second or third truck can...other 2017
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Hofman, W. (author), Rajagopal, M.R. (author)Besides supporting bilateral transactions, enterprise interoperability can also be applied to coordinate operational processes of stakeholders. With today's technology, each of these stakeholders can be equipped with actuators like applications on smart devices. Where applications support interaction of a user with its environment, smart devices...conference paper 2015
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van de Molengraft-Luijten, M.F.J. (author), Besselink, I.J.M. (author), Verschuren, R.M.A.F. (author), Nijmeijer, H. (author)The challenge of designing stability control functions for trucks is to guarantee robustness for all variations in truck and trailer combinations. The method proposed in this study can be used to quickly narrow down the number of truck and trailer combinations to a critical set to be evaluated with complex nonlinear simulation software or full...article 2012
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Kessels, J.T.B.A. (author), Willems, F.P.T. (author), Spronkmans, S.J. (author)Energy management in modern vehicles typically relates to optimizing the powerflow in the (hybrid) powertrain, whereas emission management is associated with the combustion engine and its aftertreatment system. To achieve maximum performance in both fuel economy and hazardous emissions, the concept of Integrated Powertrain Control (IPC) is...conference paper 2011
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Zuccotti, S. (author), Corongiu, A. (author), Forkert, S. (author), Nasr, A. (author), Quak, H. (author), Torres, C. (author)City logistics is one of the causes of today's road congestion in our cities, but at the same time its efficiency is affected by the traffic problems. The driving behaviour and mission strategies used by vans and lorries operating in urban areas usually does not exploit modern infomobility solutions. CityLog, a project co-funded by the European...conference paper 2011
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van Keulen, T. (author), de Jager, B. (author), Foster, D.L. (author), Steinbuch, M. (author), TNO Industrie en Techniek (author)Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) enable fuel savings by re-using kinetic and potential energy that was recovered and stored in a battery during braking or driving down hill. Besides, the vehicle itself can be seen as a storage device, where kinetic energy can be stored and retrieved by changing the forward velocity. It is beneficial for fuel...conference paper 2010