Development of an Intelligent Air Brake Warning System for Commercial Vehicles

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• Alternative Title:
  IDEA PROJECT FINAL REPORT, DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT AIR BRAKE WARNING SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
• Creators:
  Reinhall, Per G. ; Scheibe, Robert R
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Washington
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Automatic braking
  • Air brakes
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Description:
  This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project focused on developing an on-board, intelligent brake warning device (IBWD) for air-brake-equipped commercial vehicles. The IBWD, which is low cost, mounts in the cab or tractor of a truck or bus and warns the driver of brake degradation or impending failure from any mechanical cause. The IBWD assesses vehicle brake performance in real time by measuring a relatively small number of on-board parameters. Eventually, the system will also consider environmental information, such as grade severity data, that could be transmitted to the vehicle from fixed stations near steep downgrades via Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology. 39 p.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39343/dot_39343_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 885.32 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9993ff0985ade04a6f96152d1596fa253271a13486526011efe1dd75693209d314c33c49a64d758baf006efbc725b6181d28190b1e382bea199148daef36d138