Sequential Synchronization Control Scheme for Freeway Truck Platooning Formation

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• Creators:
  Du, Lili ; Washburn, Scott S. ; Narasimhan, Mukundhan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Florida ; Florida Atlantic University. Freight Mobility Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Freeway Operations Literature Reviews Sequential Analysis Signalization Traffic Platooning Trucks
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMRI2017-Y6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida;United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Freight Mobility Research Institute. Florida Atlantic University
• Abstract:
  Truck platooning has been demonstrated as a promising approach to reduce freeway congestion, engine energy consumption, and associated emissions. However, efficient local-level algorithms to form a truck platoon without jeopardizing surrounding traffic flow’s safety and efficiency are still lacking. Motivated by this view, this study developed a Sequential Truck Platoon Formation (StPF) algorithm built upon a Reactive Controller following spring-mass-damper (SMD) control. Specifically, the StPF identifies the pair of connected trucks to form/join a platoon while the Reactive Controller manages the movement of the trucks, adapting to a mixed, hybrid, and dynamic traffic environment on the freeway segment, including adjacent connected and autonomous vehicles following cooperative adaptive cruise control, and non-cooperative human-driven vehicles as well as distant aggregated traffic flow described by Cell Transmission Model (CTM). Numerical experiments highlighted the significance of responding to macroscopic traffic and its impact on successful platoon formation and dynamic order identification. The experiments also indicated that platoon formation is favorable up to Level of Service (LOS) C, by Highway Capacity Manual definitions, and high Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) penetration traffic conditions, where it improved the overall traffic flow rate. To further show the merits of truck platoon formation in mixed traffic, it is recommended to study the travel time benefits for both the individual connected truck and the overall network in mixed traffic at various traffic conditions. Quantifying this merit is crucial to build support for implementing platoon formation in the field.
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