Modeling and Analysis of Driver/Vehicle Dynamics with Run-Off-Road Crash Avoidance Systems
Abstract
An analytical study was performed to assess the safety-related performance of a class of vehicle crash avoidance (CA) systems. The simulation software package RORSIM was developed and used to predict the dynamic behavior of a driver in a vehicle equipped with a CA system under Run-Off-Road (ROR) accident conditions. Simulation studies were performed to characterize the conflicting performance requirements for a CA system, Le., that it warns of every incipient ROR event with a minimal false alarm rate. The results indicate that 1) CA systems are viable for preventing ROR accidents; 2) ROR warning criteria depend on parameters such as speed, roadway curvature, shoulder width and driver reaction time; and 3) RORSIM is an effective analytical tool for evaluating the safety-related dynamic performance of vehicles equipped with CA systems under a wide range of driving and road conditions.
Paper No. 97SAF020
BibTeX
@conference{Hadden-1997-14393,author = {J. A. Hadden and J. H. Everson and D. B. Pape and V. K. Narendran and Dean Pomerleau},
title = {Modeling and Analysis of Driver/Vehicle Dynamics with Run-Off-Road Crash Avoidance Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 30th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation},
year = {1997},
month = {June},
pages = {343 - 350},
}