Dynamic Speed Harmonization (DSH) as Part of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)

2023-01-0718

04/11/2023

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In the last decade, the accelerated advancements in manufacturing techniques and material science enabled the automotive industry to manufacture commercial vehicles at more affordable rates. This, however, brought about roadways having to accommodate an ever-increasing number of vehicles every day. However, some roadways, during specific hours of the day, had already been on the brink of reaching their capacity to withstand the number of vehicles travelling on them. Hence, overcrowded roadways create slow traffic, and sometimes, bottlenecks. In this paper, a Dynamic Speed Harmonization (DSH) algorithm that regulates the speed of a vehicle to prevent it from being affected by bottlenecks has been presented. First, co-simulations were run between MATLAB Simulink and CarSim to test different deceleration profiles. Then, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulations were run with a Road Side Unit (RSU), which emulated a roadside detector that spotted bottlenecks and sent information to the Connected Vehicle about the position of the queue and the average speed of the vehicles at the queue. The DSH algorithm was also tested on a track to compare the performance of the different deceleration profiles in terms of ride comfort.
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https://doi.org/10.4271/2023-01-0718
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6
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Kavas-Torris, O., and Guvenc, L., "Dynamic Speed Harmonization (DSH) as Part of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)," SAE Technical Paper 2023-01-0718, 2023, https://doi.org/10.4271/2023-01-0718.
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Apr 11, 2023
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2023-01-0718
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Technical Paper
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English