Browse Topic: Safety regulations and standards

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Writing and Effective Technical Safety Concept in accordance with ISO26262

2024-28-0207To be published on 12/05/2024

With the trend of increasing technological complexity, software content and mechatronic implementation, there are increasing risks from systematic failures and random hardware failures, which is to be considered within the scope of functional safety. ISO 26262 series of standards provides guidance to mitigate these risks by providing appropriate requirements and processes. To develop a safe product with respect to above mentioned complexities, it is very critical to develop a safe system and hence a thorough and robust “Technical Safety Concept” is very important to ensure absence of unreasonable risk due to hazards caused by malfunctions of E/E systems. ISO26262-Part 4 provides guidelines for “Product development at the system level”, to design safety-related systems that include one or more electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems and that are installed in series production road vehicles. Defining requirements at system level for each individual technology and systematically

Cheni, Dileep Kumar, Desai, Priyanka Pradeep

Autonomous Vehicle Safety Reasoning Utilizing Anticipatory Theory

2024-01-3826

11/15/2024

ABSTRACT Today we have autonomous vehicles already on select road-ways and regions of this country operating in and around humans and human operated vehicles. The companies developing and testing these systems have experienced varied degrees of success and failure with regard to safe operations within this public space. There have been safety incidents that have made national headlines (when human fatalities have occurred) and their also exist a litany of other physical incidents, usually with human operated systems, that have not grabbed the headlines. Some of the select communities where these autonomous systems have been operationally tested have revoked access to their roadways (kicked out) some of these companies. As a result of these incidents recent data suggests that the public trust in autonomous vehicles is eroding [1]. This situation is couponed by the fact that there are no established safety standards, measures or technological methods to help local, state or national

Frederick, Philip, Rose, Mike Del, Cheok, KaC

A Comparative Analysis of Aviation and Ground Vehicle Software Development Standards

2024-01-3463

11/15/2024

ABSTRACT The integration of software into transportation systems is growing and requires the adoption of safety standards and software development systems. There are several different safety standards that could be applied based on the specific category of use. The basic methodologies used in these standards can be applied to any transportation system including Ground Based systems. This paper evaluates two different safety development standards and provides a high level comparison between a well-used standard for aviation and a more recent standard for automotive that can be applied to other transportations systems with no available standards

Crots, Kevin, Skentzos, Paul, Bartz, Dan

Automotive Smart Vehicles & Functional Safety Applied to DoD Ground Vehicles

2024-01-3657

11/15/2024

ABSTRACT The application of advanced FEV Automotive Smart Vehicle© methods and technologies while maintaining functional safety compliance and how it applies to similar features, requirements and capabilities across the fleet of DoD combat and tactical vehicles will be discussed. The requirement of technologies for DoD autonomous ground vehicle including leader follower, automated convoy operations, and intelligent applique kit’ are common to those specified in the automotive industries. Intelligent vehicles can be advanced and implemented in an expeditious manner through FEV Smart Vehicle technologies, techniques and methodologies while maintain compliance to required functional safety. The application and impact of ISO 26262 (2011) as well as Mil-Std. 882(E) to the implementation of the advanced technologies and techniques in support of full operational vehicle autonomy can hinder development. Leveraging the FEV Automotive Smart Vehicle reduces the time and cost for safety compliant

LaRue, David A., Tasky, Tom, Tarnutzer, Stephan, Lane, Jerry

Comprehensive Characterization of Soft Tissue and Surrogate Materials across Varied Loading Methods

09-12-02-0012

11/12/2024

Exploring the mechanical properties of soft tissues under compressive loading is crucial for understanding their role in automobile incidents. Soft tissues, which serve as cushions or padding between bone and vehicle interiors, significantly influence contact duration and forces, thereby altering incident kinematics and injury. In this investigation, muscle and soft connective tissues from post-mortem human subjects (PMHS) forearms were excised and subjected to compression and indentation testing methods at various rates and strains. Specific samples with higher proportions of muscle were compared against samples without muscle tissues to evaluate the role of compositional changes. Anthropomorphic test device (ATD) upper extremity foam and vinyl–foam composite analog tissues underwent similar testing for comparison. High impact rates simulating those in high-speed automotive collisions were achieved using a custom-built drop tower impactor setup. The results revealed significantly

Dennis, Cole J., Quenneville, Cheryl E.

Safety Concepts for Future Electromechanical Brake Central Control Systems

15-18-01-0004

10/25/2024

Electromechanical brakes (EMB) are currently coming into focus in the automotive industry. This trend was confirmed in 2022, when a first automotive supplier [1] announced the series production of EMB systems. One major driver is safety, especially if EMB systems are implemented with smart actuators that install redundant electronic control units (ECU) and distributed software [1]. Earlier, the authors have addressed safety mechanisms in EMB actuators [2]. In this article the authors extend their investigation to address safety mechanisms in future EMB central control systems (CCS). Impact of different brake system topologies (X-, H-, centralized) vis-à-vis potential safety mechanisms within communication buses and ECUs is analyzed

Schrade, Simon, Röhler, Andreas, Nowak, Xi, Verhagen, Armin, Schramm, Dieter

Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Safety Standards for Machine Learning-based Road Vehicle Functions

EPR2024017

08/26/2024

ML approaches to solving some of the key perception and decision challenges in automated vehicle functions are maturing at an incredible rate. However, the setbacks experienced during initial attempts at widespread deployment have highlighted the need for a careful consideration of safety during the development and deployment of these functions. To better control the risk associated with this storm of complex functionality, open operating environments, and cutting-edge technology, there is a need for industry consensus on best practices for achieving an acceptable level of safety. Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Safety Standards for Machine Learning-based Road Vehicle Functions provides an overview of standards relevant to the safety of ML-based vehicle functions and serves as guidance for technology providers—including those new to the automotive sector—on how to interpret the evolving standardization landscape. The report also contains practical guidance, along with an example

Burton, Simon

Braking compatibility between motorvehicle and trailer: identification of impacts on braking behavior under different types of predominance pressure

2024-36-0308

08/09/2024

In recent decades, it can be noted an advance in new technologies applied to commercial vehicles. This advancement led to the development of new functions making products more efficient and safer, benefiting the society in general. Commercial vehicle manufacturers brought their products to levels higher than those required by current legal resolutions. Among the various resolutions applied to the braking system, in CONTRAN #915/22, which specifies minimum requirements of performance of vehicles brakes, the part 7 of NBR 10966 stands out. This standard determines requirements for compatibility between towing and towed units combined as a vehicle. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the thermal balance between the brakes of a motor vehicle combined with a semi-trailer. The tests were carried out by varying the pneumatic pressure that controls the service brake of towed units during braking. Some of the pressure levels were complying with compatibility requirements, others were not

Dias, Eduardo Miranda, Travaglia, Carlos Abílio Passos, Rodrigues, André, Rudek, Cludemir, Britto, Danilo

Toward a Methodology for the Verification and Validation of AI-Based Systems

12-08-01-0006

07/27/2024

Verification and validation (V&V) is the cornerstone of safety in the automotive industry. The V&V process ensures that every component in a vehicle functions according to its specifications. Automated driving functionality poses considerable challenges to the V&V process, especially when data-driven AI components are present in the system. The aim of this work is to outline a methodology for V&V of AI-based systems. The backbone of this methodology is bridging the semantic gap between the symbolic level at which the operational design domain and requirements are typically specified, and the sub-symbolic, statistical level at which data-driven AI components function. This is accomplished by combining a probabilistic model of the operational design domain and an FMEA of AI with a fitness-for-purpose model of the system itself. The fitness-for-purpose model allows for reasoning about the behavior of the system in its environment, which we argue is essential to determine whether the

Paardekooper, Jan-Pieter, Borth, Michael

Formal Technique for Fault Detection and Identification of Control Intensive Application of Stall Warning System Using System Theoretic Process Analysis

2024-26-0471

06/01/2024

Faults if not detected and processed will create catastrophe in closed loop system for safety critical applications in automotive, space, medical, nuclear, and aerospace domains. In aerospace applications such as stall warning and protection/prevention system (SWPS), algorithms detect stall condition and provide protection by deploying the elevator stick pusher. Failure to detect and prevent stall leads to loss of lives and aircraft. Traditional Functional Hazard and Fault Tree analyses are inadequate to capture all failures due to the complex hardware-software interactions for stall warning and protection system. Hence, an improved methodology for failure detection and identification is proposed. This paper discusses a hybrid formal method and model-based technique using System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) to identify and diagnose faults and provide monitors to process the identified faults to ensure robust design of the indigenous stall warning and protection system (SWPS). The

Kale, Alexander, Madhuranath, Ganesh, Shanmugham, Viswanathan, Nanda, Manju, Singh, Giresh, Durak, Umut

FMVSS Inertia Dynamometer Test Procedure for Vehicles Below 4540 kg GVWR

J2784_202405 (Current)

05/24/2024

This document derives from the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 105 and 135 vehicle test protocols as single-ended inertia-dynamometer test procedures. The test sequences enable brake output measurement, friction material effectiveness, and corner performance in a controlled and repeatable environment. This SAE Document also includes optional sections for parking brake output performance for rear brakes with hydraulic or Electric Park Brakes (EPB). It applies to brake corners from vehicles covered by the FMVSS 105 and 135 when using the appropriate brake hardware and test parameters. The FMVSS 135 applies to all passenger cars and light trucks up to 3500 kg of gross vehicle weight (GVWR). The FMVSS 105 applies to all passenger cars, multi-purpose vehicles, buses, and trucks above 3500 kg of GVWR. This document does not include testing for school bus applications or vehicles equipped with hydraulic brakes with a GVWR above 4540 kg. This document does not evaluate or

Brake Dynamometer Standards Committee

AVSC Best Practice for Core Automated Vehicle Safety Information

AVSC-D-02-202405/14/2024

Automated driving system (ADS) manufacturers, developers, and operators need to provide clear information on their safety approach to relevant stakeholders. Explainability to diverse audiences helps build trust in statements from these organizations towards the shared value of safety. A defined list of core safety topics can help set expectations when communicating deployment and use-case-specific automated vehicle (AV) safety information. The topics listed in this best practice are implementation-agnostic and broadly applicable. This best practice describes how safety is continuous and connected throughout lifecycle stages and highlights considerations when including safety metrics as part of the communicated information. It lists topics that are considered core, provides a rationale, illustrative examples where applicable, suggestions of content that could be included for the example, and lists references and industry examples for further information. By following this best practice

Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium

Evaluation of DAMAGE Algorithm in Frontal Crashes

2023-22-0006

04/17/2024

With the current trend of including the evaluation of the risk of brain injuries in vehicle crashes due to rotational kinematics of the head, two injury criteria have been introduced since 2013 – BrIC and DAMAGE. BrIC was developed by NHTSA in 2013 and was suggested for inclusion in the US NCAP for frontal and side crashes. DAMAGE has been developed by UVa under the sponsorship of JAMA and JARI and has been accepted tentatively by the EuroNCAP. Although BrIC in US crash testing is known and reported, DAMAGE in tests of the US fleet is relatively unknown. The current paper will report on DAMAGE in NCAP-like tests and potential future frontal crash tests involving substantial rotation about the three axes of occupant heads. Distribution of DAMAGE of three-point belted occupants without airbags will also be discussed. Prediction of brain injury risks from the tests have been compared to the risks in the real world. Although DAMAGE correlates well with MPS in the human brain model across

Prasad, Priya, Barbat, Saeed D., Kalra, Anil, Dalmotas, Dainius J.

Investigation of THOR-AV 5F Biofidelity in Sled Test Conditions with a Semi-Rigid Seat

2023-22-0004

04/17/2024

THOR-AV 5F, a modified THOR-5F dummy, was designed to represent both upright and reclined occupants in vehicle crashworthiness studies. The dummy was evaluated in four test conditions: a) 25° seatback, 15 km/h, b) 25° seatback, 32 km/h, c) 45° seatback, 15 km/h, d) 45° seatback, 32 km/h. The dummy’s biomechanical responses were compared against those of postmortem human subjects (PMHS) tested in the same test conditions. The latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) BioRank method was used to provide a biofidelity ranking score (BRS) for each data channel in the tests to assess the dummy’s biofidelity objectively. The evaluation was categorized into two groups: restraint system and dummy. In the four test conditions, the restraint system showed good biofidelity with BRS scores of 1.49, 1.47, 1.15, and 1.79, respectively. The THOR-AV 5F demonstrated excellent biofidelity in three test conditions: 25° seatback, 15 km/h (BRS = 0.76); 25° seatback, 32 km/h (BRS = 0.89

Wang, Z. Jerry, Humm, John, Hauschild, Hans W.

Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Performance Variability with Partial Overlap Targets

2024-01-2038

04/09/2024

While various Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) features have become more prevalent in passenger vehicles, their ability to potentially avoid or mitigate vehicle crashes has limitations. Due to current technological limitations, forward collision mitigation technologies such as Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Automated Emergency Braking (AEB) lack the ability to consistently perform in many unique and challenging scenarios. These limitations are often outlined in driver manuals for ADAS equipped vehicles. One such scenario is the case of a stationary lead vehicle at the side of the road. This is generally considered to be a challenging scenario for FCW and AEB to address because it can often be difficult for the system to discern this threat accurately and consistently from non-threatening roadway infrastructure without unnecessary or nuisance system activations. This is made more difficult when the stationary lead vehicle is only partially in the driving lane and not

Scally, Sean, Paradiso, Marc, Koszegi, Giacomo, Easter, Casey, Kuykendal, Michelle, Alexander, Ross

Estimating How Long In-Vehicle Tasks Take: Static Data for Distraction and Ease-of-Use Evaluations

2024-01-2505

04/09/2024

Often, when assessing the distraction or ease of use of an in-vehicle task (such as entering a destination using the street address method), the first question is “How long does the task take on average?” Engineers routinely resolve this question using computational models. For in-vehicle tasks, “how long” is estimated by summing times for the included task elements (e.g., decide what to do, press a button) from SAE Recommended Practice J2365 or now using new static (while parked) data presented here. Times for the occlusion conditions in J2365 and the NHTSA Distraction Guidelines can be determined using static data and Pettitt’s Method or Purucker’s Method. These first approximations are reasonable and can be determined quickly. The next question usually is “How likely is it that the task will exceed some limit?” This question, addressed using discrete event simulations such as IMPRINT, requires the distribution types and parameters (mean, standard deviation, etc.) for each task

Green, Paul

A Systematic Approach for Creation of SOTIF’s Unknown Unsafe Scenarios: An Optimization based Method

2024-01-1966

04/09/2024

Verification and validation (V&V) of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is a challenging task. AVs must be thoroughly tested, to ensure their safe functionality in complex traffic situations including rare but safety-relevant events. Furthermore, AVs must mitigate risks and hazards that result from functional insufficiencies, as described in the Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) standard. SOTIF analysis includes iterative identification of driving scenarios that are not only unsafe, but also unknown. However, identifying SOTIF’s unknown-unsafe scenarios is an open challenge. In this paper we proposed a systematic optimization-based approach for identification of unknown-unsafe scenarios. The proposed approach consists of three main steps including data collection, feature extraction and optimization towards unknown unsafe scenarios. In the data collection step, we proposed an efficient way of data collection by focusing on key areas of the Operational Design Domain (ODD) (e.g

Singh, Tajinder, van Hassel, Edwin, Sheorey, Akshay, Alirezaei, Mohsen

A Method for Determining Mileage Accumulation for Robustness Validation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Features

2024-01-1977

04/09/2024

Robustness testing of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features is a crucial step in ensuring the safety and reliability of these systems. ADAS features include technologies like adaptive cruise control, lateral and longitudinal controls, automatic emergency braking, and more. These systems rely on various sensors, cameras, radar, lidar, and software algorithms to function effectively. Robustness testing aims to identify potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses in these systems under different conditions, ensuring they can handle unexpected scenarios and maintain their performance. Mileage accumulation is one of the validation methods for achieving robustness. It involves subjecting the systems to a wide variety of real-world driving conditions and driving scenarios to ensure the reliability, safety, and effectiveness of the ADAS features. Following ISO 21448 (Safety of the intended functionality-SOTIF), known hazardous scenarios can be tested and validated through robustness

Almasri, Hossam, Fan, Hsing-Hua, Mudunuri, Venkateswara Raju

Research on Occupant Injury Prediction Method of Vehicle Emergency Call System Based on Machine Learning

2024-01-2010

04/09/2024

The on-board emergency call system with accurate occupant injury prediction can help rescuers deliver more targeted traffic accident rescue and save more lives. We use machine learning methods to establish, train, and validate a number of classification models that can predict occupant injuries (by determining whether the MAIS (Maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale) level is greater than 2) based on crash data, and ranked the correlation of some factors affecting vehicle occupant injury levels in accidents. The optimal model was selected by the model prediction accuracy, and the Grid Search method was used to optimize the hyper-parameters for the model. The model is based on 2799 two-vehicle collision accident data from NHTSA CISS (The Crash Investigation Sampling System of NHTSA) traffic accident database.The results show that the model achieves high-precision prediction of occupant injury MAIS level (recall rate 0.8718, AUC(Area under Curve) 0.8579) without excluding vehicle model, and

Huida, Zhang, Liu, Yu, Rui, Yang, Wu, Xiaofan, Fan, Tiqiang, Wan, Xinming

Vehicle Seat Occupancy Detection and Classification Using Capacitive Sensing

2024-01-2508

04/09/2024

Improving passenger safety inside vehicle cabins requires continuously monitoring vehicle seat occupancy statuses. Monitoring a vehicle seat’s occupancy status includes detecting if the seat is occupied and classifying the seat’s occupancy type. This paper introduces an innovative non-intrusive technique that employs capacitive sensing and an occupancy classifier to monitor a vehicle seat’s occupancy status. Capacitive sensing is facilitated by a meticulously constructed capacitance-sensing mat that easily integrates with any vehicle seat. When a passenger or an inanimate object occupies a vehicle seat equipped with the mat, they will induce variations in the mat’s internal capacitances. The variations are, in turn, represented pictorially as grayscale capacitance-sensing images (CSI), which yield the feature vectors the classifier requires to classify the seat’s occupancy type. This paper details the working of the proposed technique in monitoring vehicle seat occupancy statuses non

Prasanna Kumar, Rahul, Melcher, David, Buttolo, Pietro, Jia, Yunyi

Research on Bottom Collision of Battery Pack Based on the First Force Point

2024-01-2065

04/09/2024

The rapid advancement of new energy vehicle technology has led to the widespread placement of battery packs at the bottom of vehicles. However, there is a lack of corresponding regulations and standards to guide aspects related to vehicle bottom safety. This lack of guidance obscures the relative importance of various parameters impacting the structural safety of battery packs under dynamic impact conditions. Consequently, research on battery pack bottom collisions holds practical significance and offers valuable reference material. This study proposed a method based on the first collision point to examine the impact of bottom collisions on the mechanical safety performance of battery pack bottoms. A finite element model of the battery pack was established to investigate the effects of different impact types. During the collision event, the first collision point on the battery pack absorbed the most energy, resulting in the most severe damage and the formation of a distinct dent at the

Yan, Pengfei, Wang, Fang, Ma, Tianyi, Gao, Yan, Han, Ce

Protection Implementation of Electric Power Steering Based on Functional Safety

2024-01-2305

04/09/2024

To reduce the harm caused by the failure of electronic and electrical system, the application of ISO 26262 functional safety standard in the automotive industry is more and more widespread. As a critical safety-related electronic and electrical system in automobile, electric power steering is very important and necessary to meet the requirements of functional safety. This paper introduces the main development activities of functional safety at software level. In order to realize the purpose of freedom from interference in memory, the safety mechanism of memory protection is proposed in software safety analysis. The memory protection is realized in AUTOSAR architecture by configuration

Ye, Xiaoming, Yang, Yanding, Li, Lingyang, Du, Jia, Wang, Yongliang

Functional Safety Concept Design of Vehicle Steer-by-Wire System

2024-01-2792

04/09/2024

Steer-By-Wire (SBW) system directly transmits the driver's steering input to the wheels through electrical signals. However, the reliability of electronic equipment is significantly lower than that of mechanical structures, and the risk of failure increases, so it is important to conduct functional safety studies on SBW systems. This paper develops the functional safety of the SBW system according to the requirements of the international standard ISO26262, and first defines the relevant items and application scope of SBW system. Secondly, the Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) method was used to combine scenarios and possible dangerous events to carry out Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), and the Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) was obtained according to the three evaluation indicators of Exposure, Severity and Controlabillity, and then the corresponding safety objectives were established and Fault Tolerant Time Interval (FTTI) was set. Finally, the safety analysis of the

Li, Aohan, Kaku, Chuyo, Wang, Zhenhua, Zheng, Hongyu

Engine Stall Recovery and Restart Procedure for Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2024-01-2783

04/09/2024

Engine stall, a noteworthy occurrence in traditional vehicles, poses challenges due to the inability to disconnect the engine from the driveline. Consequently, in such scenarios, the vehicle experiences a loss of propulsion, necessitating the driver to pull over. The severity of propulsion loss events is underscored by regulatory bodies like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), potentially leading to costly recalls for Automotive Manufacturers. Therefore, proactive measures to avert Loss of Propulsion (LoP) events, including the exploration of remedial actions, are strongly encouraged during powertrain controls design. In contrast, hybrid electric vehicles offer a unique advantage. Given the ability to connect or disconnect the engine from the driveline in hybrid or electric-only modes, an engine stall in hybrid mode need not result in a complete loss of propulsion. In such situations, a hybrid electric vehicle can seamlessly transition to electric-only mode

Basutkar, Ameya, Patel, Nadirsh, Rostiti, Cristian

STEAM & MoSAFE: SOTIF Error-and-Failure Model & Analysis for AI-Enabled Driving Automation

2024-01-2643

04/09/2024

Driving Automation Systems (DAS) are subject to complex road environments and vehicle behaviors and increasingly rely on sophisticated sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI). These properties give rise to unique safety faults stemming from specification insufficiencies and technological performance limitations, where sensors and AI introduce errors that vary in magnitude and temporal patterns, posing potential safety risks. The Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) standard emerges as a promising framework for addressing these concerns, focusing on scenario-based analysis to identify hazardous behaviors and their causes. Although the current standard provides a basic cause-and-effect model and high-level process guidance, it lacks concepts required to identify and evaluate hazardous errors, especially within the context of AI. This paper introduces two key contributions to bridge this gap. First, it defines the SOTIF Temporal Error and Failure Model (STEAM) as a refinement of

Czarnecki, Krzysztof, Kuwajima, Hiroshi

Development of a Dynamic Nonlinear Finite Element Model of the Large Omnidirectional Child Crash Test Dummy

2024-01-2509

04/09/2024

The Large Omnidirectional Child (LODC) developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has an improved biofidelity over the currently available Hybrid III 10-year-old (HIII-10C) Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD). The LODC design incorporates enhancements to many body region subassemblies, including a redesigned HIII-10C head with pediatric mass properties, and the neck, which produces head lag with Z-axis rotation at the atlanto-occipital joint, replicating the observations made from human specimens. The LODC also features a flexible thoracic spine, a multi-point thoracic deflection measurement system, skeletal anthropometry that simulates a child's sitting posture, and an abdomen that can measure belt loading directly. This study presents the development and validation of a dynamic nonlinear finite element model of the complete LODC dummy. Based on the three-dimensional CAD model, Hypermesh was used to generate a mesh of the finite element (FE) LODC model. LS

Challa, Balaji Naga Sai Abhishikt, Yang, Peiyu, Carlson, Michael, Suntay, Brian, Stammen, Jason, Noll, Scott

Minimum Requirements for Road Geometry and Attributes Definition

J2945/A_202404 (Current)04/01/2024

This report specifies the minimum requirements for the Road Geometry and Attributes (RGA) data set (DS) to support road geometry related motor vehicle safety applications. Contained in this report are a concept of operations, requirements, and design, developed using a detailed systems engineering process. Utilizing the requirements, the RGA DS is defined, which includes the DS Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) format, data frames, and data element definitions. The requirements are intended to enable the exchange of the messages and their DS information to provide the desired interoperability and data integrity to support the applications considered within this report, as well as other applications which may be able to utilize the DS information. System requirements beyond this are outside the scope of this report

V2X Core Technical Committee

Unsafe System Operating Conditions – Preventing a Bad Day from Becoming a Really Bad Day

2024-01-1926

03/05/2024

The safety of commercial aviation industry has come under extensive scrutiny and how the system safety process is applied. One specific system safety regulation concerns how unsafe system operating conditions are meeting regulatory requirements. Minimal regulatory guidance was available on this topic and an industry committee (American Society for Testing of Materials) decided to provide a consensus standard with input from a cross-section of airplane manufacturers, suppliers, and regulatory authorities on what is meant by an unsafe system operating condition and how compliance can be shown to the regulation(s). The committee determined that an unsafe system operating condition is when a failure condition severity increases (to hazardous or catastrophic) due to crewmember(s) inaction. For example, if a hazard has occurred it is possible the severity can increase to an unacceptable level as the crewmember(s) are not aware of the hazard. Enabling the crewmember(s) to mitigate the failure

Estagin, Edward

Event Data Recorder Trigger Probability in the Crash Investigation Sampling System Database

2024-01-5027

02/23/2024

The objective of this study was to quantify the field performance of passenger vehicle event data recorders (EDRs) in recording data into non-volatile memory at the 8 km/h delta-v (Δv) trigger threshold specified by Title 49, Part 563 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Part 563). Part 563 applies to passenger vehicles manufactured on or after September 1, 2012. The trigger threshold is distinct from the threshold required to deploy an airbag. Events meeting the trigger threshold will cause data to be preserved on the EDR even if airbags are not deployed. This is the first study to quantify EDR trigger threshold performance. This data is valuable in the evaluation of sub-airbag deployment crashes. The study was accomplished via analysis of EDR and reconstructed Δv data from 3,960 cases in the Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS) database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The binary presence or non-presence of an event on the EDRs of

Watson, Richard A., Bonugli, Enrique, Greenston, Mathew, Santos, Erick, Martinez, Jonathan

Systems Engineering – A Key Approach to Transportation Electrification

2024-26-0128

01/16/2024

The automotive industry has seen accelerating demand for electrified transportation. While the complexity of conventional ICE vehicles has increased, the powertrain still largely consists of a mechanical system. In contrast, vehicle architectures in electrified transportation are a complex integration of power electronics, batteries, control units, and software. This shift in system architecture impacts the entire organization during new product development, with increased focus on high power electronic components, energy management strategies, and complex algorithm development. Additionally, product development impact extends beyond the vehicle and impacts charging networks, electrical infrastructure, and communication protocols. The complex interaction between systems has a significant impact on vehicle safety, development timeline, scope, and cost. A systems engineering approach, with emphasis on requirements definition and traceability, helps ensure decomposition of top level

Narasipuram, Rajanand Patnaik, Karkhanis, Varad Abhimanyu, Ellinger, Michael, K M, Saranath, Alagarsamy, Guruprasath, Jadhav, Ravindra

ISO 26262 Functional Safety – An Approach for Compliance Readiness

2024-26-0104

01/16/2024

Electrical and Electronic systems in a vehicle are increasing manifolds with Electric and ADAS Vehicles taking the lead. There is a rapid transition happening from hardware driven vehicles to software driven vehicles. ISO 26262 is a global standard defined for functional safety (FuSa) in the automotive industry which addresses the structured design and development approach for eliminating electrical malfunctions leading to critical hazards such as fire in EVs. The standard defines specific requirements that need to be met by the safety relevant electrical system and also by development processes. Though the implementation of FuSa is crucial from vehicle safety point of view, its compliance is still a challenge majorly due to lack of awareness, in-built complexities, increase in project development time and subsequent cost. In this work, we focus on a FuSa implementation model taking into account the conventional new program development cycle. FuSa deliverables are integrated and mapped

PATHAK, ISHA, Kothari, Bhushan

A Simulation Methodology to Design the AVAS System to Meet Safety Regulations and Create the Expected Perception for the Vulnerable Road User

2024-26-0230

01/16/2024

Designing an effective AVAS system, not only to meet safety regulations, but also to create the expected perception for the vulnerable road user, relies on knowledge of the acoustic transfer function between the sound actuator and the receiver. It is preferable that the acoustic transfer function be as constant as possible to allow transferring the sound designed by the car OEM to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users while conveying the proper brand image. In this paper three different methodologies for the acoustic transfer function calculations are presented and compared in terms of accuracy and calculation time: classic Boundary Element method, H-Matrix BEM accelerated method and Ray tracing method. An example of binaural listening experience at different certification positions in the modeled simulated space is also presented

Calloni, Massimiliano, Hadjit, Rabah, Salvekar, Pinak, Musser, Chadwyck

Effectiveness of the Load Legs in Enhancing the Passive Safety of Rear-Facing Child Seats in Frontal Crash

2024-26-0343

01/16/2024

The passive safety performance of a child seat is modulated by the design features of the child seat and the vehicle interior. For example, in the rear-facing configuration, the child seat impacting front structures increases the head injury risk during a frontal crash. Therefore, this study evaluates the effectiveness of the load leg countermeasure in improving the child seat's overall kinematics and its capability to prevent the secondary impact on the vehicle interior structure in a severe frontal crash scenario. An in-depth, real-world crash investigation involving a properly installed rear-facing child seat impacting the center console was selected for the study where the infant sustained a severe brain injury. In addition, this crash is employed to choose the crash parameters for evaluating the effectiveness of the load leg countermeasure in a similar scenario. Finally, crash sled tests are conducted using the crash signature of the vehicle as obtained from the NHTSA NCAP rigid

Thorbole, Chandrashekhar

Devising Guidelines and Architecture for Efficient Auto-Generation of HIS Compliant Code

2024-26-0269

01/16/2024

Ensuring compliance with the ISO 26262 automotive functional safety standard involves meeting specific quality and complexity standards for automotive source code. However, achieving compliance becomes challenging when dealing with auto-generated code, as the code generator may not consider the required product metrics. This often leads to high metric values that exceed the permissible range. Assessing the impact of design on Hersteller Initiative Software (HIS) metrics within the visual modeling environment becomes difficult, with metrics reports only available after code generation. This makes it hard to achieve compliance through model reworking and regeneration. To address this problem, a methodology is proposed. It defines modeling guidelines and an architecture for generating HIS-compliant code. The HIS metrics are translated into corresponding model implementations, such as mapping the “Number of Function Parameters” metric to the number of subsystem ports and the guideline

Abraham, Atul Varghese

S2V2X – A New V2X Framework to Support and Enable the Design of Automated Vehicles with a Sufficient Level of Safety

2023-01-1905

12/29/2023

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications has the potential to increase the safety and autonomy of automated vehicles in addition to improving reliability, efficiency, infotainment, traffic, road safety, energy consumption, and costs. V2X is enabled by 5G technologies which promise faster connections, lower latency, higher reliability, more capacity and wider coverage. However, research is lacking in determining exactly how V2X can improve the safety, security, and autonomy of automated vehicles and more specifically what are the main V2X requirements. This paper provides a novel framework and structure to introduce V2X as a perception sensor sub-system into ADAS and ADS and to allocate top level target safety requirements to this new modality. To illustrate the novel structure, an example is provided using AD use cases in the context of the five SAE driving automation levels Level 1 through Level 5. The design follows methodologies from standards and regulations such as ISO 26262

Pimentel, Juan

AVSC Best Practice for ADS Remote Assistance Use Case

AVSC-I-04-202311/28/2023

Automated driving system-dedicated vehicles (ADS-DVs) can handle a wide variety of circumstances they might encounter on the road. When circumstances are encountered that exceed ADS design capabilities, the ADS is designed to bring the vehicle into a minimal risk condition (MRC). When an ADS-DV encounters these conditions—identified as “triggers” within this best practice—they can request remote assistance (RA) from a remotely located human operator. RA involves the provision of guidance, suggestions, or recommendations to a vehicle from a remote location, without direct control of the vehicle. RA has emerged as a useful tool in supporting the operation of an ADS. It can complement the capabilities of ADS-DVs and improve overall system performance and utilization, particularly in situations that exceed ADS design capabilities. This best practice provides guidelines for integrating remote assistance within the context of ADS. It describes the distinct functions and tasks of RA, aims to

Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium

Rationale for Replacement of Pyrotechnic Signaling Devices in Survival Kits on Transport Category Aircraft Life Rafts and Slide-Rafts

AIR5690A (Current)

11/16/2023

This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) identifies the risks and dangers associated with the carriage and use of pyrotechnic signaling devices in transport category aircraft life rafts and slide/rafts, and provides a rationale for allowing the use of alternative non-pyrotechnic devices authorized by FAA/TSO-C168. These devices offer an equivalent level of safety while eliminating flight safety risks, enhancing survivability of aircraft ditching survivors, reducing costs, eliminating dangerous goods transportation and handling issues, and reducing environmental impact of dangerous goods disposal

S-9A Safety Equipment and Survival Systems Committee

Cockpit Crew Oxygen Equipment for Use from 35000 to 45000 feet Altitude

AS5722 (Current)

11/10/2023

This document covers minimum performance standards for protective equipment used on the flight deck during rapid decompression (5 to 30 seconds) up to a maximum pressure altitude of 45000 feet. Equipment with the capability to adequately protect flight deck crew from hypoxia up to FL450 is anticipated to provide sufficient protection at lower altitudes

A-10 Aircraft Oxygen Equipment Committee

Study of Vehicle-Based Metrics for Assessing the Severity of Side Impacts

09-12-01-0004

10/30/2023

A research program has been launched in Iran to develop an evaluation method for comparing the safety performance of vehicles in real-world collisions with crash test results. The goal of this research program is to flag vehicle models whose safety performance in real-world accidents does not match their crash test results. As part of this research program, a metric is needed to evaluate the severity of side impacts in crash tests and real-world accidents. In this work, several vehicle-based metrics were analyzed and calculated for a dataset of more than 500 side impact tests from the NHTSA crash test database. The correlation between the metric values and the dummy injury criteria was studied to find the most appropriate metric with the strongest correlation coefficient values with the dummy injury criteria. Delta-V and a newly created metric T K 200 Y , which is an indicator of the kinetic energy transferred to occupants in a 200 ms time interval and in the lateral direction, were

Sadeghipour, Emad

Considerations for ISO 26262 ASIL Hazard Classification

J2980_202310 (Current)

10/02/2023

This SAE Recommended Practice presents a method and example results for determining the Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) for automotive motion control electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems. The ASIL determination activity is required by ISO 26262-3, and it is intended that the process and results herein are consistent with ISO 26262. The technical focus of this document is on vehicle motion control systems. The scope of this SAE Recommended Practice is limited to collision-related hazards associated with motion control systems. This SAE Recommended Practice focuses on motion control systems since the hazards they can create generally have higher ASIL ratings, as compared to the hazards non-motion control systems can create. Because of this, the Functional Safety Committee decided to give motion control systems a higher priority and focus exclusively on them in this SAE Recommended Practice. ISO 26262 has a wider scope than SAE J2980, covering other functions and accidents

Functional Safety Committee

Aircraft Precipitation Static Certification

ARP5672 (Current)

10/02/2023

Aircraft surface precipitation static (p-static) charge can be generated when aircraft fly through ice particles, rain, snow and dust. However, in the context of p-static protection, this document is used for providing guidance for any thing that charges the outer surface of the aircraft (e.g. engine exhaust). P-static discharges from the aircraft can disrupt aircraft communication, navigation, and surveillance radios, and can damage aircraft radomes and windshields. This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) defines design considerations for aircraft p-static control and related methods to verify acceptable aircraft p-static performance. This ARP addresses p-static charging due to the aircraft flying through ice particles, rain, snow and dust. It does not address other triboelectric charging that may be present in an aircraft, such as triboelectric fuel charging or environmental control system or air conditioning static charging. It does not address electrostatic charging created

AE-2 Lightning Committee

Adapting U.S. Army Acquisition to Ensure the Reliability and Safety of Autonomous Vehicles

23AERP10_07

10/01/2023

This report presents several challenges that the U.S. Army will face in the transition to autonomous vehicles, challenges that are only magnified in the current acquisition environment with limited testing. Artificial intelligence algorithms introduce additional complexity, resulting in systems with a complex combination of human, machine, and autonomous controllers. Army DEVCOM Analysis Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Artificial intelligence (AI) has become prevalent in many fields in the modern world, ranging from vacuum cleaners to lawn mowers and commercial automobiles. These capabilities are continuing to evolve and become a part of more products and systems every day, with numerous potential benefits to humans. AI is of particular interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), where the benefits include reduced cognitive workload, increased efficiency, and improved safety for human operators. Numerous investments from academia and industry have been made recently with the intent of

Influence of Pre-Crash Vehicle Maneuvers on Front Passenger Safety Performance Response

09-11-02-0021

09/20/2023

Pre-crash vehicle maneuvers are known to affect occupant posture and kinematics, which consequently may influence injury risks during a collision. In this study, the influence of pre-crash vehicle maneuvers on the injury risks of front-seated occupants during a frontal crash was numerically evaluated. A generic buck vehicle model was developed based on a publicly available FE model, which included the vehicle interior and the front passenger airbag (PAB). The pre-crash phase was simulated using specific rigid-body human models with active joints (GHBMCsi-pre models) developed based on exterior shapes of the simplified deformable human model (GHBMCsi) representing a 50th male subject. Two pre-crash maneuvers representing (1) a generic 1g braking and (2) turning-and-braking scenarios were simulated. Then, the kinematics data of belted GHBMCsi-pre models were transferred using a developed switch algorithm to the corresponding GHBMCsi models, which can predict occupant injury risks

Dahiya, Akshay, Untaroiu, Costin

Impact Area and Speed Effects on Powered Two-Wheeler Crash Fatality and Injury Risk

09-11-02-0010

09/20/2023

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the fatality risk of powered two-wheeler (PTW) riders across different impact orientations while controlling for different opponent vehicle (OV) types. For the crash configurations with higher fatality rate, the secondary objective was to create an initial speed–fatality prediction model specific to the United States. Data from the NHTSA Crash Reporting Sampling System and the Fatality Analysis Reporting System from 2017 to 2020 was used to estimate the odds of the different possible vehicle combinations and orientations in PTW–OV crashes. Binary logistic regression was then used to model the speed–fatality risk relationship for the configurations with the highest fatality odds. Results showed that collisions with heavy trucks were more likely to be fatal for PTW riders than those with other OV types. Additionally, the most dangerous impact orientations were found to be those where the PTW impacted the OVs front or sides, with

Terranova, P., Guo, F., Perez, Miguel A.

Definitions and Experimental Measures Related to the Specification of Driver Visual Behavior Using Video-Based Techniques

J2396_202309 (Current)

09/18/2023

This SAE Recommended Practice defines key terms used in the description and analysis of video based driver eye glance behavior, as well as guidance in the analysis of that data. The information provided in this practiced is intended to provide consistency for terms, definitions, and analysis techniques. This practice is to be used in laboratory, driving simulator, and on-road evaluations of how people drive, with particular emphasis on evaluating Driver Vehicle Interfaces (DVIs; e.g., in-vehicle multimedia systems, controls and displays). In terms of how such data are reduced, this version only concerns manual video-based techniques. However, even in its current form, the practice should be useful for describing the performance of automated sensors (eye trackers) and automated reduction (computer vision

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System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Recommended Practices for Evaluations of Safety-Critical Systems in Any Industry - Appendix: STPA and Safety of the Intended Functionality

J3187-2_202309 (Current)

09/06/2023

This document provides recommended practices regarding how System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) may be applied to safety-critical systems in any industry in the area of Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) evaluations

Functional Safety Committee

System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Recommended Practices for Evaluations of Safety-Critical Systems in Any Industry - Appendix: STPA and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE

J3187-3_202309 (Current)

09/06/2023

This document provides recommended practices regarding how System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) may be applied to safety-critical systems in any industry in the area of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) evaluations

Functional Safety Committee

System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Recommended Practices for Evaluations of Safety-Critical Systems in Any Industry - Appendix: STPA and Human Machine Interactions (HMIs

J3187-1_202309 (Current)

09/06/2023

This document describes System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) approaches to evaluate human-machine interaction (HMI) found effective when conducting STPA human factors and/or a system safety evaluation

Functional Safety Committee

Personal Watercraft - Display of Capacity Information

J2566_202308 (Current)

08/21/2023

This SAE Recommended Practice establishes uniform requirements and guidelines for the display of capacity information of personal watercraft

Personal Watercraft Committee

AVSC Best Practice for Continuous Monitoring and Improvement after Deployment

AVSC0001120230707/25/2023

Successful scaling of automated driving system (ADS) technology and realization of its full potential will require developers and service providers to continuously monitor performance of their fleet and enact prompt improvements should issues arise. ADS developers and manufacturers can use the data collected from vehicles in active deployments (e.g., safety performance data) to proactively confirm initial risk assumptions and feed other safety management processes. This best practice provides an approach to continuous monitoring and potential improvement of safety performance of ADS-DVs after deployment. It also outlines approaches to analyzing data related to known and unknown variations in the ADS-DV’s operating environment and complements other AVSC best practices that provide metrics and methods which can be used to monitor safety [AVSC00006202103, AVSC00008202111] while considering important factors pertaining to how data is collected, analyzed, and used [AVSC00004202009

Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium

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