Stefan Jakubek – författare

This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort considers aspects of engineering, road-vehicle and infrastructure technologies, traffic management and optimization, traffic safety, and psychology, as well as potential economic effects. The book’s broad perspective means that readers interested in current and state-of-the-art methods and techniques for the realization of semi-automated driving and with either an engineering background or with a less technical background gain a comprehensive picture of this important subject. The contributors address many questions such as:Which maneuvers does a platoon typically have tocarry out, and how?How can platoons be integrated seamlessly in the traffic flow without becoming an obstacle to individual road users?What trade-offs between system information (sensors, communication effort, etc.) and efficiency are realistic?How can intersections be passed by a platoon in an intelligent fashion?Consideration of diverse disciplines and highlighting their meaning for semi-automated truck platooning, together with the highlighting of necessary research and evaluation patterns to address such a broad task scientifically, makes Energy-Efficient and Semi-automated Truck Platooning a unique contribution with methods that can be extended and adapted beyond the geographical area of the research reported.

This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort considers aspects of engineering, road-vehicle and infrastructure technologies, traffic management and optimization, traffic safety, and psychology, as well as potential economic effects. The book’s broad perspective means that readers interested in current and state-of-the-art methods and techniques for the realization of semi-automated driving and with either an engineering background or with a less technical background gain a comprehensive picture of this important subject. The contributors address many questions such as:Which maneuvers does a platoon typically have tocarry out, and how?How can platoons be integrated seamlessly in the traffic flow without becoming an obstacle to individual road users?What trade-offs between system information (sensors, communication effort, etc.) and efficiency are realistic?How can intersections be passed by a platoon in an intelligent fashion?Consideration of diverse disciplines and highlighting their meaning for semi-automated truck platooning, together with the highlighting of necessary research and evaluation patterns to address such a broad task scientifically, makes Energy-Efficient and Semi-automated Truck Platooning a unique contribution with methods that can be extended and adapted beyond the geographical area of the research reported.

This book analyzes the main problems in the real-timecontrol of parallel hybrid electric powertrains in non-road applications thatwork in continuous high dynamic operation. It also provides practical insightsinto maximizing the energy efficiency and drivability of such powertrains.It introduces anenergy-management control structure, which considers all the physicalpowertrain constraints and uses novel methodologies to predict the future loadrequirements to optimize the controller output in terms of the entire workcycle of a non-road vehicle. The load prediction includes a methodology forshort-term loads as well as cycle detection methodology for an entire loadcycle. In this way, the energy efficiency can be maximized, and fuelconsumption and exhaust emissions simultaneously reduced.Readers gain deepinsights into the topics that need to be considered in designing an energy andbattery management system for non-road vehicles. It also becomes clear thatonly a combination of management systems can significantly increase theperformance of a controller.