Can active safety
be used to lightweight?
slides.com/alexpawlowski/active-safety-lightweighting
case into data concepts
A Little about me
- 2nd year Bredesen Center PhD Student
- Energy Science and Engineering program
- Transportation Science Focus
- Research: Additive Mfg for Fuel Consumption Decrease
- Undergrad
- University of Virginia
- Mechanical Engineering
- Engineering Science - Material Science
- Web and IT for various student organizations, UVa ITS
- University of Virginia
project definition
- Active safety includes technologies that reduce the likelihood and/or severity of a crash
- Various levels:
- hazard mitigation
- hazard detection
- hazard avoidance
- Various levels:
- If active safety can reduce accidents, do we need as much passive safety elements?
- Corollary: Could vehicle fuel economy increase with reduction of safety elements?
Next steps
- Literature Review of Active Safety and Passive Safety
- Plus, other intelligent transportation system effects
- Regression analysis in quantifying weight gain from past
- connect to fuel economy
- Project Scenarios
- Path we are headed
- Safety Neutral
Can active safety reduce vehicle weight?
By Alex Pawlowski
Can active safety reduce vehicle weight?
Here's a brief intro on a paper concept that I am working on in the Intelligent Transportation Systems arena. Passive safety elements have been added over time to reduce crash injuries and fatalities at the expense of increased vehicle weight. With increased demands of fuel economy pushing automakers to look at all opportunities to reduce vehicle weight, can an appreciable change in vehicle weight be found by moving from passive safety to active safety? This is a little primer to start looking. Comments / suggestions are welcome and key.
