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Showing 1 to 20 of 6991 for “"vehicle"”.
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Non-stationary Vehicle-to-Vehicle Channel Characterization
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication research has been growing steadily over the past decade. The V2V channel differs significantly from classic cellular wireless channels specifically in its relatively low transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) antenna heights, and that both Tx and Rx and some …
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Challenges in Electric Vehicle Adoption and Vehicle-Grid Integration
With rapid innovation in vehicle and battery technology and strong support from governmental bodies and regulators, electric vehicles (EV) sales are poised to rise. While a better and cleaner world is likely in the near future, wide adoption of EVs also raises many challenges. First, to promote …
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Compact Wire Antenna Array for Dedicated Short-Range Communications: Vehicle to Vehicle and Vehicle to Infrastructure Communications
… This research is focused on implementing vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications to advance both the safety and the quality of the driving experience of modern motorists.</p><p>This thesis achieves three separate goals. First, a brief literature review details the …
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Digital Vehicle Inspection
The project is a digital vehicle inspection system for Toyota Iceland. Its purpose is to replace paper inspection checklists with a web-based system where vehicle inspections can be completed, stored, reviewed, and traced digitally. The system has two main parts. The mobile interface is used by …
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Space Vehicle Testing
… component of building and delivering space vehicles with testing as the preferred method. This Master’s Project presents the space vehicle test process from planning through test design and execution. It starts with an overview of the requirements, validation, and verification. The four …
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A Living Vehicle
A living vehicle sets forth the ability for a lifestyle not of a static place, but as part of the interstate system built into the American landscape. A living vehicle provides the ability to craft a lifestyle around mobility, and will support the situation of living on the road for extended …
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Measurement Based Channel Characterization and Modeling for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication is a challenging but fast growing technology that has potential to enhance traffic safety and efficiency. It can also provide environmental benefits in terms of reduced fuel consumption. The effectiveness and reliability of these applications highly depends on …
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Online Unmanned Ground Vehicle Mission Planning using Active Aerial Vehicle Exploration
This work presents a framework for the exploration and path planning for a collaborative UAV and UGV system. The system is composed of a UAV with a stereo system for obstacle detection and a UGV with no sensors for obstacle detection. Two exploration algorithms were developed to guide the …
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The impact of accessibility of vehicle loans on vehicle ownership in Singapore
… amongst the types of consumer loans available, vehicle loans have gained considerable attention due to the increase in demand for vehicles as the vehicle becomes a mass consumer item with rising affluence and growth of economies. In addition, the rising prices of new and used vehicles due to the …
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Electric vehicle powertrain design with battery swapping and vehicle to grid implementation.
… for the design and development of electric vehicle (EV) powertrains through modeling, simulation and validation on a real-world systems, with detailed analysis of results. A system for swapping, storing and managing EV batteries, including a Deep Neural Network (DNN) based state of health …
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Assessment of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication based Applications in an Urban Network
Connected Vehicle research has emerged as one of the highest priorities in the transportation systems because connected vehicle technology has the potential to improve safety, mobility, and environment for the current transportation systems. Various connected vehicle based applications have been …
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Vehicle Traction Battery Modelling
In recent years, the rate of Electric Vehicle (EV) adoption has been gradually increasing. In order for the Battery Management System (BMS) to perform effectively, accurately, and efficiently depends on the accuracy of the battery model of the battery pack. The work performed in this thesis is to …
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Intelligent vehicle motion control
… directional stability controller. A non-linear vehicle handling model was developed for this study using the Mattab and Simulink tools. This consists of a 4 degree of freedom (d. o. f) lumped-parameter model that includes longitudinal, lateral, yaw and roll motions with quasi-static longitudinal …
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Overweight Vehicle Permitting Alternatives
<p>Overweight vehicles exceed the federal and/or state statutory limits for either the gross vehicle weight (GVW) or the weight of individual axles or axle groups. National and state limits on vehicle weights were established to preserve the highway infrastructure. Past research has shown that …
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Hybrid electric vehicle simulation
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Probabilistic vehicle routing problems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1985.
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Robust autonomous vehicle navigation
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 2002.
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Modular Vehicle Design Concept
Outlined herein is the Modular Vehicle [MODV] concept as a cost effective, utilitarian, and highly functional vehicle concept for the changing demands placed on a MAGTF [Marine Air-Ground Task Force] or SP-MAGTF [Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force] in the 21st century. A large focus is …
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Image-based Vehicle Localization
… topic in navigation, especially in autonomous vehicles navigation. It is usually done by using a global positioning system (GPS) sensor. Even though there have been many studies of vehicle localization in recent years, most of them combine GPS sensor with other sensors to get a more accurate …
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