Course Syllabus

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TME202 Vehicle and traffic safety lp2 ht18 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences

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Course purpose

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Course literature

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Course design

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Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

• List the most important sensor technologies for automotive safety applications
  
• Explain the advantages and limitations of different sensor technologies
  
• Explain the role of active safety in the context of traffic safety
  
• Describe the general architecture of active safety systems
  
• Provide examples of active safety systems on the market and describe their operation and implementation
  
• Explain what cooperative systems are and how they can be used to extend the functionalities of active safety systems
  
• Discuss the importance of human factors in relation to active safety
  
• Illustrate the tools currently available for evaluating active safety system
  
• Describe various means to reduce traffic related fatalities and injuries
  
• Discuss the effect of different car structure design and crash configurations on in-crash load paths in the vehicle and in the occupants
  
• Explain means to avoid incompatibility between different road vehicles and road furniture
  
• Describe how car restraints and car structure can reduce injury risk
  
• Relate the biomechanics of the human body to crash safety
  
• Describe the basics of the explicit finite element method and give examples of how simulations can be used to assess crash safety
  
• Design and perform a crash test, filter and analyse data, suggest applicable injury criteria and calculate injury criteria values
  
• Discuss ethical aspects, privacy issues and legal responsibility questions concerning vehicle safety systems as well as research methods

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Study plan

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Examination form

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