Title :
Vehicle Rollover Avoidance
Author :
Chen, Shih-Ken ; Moshchuk, Nikolai ; Nardi, Flavio ; Ryu, Jihan
Author_Institution :
Global Reasearch & Dev. Center, Gen. Motors, LLC, Warren, MI, USA
Abstract :
Vehicle rollover is a public safety issue [1]–[3]. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration´s (NHTSA) National Center for Statistics and Analysis, from 1991 to 2001 the number of passenger vehicle occupants killed in all motor vehicle crashes increased 4%, while fatalities in rollover crashes increased 10%. In 2001 alone, 10,138 people died in rollover crashes, a figure that represents 32% of occupant fatalities for the year [4], [5].
Keywords :
Acceleration; Accelerometers; Actuators; Road safety; Road vehicles; US Department of Transportation; Vehicle crash testing; Vehicle detection; Vehicle safety; Wheels;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.2010.937004
