Learning-based hierarchical decision-making framework for automatic driving in incompletely connected traffic scenarios - Yang F, Li X, Liu Q, Li X, Li Z.
The decision-making algorithm serves as a fundamental component for advancing the level of autonomous driving. The end-to-end decision-making algorithm has a strong ability to process the original data, but it has grave uncertainty. However, other learning... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Investigation of THOR-AV 5F biofidelity in sled test conditions with a semi-rigid seat - Wang ZJ, Humm J, Hauschild HW.
THOR-AV 5F, a modified THOR-5F dummy, was designed to represent both upright and reclined occupants in vehicle crashworthiness studies. The dummy was evaluated in four test conditions: a) 25 ° seatback, 15 km/h, b) 25° seatback, 32 km/h, c) 45° seatback, 15... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Injury risk curves to guide safe speed limits on Swedish roads using German crash data supplemented with estimated non-injury crashes - Lubbe N, Jeppsson H, Sternlund S, Morando A.
Vision Zero postulates that no one should be killed or seriously injured in road traffic; therefore, it is necessary to define evidence-based speed limits to mitigate impact severity. The overall aims to guide the definition of safe speeds limits by establ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Impacts of decision support systems on cognition and performance for intelligence-gathering path planning - Frame ME, Kaiser J, Kegley J, Armstrong J, Schlessman B.
Decision Support Systems (DSS) are tools designed to help operators make effective choices in workplace environments where discernment and critical thinking are required for effective performance. Path planning in military operations and general logistics ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Frontal-crash occupant protection in the rear seat: submarining and abdomen/pelvis response in midsized male surrogates - Guettler AJ, Bianco ST, Albert DL, Boyle DM, Kemper AR, Hardy WN.
Frontal-crash sled tests were conducted to assess submarining protection and abdominal injury risk for midsized male occupants in the rear seat of modern vehicles. Twelve sled tests were conducted in four rear-seat vehicle-bucks with twelve post-mortem hum... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Experimental evaluation of pedestrian-induced multiaxial gait loads on footbridges: effects of the structure-to-human interaction by lateral vibrating platforms - Castillo B, Marulanda J, Thomson P.
The introduction of resistant and lightweight materials in the construction industry has led to civil structures being vulnerable to excessive vibrations, particularly in footbridges exposed to human-induced gait loads. This interaction, known as Human-Str... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Examination of crash injury risk as a function of occupant demographics - Dalmotas D, Chouinard A, Comeau JL, German A, Robbins G, Prasad P.
The objectives of this study were to provide insights on how injury risk is influenced by occupant demographics such as sex, age, and size; and to quantify differences within the context of commonly-occurring real-world crashes. The analyses were confined ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Evaluation of DAMAGE algorithm in frontal crashes - Prasad P, Barbat SD, Kalra A, Dalmotas DJ.
With the current trend of including the evaluation of the risk of brain injuries in vehicle crashes due to rotational kinematics of the head, two injury criteria have been introduced since 2013 - BrIC and DAMAGE. BrIC was developed by NHTSA in 2013 and was... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Control of self-winding microrobot using an electromagnetic drive system: integration of movable electromagnetic coil and permanent magnet - Li H, Zhang Z, Yi X, Jin S, Chen Y.
Achieving precise control over the motion position and attitude direction of magnetic microrobots remains a challenging task in the realm of microrobotics. To address this challenge, our research team has successfully implemented synchronized control of a ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Bicycle injuries: a systematic review for forensic evaluation - Giovannini E, Santelli S, Pelletti G, Bonasoni MP, Innocenti M, Pelotti S, Fais P.
Bicycles are employed as means of transportation across various age groups, from young students to the elderly, for work, education, health, and leisure trips. Despite not achieving high speeds, bicyclists remain vulnerable to severe and even fatal injurie... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
AttMOT: improving multiple-object tracking by introducing auxiliary pedestrian attributes - Li Y, Xiao Z, Yang L, Meng D, Zhou X, Fan H, Zhang L.
Multiobject tracking (MOT) is a fundamental problem in computer vision with numerous applications, such as intelligent surveillance and automated driving. Despite the significant progress made in MOT, pedestrian attributes, such as gender, hairstyle, body ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
As ceaseless as the sea: how modern construction machines disrupted Canadian senses and sensibilities, 1870s-1940s - Fernandes G.
Since the late nineteenth century, Canada has required modern construction machines for industrial growth. Thanks to their novelty and visibility, these machines entered the Canadian psyche, symbolizing hopes and fears about the relentless transformations ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Application and comparison of three occupational health risk assessment methods in an automobile manufacturing industry - Zeng Q, Liu T, Guo XX, Han C, Liu J, Tao H.
OBJECTIVE: Three occupational health risk assessment methods were used to assess the occupational health risk of noise exposed posts in an automobile manufacturing enterprise. According to the results, the selection of risk assessment methods and risk mana... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Anomaly detection in railway sensor data environments: state-of-the-art methods and empirical performance evaluation - Ba łdyga M, Barański K, Belter J, Kalinowski M, Weichbroth P.
To date, significant progress has been made in the field of railway anomaly detection using technologies such as real-time data analytics, the Internet of Things, and machine learning. As technology continues to evolve, the ability to detect and respond to... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Analysis and prediction of urban surface transformation based on small baseline subset interferometric synthetic aperture radar and sparrow search algorithm-convolutional neural network-long short-term memory model - Chen Y, Du S, Huang P, Ren H, Yin B, Qi Y, Ding C, Xu W.
With the acceleration of urbanisation, urban areas are subject to the combined effects of the accumulation of various natural factors, such as changes in temperature leading to the thermal expansion or contraction of surface materials (rock, soil, etc.) an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
