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Verkehrserziehung kann sich nicht darin erschöpfen, reine Unfallverhütungskunde zu sein. Es ist zu berücksichtigen, dass Kinder Personen mit ganz spezifischen Fähigkeiten und Verhaltensweisen sind, die die erwachsenen Verkehrsteilnehmer akzeptieren müssen. Dabei spielen Erkundungs- und Betätigungsbedürfnis eine wesentliche Rolle. Der Lernvorgang des Kindes kann geleitet und gefördert, aber nicht über das natürliche Reifetempo hinaus beschleunigt werden. Die Kinder, die heute im Vorschul- oder Grundschulalter sind, sind die Mofa- und Kradfahrer von morgen und die Pkw-Fahrer von übermorgen. Verkehrserziehung ist daher als Einführung in den motorisierten Straßenverkehr, zur Erlangung von Eigenverantwortung, Mitverantwortung und Sicherheitsbewusstsein vonnöten. Dies wird näher dargelegt.
Schäden an Betonfahrbahnen sind fast immer auf das Eindringen von Wasser unter die Betonplatte zurückzuführen. Für die Erprobung von Entwässerungseinrichtungen wurden Versuchsstrecken auf den Autobahnen A5 (Frankfurt -Mörfelden), A7 (bei Dorfmark und Soltau) sowie der A 29 (Bei Sage) eingerichtet, bei denen verschiedene Maßnahmen (Längsentwässerung, Punktentwässerung, Flachdrainage) auf ihr Verhalten beobachtet werden.
Der Einführungsvortrag in das Hauptthema der Tagung betont die Wichtigkeit der Qualität von Baumaßnahmen im Straßenbau. Insbesondere ist dies bei tiefer liegenden Schichten in Straßen erforderlich. Dies wird an den Beispielen des Langzeitverhaltens von Frostschutzschichten und von Entwässerungseinrichtungen erläutert.
Die derzeitige Verkehrserfassung soll stufenweise verbessert werden. Erste Stufe ist die Einführung von ARIAM: Das Bundesverkehrsministerium will die Voraussetzungen dafür schaffen, dass Informationen unmittelbar aus Zähldaten an den Autobahnen erhoben werden können. Zur Organisation für ein verbessertes Informationssystem ist die Verknüpfung der zuständigen Behörden, die Einrichtung von Leitzentralen und deren Verbindung durch einen Datenpool notwendig.
Die fatalen langen Wege – Defizite in der Informationserfassung und bei der Informationsbearbeitung
(1985)
Die Meldewege – und damit die Laufzeit von Verkehrsmeldungen – sind häufig sehr lang. Mit der Folge, dass eine Nachricht vom Autofahrer manchmal geradezu als Falschmeldung empfunden wird, weil sich die beschriebene Verkehrssituation in der Zwischenzeit wieder geändert hat. Die Erfassung und Meldung von Verkehrsinformationen muss daher verbessert werden mit dem Ziel, dass der Kraftfahrer die für ihn wichtige Information genau zu dem Zeitpunkt erhält, an dem er sie braucht, und dass ihn möglichst nur die für ihn selbst relevanten Meldungen erreichen. Schließlich muss vor der Entscheidung über die Empfehlung von Umleitungen jeweils der Verkehrszustand auf den Alternativrouten geprüft werden, damit der Autofahrer nicht womöglich vom Regen in die Traufe gerät.
Thorax injury is one of main causes of serious injury in frontal collisions, especially for elderly car occupants. The anthropometric test device (ATD) THOR‐M provides chest deflection measurements at multiple locations, to assess the risk of thorax injury. For this purpose e, risk functions are needed that relate the potential criteria based on multipoint chest deflection measurement to in jury risk. Different thorax injury criteria and risk functions for THOR have been proposed [2‐3]. The criteria and functions are based on the traditional approach to developing injury risk functions using matched ATD and PMHS tests by relating the injury (number of fractures) to injury criteria. Regarding these studies, some limitations have been identified, in particular concerning the loading conditions of the data used (mainly 3‐point‐belt loading, high loading severity, out‐of‐date ATD versions. To extend the data set and overcome these limitations, a new approach for improved thorax injury criteria was applied within the EC‐funded project SENIORS. The new approach is based on matched frontal impact sled computer simulations with a model representing the latest THOR‐M ATD version, and matching simulations with a human body model (HBM) representing an elderly car occupant.
Structured road markings are becoming popular as edge line on high speed roads, ensuring night time visibility (retroreflection) during rain. These markings are often also "audio-tactile": vehicles (un)intentionally driving over it may produce much more tyre/road sound, which may be observed in the vehicle but also in the vicinity. The sound increase inside the car can be considered as a positive side effect, as it alarms the driver and may be very helpful for the prevention of "doze off" traffic accidents. The sound increase perceived outside the car however, may have a positive aspect as it can warn people on the emergency lane about the approaching vehicle, but it may as well annoy people living around. A method for the assessment of the acoustic properties of audio-tactile markings has been developed. It is mainly based on the "Close Proximity" (CPX) method, an ISO method intended for the acoustic assessment of pavements. The results of measurement campaigns with CPX trailers in Belgium and Germany according to a specially designed procedure are presented. The feasibility of the method is discussed. The research has been carried out in the frame of the standardization activities of the CEN working group CEN/TC226/WG2 "Horizontal signalization".
Bis zum Jahr 2000 erfolgte die Überarbeitung der Begutachtungsleitlinien zur Kraftfahrereignung stets als Gesamtwerk, in Zusammenarbeit mit den Fachgesellschaften und herausgegeben von einem Wissenschaftlichen Beirat. Diese Art der Veröffentlichung erwies sich aus verschiedenen Gründen als nicht mehr praktikabel. Von Anwenderseite wurde der Wunsch nach besserer Übersicht geäußert und es hat sich gezeigt, dass mehr Detailinformation erforderlich ist. Es wird auf die zukünftige Gestaltung und Veröffentlichung der Leitlinien eingegangen, die nun die kapitelweise Überarbeitung als Methode der Wahl definieren. Die freie Verfügbarkeit als elektronisches Dokument soll die Verbreitung weiter erhöhen, die Suche nach Begriffen vereinfachen und eine schnellere Aktualisierung ermöglichen. Änderungen bei der Europäischen Führerscheinrichtlinie (Annex III) sowie bei deren Umsetzung in Deutschland (Anlage 4 der Fahrerlaubnisverordnung) gingen Überarbeitungen bei verschiedenen Kapiteln der Begutachtungsleitlinien voraus. Schon seit 2009 veröffentlicht ist das überarbeitete Kapitel "Epilepsie". Es wird auf die Änderungen in den Kapiteln Diabetes, Tagesschläfrigkeit, Hörvermögen und Gleichgewicht eingegangen, die als nächste folgen sollen. Für den Abstimmungsprozess mit Bund und Ländern wurde das zukünftige Vorgehen bei Änderungsbedarf abgestimmt. Die Begutachtungsleitlinien sind kostenlos zum Download auf www.bast.de verfügbar, einschließlich ergänzender Informationen.
A methodology to derive precision requirements for automatic emergency braking (AEB) test procedures
(2015)
AEB Systems are becoming important to increase traffic safety. Test procedures in testing for consumer information, manufacturer self-certification and technical regulations are used to ensure a certain minimum performance of these systems. Consequently, test robustness, test efficiency and finally test cost become increasingly important. The key driver for testing effort and test costs is the required repeatable accuracy in a test design - the higher the accuracy, the higher effort and test costs. On the other hand, the performance of active safety systems depends on time discretization in the environment perception and other sub-systems: for instance, typical sensors supply information with a cycle time of 50 - 150 ms. Time discretization results in an inherent spread of system performance, even if the test conditions are perfectly equal. The proposed paper shows a methodology to derive requirements for a test setup (e.g. test repeats, use of driving robots, ...) as function of AEB system generation and rating method (e.g. Euro NCAP points awarded, pass/fail, ...). While the methodology itself is applicable to AEB pedestrian and AEB Car-Car scenarios, due to the lack of sufficient test data for AEB Car-Car, the focus of this paper is on AEB pedestrian scenarios. A simulation model for the performance of AEB Pedestrian systems allows for the systematic variation of the discretization time as well as test condition accuracy. This model is calibrated with test results of 4 production vehicles for AEB Pedestrian, all fully tested by BASt according to current Euro NCAP test protocols. Selected parameters to observe the accuracy of the test setup in case of pedestrian AEB is the calculated impact position of pedestrian on the vehicle front (as if no braking would have occurred), and the test vehicle speed accuracy. These variable was shown in real tests to be repeatable in the range of ± 5 cm and ± 0,25 km/h, respectively, with a fully robotized state of the art test setup. The sensitivity of AEB performance (measured in achieved speed reduction as well as overall rating result according to current Euro NCAP rating methods) towards discretization and the sensitivity of performance towards test accuracy then is compared to identify economic yet robust test concepts. These comparisons show that the available repeatability accuracy of current test setups is more than sufficient for today's AEB system capabilities. Time discretization problems dominate the performance spread especially in test scenarios with a limited pedestrian dummy reveal time (e.g. child behind obstruction, running adult scenarios with low car speeds). This would allow to increase test tolerances to decrease test cost. A methodology which allows to derive the required tolerances in active safety tests might be valuable especially for NCAPs of emerging countries that do not have the necessary equipment (e.g. driving robots, positioning units) available for the full-scale and high tolerance EuroNCAP active safety procedures yet still want to rate active safety systems, thus improving the global safety.
Accidents between right turning trucks and straight riding cyclists often show massive consequences. Accident severity is much higher than in other accidents. The situation is critical especially due to the fact that, in spite of the six mirrors that are mandatory for ensuring a minimum field of sight for the truck drivers, cyclists in some situations cannot be seen or are not seen by the driver. Either the cyclist is overlooked or is in a blind spot area that results from the turning manoeuvre of the truck and its articulation if it is a truck trailer or truck semitrailer combination. At present driver assistance systems are discussed that can support the driver in the turning situation by giving a warning when cyclists are riding parallel to the truck just before or in the turning manoeuvre. Such systems would generally bear a high potential to avoid accidents of right turning trucks and cyclists no matter if they ride on the road or on a parallel bicycle path. However, performance requirements for such turning assist systems or even test procedures do not exist yet. This paper describes the development of a testing method and requirements for turning assist systems for trucks. The starting point of each development of test procedures is an analysis of accident data. A general study of accident figures determines the size of the problem. In-depth accident data is evaluated case by case in order to find out which are representative critical situations. These findings serve to determine characteristic parameters (e.g. boundary conditions, trajectories of truck and cyclist, speeds during the critical situation, impact points). Based on these parameters and technical feasibility by current sensor and actuator technology, representative test scenarios and pass/fail-criteria are defined. The outcome of the study is an overview of the accident situation between right turning trucks and straight driving cyclists in Germany as well as a corresponding test procedure for driver assistance systems that at this first stage will be informing or warning the driver. This test procedure is meant to be the basis for an international discussion on introducing turning assist systems in vehicle regulations.
In the paper it is investigated to what extend one can extrapolate the detailed accident database GIDAS (German In-Depth Accident Study), with survey area Hanover and Dresden region, to accident behavior in other regions and countries within Europe and how such an extrapolation can be implemented and evaluated. Moreover, it is explored what extent of accident data for the target country is necessary for such an extrapolation and what can be done in situations with sparse and low accident information in a target region. It will be shown that a direct transfer of GIDAS injury outcomes to other regions does not lead to satisfactory results. But based on GIDAS and using statistical decision tree methods, an extrapolation methodology will be presented which allows for an adequate prediction of the distribution of injury severity in severe traffic accidents for European countries. The method consists essentially of a separation of accidents into well-described subgroups of accidents within which the accident severity distribution does not vary much over different regions. In contrast the distribution over the various subgroups of accidents typically is rather different between GIDAS and the target. For the separation into the subgroups meaningful accident parameters (like accident type, traffic environment, type of road etc.) have been selected. The developed methodology is applied to GIDAS data for the years 1999-2012 and is evaluated with police accident data for Sweden (2002 to 2012) and the United Kingdom (2004 to 2010). It is obtained that the extrapolation proposal has good to very good predictive power in the category of severe traffic accidents. Moreover, it is shown that iterative proportional fitting enables the developed extrapolation method to lead to a satisfactory extrapolation of accident outcomes even to target regions with sparse accident information. As an important potential application of the developed methodology the a priori extrapolation of effects of (future) safety systems, the operation of which can only be well assessed on the basis of very detailed GIDAS accident data, is presented. Based on the evaluation of the presented extrapolation method it will be shown that GIDAS very well represents severe accidents, i.e. accidents with at least one severely or fatally injured person involved, for other countries in Europe. The developed extrapolation method reaches its limits in cases for which only very little accident information is available for the target region.
Euro NCAP will start to test pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking Systems (AEB) from 2016 on. Test procedures for these tests had been developed by and discussed between the AsPeCSS project and other initiatives (e.g. the AEB group with Thatcham Research from the UK). This paper gives an overview on the development process from the AsPeCSS side, summarizes the current test and assessment procedures as of March 2015 and shows test and assessment results of five cars that had been tested by BASt for AsPeCSS and the respective manufacturer. The test and assessment methodology seems appropriate to rate the performance of different vehicles. The best test result - still one year ahead of the test implementation - is around 80%, while the worst rating result is around 10%. Other vehicles are between these boundaries.
The EVERSAFE project addressed many safety issues for electric vehicles including the crash and post-crash safety. The project reviewed the market shares of full electric and hybrid vehicles, latest road traffic accident data involving severely damaged electric vehicles in Europe, and identified critical scenarios that may be particular for electric vehicles. Also, recent results from international research on the safety of electric vehicles were included in this paper such as results from performed experimental abuse cell and vehicle crash tests (incl. non-standardized tests with the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and the BMW i3), from discussions in the UN IG REESS and the GTR EVS as well as guidelines (handling procedures) for fire brigades from Germany, Sweden and the United States of America. Potential hazards that might arise from damaged electric vehicles after severe traffic accidents are an emerging issue for modern vehicles and were summarized from the perspective of different national approaches and discussed from the practical view of fire fighters. Recent rescue guidelines were reviewed and used as the basis for a newly developed rescue procedure. The paper gives recommendations in particular towards fire fighters, but also to vehicle manufacturers and first-aiders.
Since the beginning of the testing activities related to passive pedestrian safety, the width of the test area being assessed regarding its protection level for the lower extremities of vulnerable road users has been determined by geometrical measurements at the outer contour of the vehicle. During the past years, the trend of a decreased width of the lower extremity test and assessment area realized by special features of the outer vehicle frontend design could be observed. This study discusses different possibilities for counteracting this development and thus finding a robust definition for this area including all structures with high injury risk for the lower extremities of vulnerable road users in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle. While Euro NCAP is addressing the described problem by defining a test area under consideration of the stiff structures underneath the bumper fascia, a detailed study was carried out on behalf of the European Commission, aiming at a robust, worldwide harmonized definition of the bumper test area for legislation, taking into account the specific requirements of different certification procedures of the contracting parties of the UN/ECE agreements from 1958 and 1998. This paper details the work undertaken by BASt, also serving as a contribution to the TF-BTA of the UN/ECE GRSP, towards a harmonized test area in order to better protect the lower extremities of vulnerable road users. The German In-Depth Accident Database GIDAS is studied with respect to the potential benefit of a revised test area. Several practical options are discussed and applied to actual vehicles, investigating the differences and possible effects. Tests are carried out and the results studied in detail. Finally, a proposal for a feasible definition is given and a suggestion is made for solving possible open issues at angled surfaces due to rotation of the impactor. The study shows that, in principle, there is a need for the entire vehicle width being assessed with regard to the protection potential for lower extremities of vulnerable road users. It gives evidence on the necessity for a robust definition of the lower extremity test area including stiff and thus injurious structures at the vehicle frontend, especially underneath the bumper fascia. The legal definition of the lower extremity test area will shortly be almost harmonized with the robust Euro NCAP requirements, as already endorsed by GRSP, taking into account injurious structures and thus contributing to the enhanced protection of vulnerable road users. After finalization of the development of a torso mass for the flexible pedestrian legform impactor (FlexPLI) it is recommended to consider again the additional benefit of assessing the entire vehicle width.
During the past five years, a Euro NCAP technical working group on pedestrian safety has been working on improving test and assessment procedures for enhanced passive pedestrian safety. After harmonizing the tools and procedures as much as possible with legislation, the work was mainly focused on the development of grid procedures for the pedestrian body regions head, upper leg with pelvis and lower leg with knee. Furthermore, the test parameters for the head and the upper leg were revised, a new lower legform impactor was introduced and the injury thresholds were adjusted or, where necessary, the injury criteria were changed. Finally, the assessment limits and colour scheme were refined, widening the range and adding two more colours in order to provide a more detailed description of the pedestrian safety performance. By abstaining from an assessment based on a worst point selection philosophy, the improved test point determination procedures that were introduced during the years 2013 and 2014 give a more homogeneous, high resolution picture of the pedestrian safety performance of the vehicle frontends. By using a uniform grid for each test zone approximately 200 test points, evenly distributed within each area, can now be assessed per vehicle. The introduction of the flexible pedestrian legform impactor in 2014 enables a more realistic injury prediction of the knee and the tibia using a biofidelic test tool. With the new upper legform test that has been launched in 2015 the assessment in that area is now focusing on the injured body region instead of the injury causing vehicle part and thus is aligned with the approach in the remaining body regions head and lower leg. At the same time, a monitoring test with the headform impactor against the bonnet leading edge is closing the possible gap between the test areas to identify injury causing vehicle parts that moved out of focus due to the introduction of the new upper legform test. The paper describes the new test and assessment procedures with their underlying philosophy and gives an outlook in terms of open issues, specifying the needs for further improvement in the future. In parallel to the work of the pedestrian subgroup, a Euro NCAP working group on heavy vehicles introduced a set of protocol changes in 2011 that were related to the assessment of M1 vehicles derived from commercial vehicles, with a gross vehicle weight between 2.5 and 3.5 tons and 8 or 9 seats. The paper also investigates the applicability of the new pedestrian test and assessment procedures to heavy vehicles.
Upcoming test procedures and regulations consider the use of Q-dummies. Especially Q6 and Q10 will be introduced to assess the safety of child occupants in vehicle rear seats. Therefore detailed knowledge of these dummies is important to improve safety. As recent studies have shown, chest deflection measurements of both dummies are influenced by parameters like belt geometry. This could lead to a non optimized design of child restraint systems (CRS) and belt systems. The objective of this study is to obtain a more detailed understanding of the sensitivity of chest measurements to restraint parameters and to investigate the possibilities of chest acceleration as an alternative for the assessment of chest injury risks. A study of frontal impact sled tests was performed with Q6 and Q10 in a generic rear seat environment on a bench. Belt parameters like modified belt attachment locations were varied. For the Q6 dummy, different positioning settings of the CRS (booster with backrest) and of the dummy itself were investigated. The Q10 dummy was seated on a booster cushion. Here the position of the upper belt anchorage point was varied. To simulate the influence of vehicle rotation in the ODB crash configuration, the bench was pre-rotated on the sled in additional tests with the Q10. This configuration was tested with and without pretensioner and load limiter. Chest deflection in Q6 showed a high sensitivity to changes in positioning of the CRS and the dummy itself. A more slouched position of the CRS or dummy resulted in a reduction of measured chest deflection, whereas chest acceleration increased for a more slouched position of the CRS. Chest deflection in Q10 is sensitive to belt geometry as already shown in other studies. In a more outboard position of the shoulder belt anchorage the measured chest deflection is higher. Chest acceleration shows the opposite tendency, which is highest for the rearmost location of the upper belt anchorage. On a pre-rotated bench the highest chest deflection within this test series was observed without load limiter/pretensioner and an outboard belt position. By optimizing the belt location and the use of pretensioner/load limier the chest deflection was significantly reduced. For the Q6 a criterion based on chest acceleration as well as deflection measured at two locations might be the most reliable approach, which requires further research with an additional upper deflection sensor. In the Q10 the measured chest deflection does not always correctly reflect the severity of chest loading. The deflection is depending on initial belt position and restraint parameters as well as test conditions, which result in different directions of belt migration. A3ms chest acceleration might be a better indicator for severity of chest loading independent of different conditions like belt geometries. However, in some cases the benefit of an optimized restraint system could only be shown by deflection. These findings suggest that further research is needed to identify a chest injury assessment method, which could be based on deflection as well as acceleration or other parameters related to belt to occupant interaction.
Frontal impact is still the most relevant impact direction in terms of injury causation amongst car occupants. Especially for car-to-car frontal impacts the mass ratio between the involved vehicles has a significant impact on the injury risk (the heavier the opponent car the higher the injury risk). In order to address this issue frontal Mobile Deformable Barrier test procedures have been developed world-wide (for example the MPDB procedure that was fully described during the FIMCAR Project). The objective of this study was to investigate how vehicles of different weight classes perform in a mobile barrier test procedure compared to a fixed barrier test procedure (the full width rigid and offset deformable barrier test). Beyond that, the influence of vehicle mass and vehicle deformation on injuries was evaluated based on real world accident data. Five vehicle types were selected and tested in a fixed offset test procedure (ODB), a full width rigid barrier test procedure (FWRB) and a mobile offset test procedure (MPDB). For the accident analyses data from the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS) was evaluated with a focus on MAIS 2+ injured belted front row car (UN-R 94 compliant cars) occupants in frontal impact accidents. Test data indicates higher dummy loadings, in particular for the head acceleration and chest acceleration, in the MPDB test for the vehicles with a mass lighter than the trolley (1,500 kg) compared to the FWRB test. The trend of increased vehicle stiffness (especially illustrated by tests with the MPDB and small cars) shows the need of a further improvement of passive restraint systems to reduce the occupant loading and with it the injury risk. The analyzed GIDAS data confirm the higher injury risk for occupants in cars with an accident weight of less than 1,500 kg compared to those with a crash weight above 1,500 kg in car-to-car and car-to-object or car-to-HGV, respectively. Furthermore the injury risk increases with decreasing mass ratio (i.e., the opponent car is heavier) in car-to-car accidents. Independent from the higher injury risk, the risk for passenger compartment intrusion in frontal impact appears not to be independent on the crash weight of the car.
During a lifecycle a tyre undergoes degradations due to mechanical wear and chemical ageing which affect not only durability and safety but also tyre/road noise emission and rolling resistance. This paper presents a study with the purpose to study how much tyre/road noise and rolling resistance change when car tyres are worn down from the original 8 mm tread depth to 2 mm, and when chemical ageing of the tyre rubber is simulated by exposure to heat. Six car tyres of different types were selected for the study which were worn on a wear machine in steps of 2 mm tread depth. Before, between and after these wear sessions tyre/road noise and rolling resistance were measured on two drum facilities with different surface textures, including replicas of ISO surfaces. Additionally, coast-by and CPX measurements were made on outdoor ISO test tracks. The results show that the wear and age effect was low on ISO surfaces but dramatic (noise increased with wear) on the rough-textured surface and high but opposite on an extremely smooth surface.
Zunehmende Belastungen insbesondere der Bundesstraßen durch Schwerverkehr und Witterungsextreme führen dazu, dass viele Straßenabschnitte vor Ablauf der geplanten Nutzungsdauer erneuert werden müssen. Hinzu kommt die Herausforderung der Beseitigung von Investitionsstaus, das heißt die Erneuerung von Straßenabschnitten, deren substanzieller Zustand durch Überschreiten der geplanten Nutzungsdauer nicht mehr wirtschaftlich ist. Insbesondere bei extremen Witterungsbedingungen zeigen sich unter Umständen die Schwächen der verschiedenen Bauweisen. So kann es bei hohen Temperaturen und Stop-and-go-Verkehr bei Asphaltbauweisen zur erhöhten Spurrinnenbildung oder zur Schädigung der Längsnähte kommen. In der Betonbauweise können unter Umständen Hitzeschäden auftreten, wenn größere Imperfektionen – die direkt aus der Herstellung oder mangelnder/fehlerhafter Erhaltung resultieren – vorliegen. Aufgrund außergewöhnlicher klimatischer Situationen (Hitzeperioden) im Jahr 2013 kam es insbesondere im Bundesland Bayern zu einem vermehrten Auftreten von Hitzeschäden. Deshalb wurde im gleichen Jahr eine „Expertengruppe Hitzeschäden“ gegründet, die aus Vertretern des BMVI, der BASt, der Straßenbauverwaltungen und externer Experten bestand. Ziel war es, die Ursachen und Mechanismen von Hitzeschäden zu eruieren, um geeignete Maßnahmen zu deren Vermeidung ergreifen zu können. In diesem Zusammenhang wurde eine spezielle Messstation entwickelt, um die Temperatur über den Betondeckenquerschnitt, die Fugenbewegungen und weitere relevante Klimadaten ermitteln zu können. In enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bund und den Ländern wurden bisher 15 derartige Stationen aufgebaut. Somit besteht die Möglichkeit, in der Praxis auftretende witterungsinduzierte Spannungszustände im Kontext mit den verschiedenen Bauweisen sowie den zunehmend auftretenden Witterungsextrema zu analysieren. Die genaue Kenntnis über den Temperaturverlauf im Betonquerschnitt und zur Fugenbewegung, im zeitlichen und örtlichen Kontext zu den Witterungsbedingungen ist notwendig, um das Spannungsniveau im Deckensystem ableiten und prognostizieren zu können. Zudem ist die Kenntnis über konstruktive und materialtechnische Parameter aus dem zu betrachtenden Straßenoberbau erforderlich. Um Aussagen zur zeitlichen Entwicklung des Verhaltens des Plattensystems im Lebenszyklus treffen zu können, ist die kontinuierliche Erfassung, Speicherung und Analyse relevanter Daten von Bedeutung. Für die temporäre Spannungsprognose (z. B. über den Zeitraum einer Hitzeperiode) ist jedoch eine Analyse der Ausgangsdaten innerhalb weniger Stunden notwendig, um entsprechende Handlungsempfehlungen (z. B. Einrichtung von Tempolimits) treffen zu können. Durch die Verknüpfung mit weiteren Daten können ferner Aussagen zur Entwicklung wichtiger zeitlich veränderlicher Parameter über den Nutzungszeitraum gewonnen werden.
Die Kenntnis von Materialeigenschaften spielt bei der Entwicklung oder Optimierung von Betonen und Bauweisen für den Straßenbau sowie der Qualitätskontrolle und -sicherung eine bedeutende Rolle. Gleichermaßen bilden physikalische Materialkennwerte die Grundlage für die rechnerische Dimensionierung und die Restsubstanzbewertung von Betonfahrbahndecken. Einen relevanten Kennwert bei der Untersuchung thermisch induzierter Spannungs- und Verformungszustände stellt der thermische Ausdehnungskoeffizient von Beton dar. Dieser beeinflusst beispielsweise maßgeblich das Längsdehnungsverhalten des Deckensystems sowie das Ausmaß von Plattenkrümmungen und Fugenbewegungen. Im Zuge der systematischen Weiterentwicklung der rechnerischen Dimensionierung aber auch im Zusammenhang mit der gezielten Verbesserung der Gebrauchseigenschaften von Fahrbahndecken gilt es zu hinterfragen, ob lastunabhängige Formänderungseigenschaften, wie z. B. der thermische Ausdehnungskoeffizient der verwendeten Betone, aktuell ausreichend Beachtung finden, ob allgemeine Literaturwerte für die heutigen Fahrbandeckenbetone stets Gültigkeit besitzen und ob deren Implementierung in moderne Rechenmodelle zu validen Ergebnissen führt. Für eine empirische Herangehensweise ist die Verfügbarkeit adäquater Prüfverfahren von entscheidender Bedeutung. In Deutschland existiert aktuell jedoch kein standardisiertes oder genormtes Verfahren für die prüftechnische Bestimmung des thermischen Ausdehnungskoeffizienten von Beton. Daher wurden unter Beachtung straßenbauspezifischer Gesichtspunkte zwei Prüfansätze entwickelt, die in diesem Beitrag vorgestellt und hinsichtlich möglicher Messunsicherheiten und Messungenauigkeiten diskutiert werden. Außerdem erfolgt die Darstellung ausgewählter Ergebnisse aus Analysen an Bestandsbetonen aus dem BAB-Netz. Im Ergebnis sollen die Untersuchungen einen Beitrag zur Schaffung der prüftechnischen Voraussetzungen für eine abgesicherte Quantifzierung der thermischen Dehnung von Fahrbahndeckenbetonen leisten.
Knowledge of material properties is of great importance when developing new types of concrete and construction methods for road building, and for quality control and quality assurance. Physical material characteristics are likewise the basis for dimensioning and assessing the residual substance of concrete pavements. One relevant characteristic when examining thermally induced stress and deformation is the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of concrete. This indicator, for example, significantly influences the longitudinal expansion of the pavement system as well as the degree of curling of slabs and joint movements. Extensive tests were conducted during the technical engineering assessment of the structural substance of concrete pavements in the German motorway network, including tests to determine the CTE of existing types of concrete. Because no standardised procedure currently exists in Germany for using tests to determine the CTE of concrete, the initial task was to develop a suitable test procedure from a road-building perspective, taking consideration of the national prevailing structural conditions. This article presents the results of selected status analyses, in which the CTE was determined for a total of 656 individual samples. The values calculated for the top and bottom drilled core layer are in the range 8.9 – 13.2 x 10-6/K, whereby the average CTE assumes a value of 10.7 x 10-6/K. The deviations of the CTEs from the bottom and top drilled core layer are in principle significantly below the limitation to a maximum of 2.50 x 10-6/K recommended in literature.
Mobility is a central requirement for economic growth, employment and participation of each individual in social life. This basic principle of the BMVI (Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure) requires an intact and functional infrastructure. In a context of increasing investments over the next few years, it will be relevant to develop a network related systematic procedure to be part of the structural maintenance of the federal highway network. In the planning of maintenance measures, the knowledge about the state of structural performance and its long-term development is of central importance. In the following, a method is presented which allows the mechanically and statistically reliable assessment and prognosis of structural performance of concrete pavements. In addition, the application and procedure are applied to a case study.
Neben den Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung und den sich daraus ergebenden Chancen im Verkehrssektor, rücken aktuell die Themengebiete Ressourcenknappheit, Klimawandel und Klimaschutz in den Vordergrund. Im Bereich des Straßenbaus sind insbesondere die Kriterien „Produkt- und Prozessqualität“ in Verbindung mit den LZP „Planung und Realisierung“ anzuführen, da in diesen beiden Phasen die Qualität bzw. die Nachhaltigkeit des Straßenoberbaus maßgeblich geprägt wird. In Bezug auf die Nachhaltigkeit kann der Straßenoberfläche faktisch eine Schlüsselrolle zugeschrieben werden. Für die ganzheitliche Bewertung der Qualität im Zusammenhang mit der Nachhaltigkeit von Straßenoberflächen wurde ein vorstellbares Bewertungsmodell entwickelt. Die Performances Griffigkeit, Ebenheit, Geräuschpegel und Rollwiderstand wurden in Anlehnung an das europäische Reifenlabel sowie aufgrund ihrer signifikanten Wirkung auf die fünf Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit gewählt und daher nahezu gleich gewichtet. Im Bereich des Betonstraßenbaus kann dieses Modell beispielweise dazu dienen, eine ganzheitliche Bewertung von Grindingtexturen vornehmen zu können. So wird derzeit eine Vielzahl verschiedener Texturen der Generation „Texturgrinding“ (Typ S und Typ S+) auf Bundesautobahnen erprobt. Dabei wird primär das Ziel verfolgt, diese zeitnah als alternative Standardtexturen für den Betonstraßenbau einzuführen. Die nachfolgende Generation (Typ A und Typ A+) verfolgt u. a. die gezielte Texturierung für eine performanceorientierte Oberflächengestaltung. In einer nächsten Texturgeneration wäre somit die Herstellung von High Performance Road Surfaces (HPRS) möglich. Das Label besitzt die Aufgabe, den Nutzer beim Kauf über die Kriterien Rollwiderstand, Nasshaftung und Geräuschemission im Zusammenhang mit einer höheren Fahrsicherheit, weniger Umweltverschmutzung und weniger Kraftstoffverbrauch hinreichend zu informieren.
In Germany, expenditure for the construction of new and maintenance of existing federal highways is currently at a record level of EUR 8 billion per year. In connection with the planned infrastructure policy reforms it is necessary to further develop the planning tools for dimensioning and substance assessment of road structures in order to increase the efficiency of construction measures. The stress caused by traffic is of central importance here. Since unevenness in the road surface has a significant influence on the dynamic part of the wheel load, dynamic effects must be explicitly taken into account. As a result, increasing unevenness can lead to higher dynamic loads and, in the context of a corresponding number of wheel rollovers, to disproportionate damage to the road structure. In general, a shock factor is taken into account during dimensioning, which is to be considered as a function of vehicle suspension, load, speed and evenness. This approach is not sufficient for concrete road structures executed as slabs. In the normal case, only the periodically occurring individual event of a transverse contraction joint, superimposed by irreversible and/or temporary slab deformations, can lead to a significant increase in the dynamic wheel load. In addition, the existing slab deformations are tied to many boundary conditions and can therefore vary greatly in their characteristics. For the further development of methods for dimensioning and residual substance assessment with regard to their accuracy, a three-dimensional slab-specific view of the road surface is therefore appropriate. In this paper, a suitable measuring method for three-dimensional surface laser scanning and an algorithm for the classification of slab deformations are presented.
Im Jahr 2009 wurde CEN/TC 396 „Erdarbeiten“ mit der Zielsetzung gegründet, erstmalig europäische Normen für Erdarbeiten zu erarbeiten. Durch eine einheitliche Grundlage für Erdarbeiten in den EU-Ländern sollen Handelshemmnisse vermieden und die Nutzung und Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen verbessert werden. Länder mit bestehenden nationalen Regelwerken, z. B. im Eisenbahn- oder Straßenbau, können diese weiterhin anwenden und gleichzeitig Erfahrungen mit der europäischen Norm sammeln. Gespiegelt werden die Arbeiten vom NA 005-05-22 AA „Erdarbeiten (SpA zu CEN/TC 396 und CEN/TC 396/WG 1 bis WG 8), Gemeinschaftsausschuss mit FGSV“ im DIN-Normenausschuss Bauwesen. Von allen Beteiligten wurde in den letzten Jahren großes Engagement in die Erarbeitung und Begleitung der ersten sechs Teile der Normenreihe EN 16907 eingebracht. Ihre Veröffentlichung wird im April 2019 erwartet. Bereits 2017 wurde DIN CEN/TS 17006 (DIN SPEC 1035), Erdarbeiten – Flächendeckende dynamische Verdichtungskontrolle (FDVK) veröffentlicht. Der Norm-Entwurf zu DIN EN 16907-7, Erdarbeiten – Teil 7: Hydraulische Einbringung von mineralischen Abfällen befindet sich derzeit in der CEN-Umfrage. Diese erste Generation der europäischen Erdbaunormen stellt im Ergebnis den derzeitigen Konsens im europäischen Raum dar und geht den ersten Schritt in Richtung Harmonisierung. Zudem wird eine Übersicht über die nationale Praxis der verschiedenen Länder gegeben. Sie bietet somit für ausführende Unternehmen eine Hilfestellung, da diese einen Überblick über die Regelwerke der jeweiligen Länder erhalten. In neuen Arbeitsgruppen des CEN/TC 396 haben bereits die Arbeiten an weiteren Normungsvorhaben begonnen. Ein Technical Report (CEN/TR) zum Einsatz von sekundären Rohstoffen befindet sich in der Erarbeitung, und eine Arbeitsgruppe befasst sich mit erdbauspezifischen Prüfverfahren. Diese neuen Themen werden ebenfalls durch den NA 005-05-22 AA gespiegelt. Für die nächste Generation europäischen Erdbaunormen wird der NA 005-05-22 AA gemeinsam mit den Gremien der Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV) eine auf den Erfahrungen mit der neuen Normenreihe basierende Liste mit Änderungserfordernissen vorbereiten, die bei der nächsten turnusmäßigen Überprüfung im Sommer 2023 von deutscher Seite eingebracht werden soll.
Ziel der Forschungsarbeiten zum Thema Durchsickerung von Straßenböschungen ist es, ausgewogene Beurteilungskriterien für einen umwelteffizienten und zugleich ökonomischen Einsatz von Ersatzbaustoffen und Bodenmaterial zu schaffen. Durch eine belastbare Datengrundlage zur Erfassung des Wasserhaushaltes des gesamten Bauwerkes können Instrumente entwickelt werden, um die Wirksamkeit der unterschiedlichen technischen Sicherungsmaßnahmen zu beurteilen. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, verfolgt die Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen verschiedene Projektansätze zum Thema Durchsickerung von Straßenböschungen. Jeder Projektansatz hat seine Stärken und Schwächen. Durch großmaßstäbliche Versuche können die realen Verhältnisse gut wiedergegeben werden. Solche Versuche sind jedoch personalintensiv und langwierig. Schneller und preisgünstiger sind Modellrechnungen. Die Qualität der Berechnungen hängt aber stark von der Qualität der gewählten Parameter ab. Durch inverse Modellierung müssen die Eingabeparameter der Programme zur Modellrechnung an die Realität angepasst werden. Die realen Bedingungen werden am besten durch ein Pilotprojekt an einem realen Versuchsdamm wiedergegeben. Diese Versuche sind sehr aufwendig und sehr kostenintensiv, aber zur Validierung der Modellrechnung und der großmaßstäblichen Versuche erforderlich. In dem Betrag wird beschrieben, welche großmaßstäblichen Versuche durch die Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt) durchgeführt wurden und wie sie von Anfang an durch Simulationsrechnungen begleitet wurden.
Entgegen dem Trend insgesamt sinkender Unfallzahlen bleibt die Zahl der vom statistischen Bundesamt erfassten, folgenschweren Wildunfälle (Unfälle mit Personenschaden sowie schwerwiegende Unfälle mit Sachschaden) auch 2017 mit 3.063 erfassten Fällen auf etwa gleichem Niveau. Die Zahl der Unfälle mit reinem Sachschaden hingegen sowie das Schadensaufkommen steigen jährlich. Den höchsten Wert an Schadensmeldungen verzeichnete der Gesamtverband der Versicherer (GDV) im Jahr 2017 mit 275.000 gemeldeten Wildunfällen. Die Wildunfallprävention erfolgt in Deutschland über den Einsatz von Verkehrszeichen, Wildschutzzäunen, Wildwarnanlagen und Wildwarnern (auditiv, olfaktorisch, visuell). Zur Wirksamkeit der vorgenannten und weiteren Maßnahmen liegen jedoch nur wenige gesicherte Erkenntnisse vor. Dieses Szenario begründet eine vielschichtige und konsolidierte Untersuchungsreihe über die Ursachen von Wildunfällen und Maßnahmen zu deren Vorbeugung, in der folgende Themenbereiche bearbeitet werden: - Deutschlandweite Evaluation und Auswertung von Wildunfallzahlen, - Maßnahmen zur Beeinflussung des Wildes zur Vermeidung von Wildunfällen, - Maßnahmen zur Beeinflussung der Verkehrsteilnehmer zur Vermeidung von Wildunfällen, - Infrastrukturelle Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Wildunfällen. Die Erkenntnisse aus den einzelnen Untersuchungen werden mit Abschluss des Forschungsschwerpunktes in einem Leitfaden „Wildunfallprävention“ zusammengefasst. Zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt liegen bereits erste Teilergebnisse vor, die im Rahmen dieses Symposiums veröffentlicht werden können. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf Ergebnissen über die deutschlandweite Zusammenstellung von Wildunfallzahlen der Jahre 2012 bis 2017 sowie auf Resultaten einer Befragung zur Herstellung und Unterhaltung von Wildschutzzäunen. Zusätzlich werden Erkenntnisse zur Wirksamkeit von Wildwarnreflektoren einerseits aus einer lichttechnischen Untersuchung, andererseits aus einem Feldversuch mit 150 Teststrecken (Unfallforschung der Versicherer) präsentiert.
Straßenbegleitflächen können einerseits wertvolle Lebensräume für eine Vielzahl von Tier- und Pflanzenarten darstellen, die inzwischen nur noch selten in unserer intensiv genutzten Landschaft zu finden sind. Andererseits kommen auf ihnen häufig gebietsfremde Pflanzenarten (Neophyten) vor und breiten sich bevorzugt entlang dieser aus. Einige dieser Arten können die heimische Artenvielfalt oder die menschliche Gesundheit gefährden oder hohe ökonomische Kosten verursachen. Ziel des Kernthemas „Verkehrsträgerübergreifendes und –spezifisches Management von invasiven Arten“ im BMVI-Expertennetzwerk ist es, verkehrsträgerübergreifende Managementpläne zur Prävention der Einbringung und Ausbreitung von gebietsfremden Arten auf Verkehrsbegleitflächen zu entwickeln. Um eine verlässliche Einschätzung zu erhalten, inwieweit Neophyten bereits an Bundesfernstraßen etabliert sind und welche Problematik daraus resultiert, wurde eine online-Umfrage entwickelt, die an die zuständigen Betriebsdienste der Bundesländer gerichtet wurde. Hierzu werden die Ergebnisse vorgestellt. Diese sollen helfen, effiziente Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen und Strategien zur Vermeidung der Einbringung und Ausbreitung von Neophyten und anderen Problemarten zu entwickeln. Mittel- bis langfristig sollen diese zur (Kosten-) Entlastung bei der Unterhaltung bestehender und der Planung zukünftiger Infrastruktureinrichtungen führen.
Verkehrsbegleitflächen können wertvolle Lebensräume für eine Vielzahl von Tier- und Pflanzenarten bieten und damit einen Beitrag zum Erhalt und der Förderung der Biodiversität leisten. Gleichzeitig kommen aber auch gebietsfremde Pflanzenarten (Neophyten) auf Verkehrsbegleitflächen vor und breiten sich bevorzugt entlang dieser aus. Einige dieser Arten können eine Gefahr für die Biodiversität darstellen, hohe ökonomische Kosten verursachen oder die menschliche Gesundheit gefährden. Ziel der beiden Schwerpunktthemen SPT 201 „Ökologische Vernetzung“ und SPT 202 „Neobiota“ im BMVI-Expertennetzwerk ist es, verkehrsträgerübergreifende Managementpläne zur Prävention der Ein- und Ausbreitung von gebietsfremden Arten und zur Förderung der Biodiversität auf Verkehrsbegleitflächen zu entwickeln. Um eine verlässliche Einschätzung zu erhalten, inwieweit Neophyten bereits an Bundesstraßen und der Schiene etabliert sind und welche Problematik daraus resultiert, wurde eine online-Umfrage entwickelt, die an die zuständigen Betriebsdienste der Bundesländer und die Außenbezirke der DB Netz gerichtet wurde. Hierzu werden die vorläufigen Ergebnisse vorgestellt. Diese sollen helfen, effiziente Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen und Strategien zur Vermeidung der Einbringung und Ausbreitung von Neophyten zu entwickeln. Mittel- bis langfristig sollen diese zur (Kosten-) Entlastung bei der Unterhaltung bestehender und der Planung zukünftiger Infrastruktureinrichtungen führen.
Topics of the status report are: Road accidents in Germany ; Socio-economic costs due to road traffic accidents in Germany , German Road Safety Programme. Finished projects: Turning Assist Systems for Trucks ; Handbook „Accessibility in long-distance bus transport“ ; EU project PROSPECT ; Intersection assistance (Euro NCAP) ; Personal Light Electric Vehicles (PLEV) ; Automatic Emergency Braking for Heavy Goods Vehicles ; KO-HAF ; AFAS ; SENIORS ; Adoption of UN-GTR9-PH2. Ongoing and planned research: Safety potential and testing of reversing assistants for passengers cars (M1) and LGV´s (N1) ; Study on winter tires ; Automatic Emergency Braking for passenger cars ; Motorcyclist-friendly safety barriers ; Active motorcycle safety ; EU-Project PIONEERS ; Friction prediction ; Bus safety: smoke gas toxicity ; HMI aspects on Camera-Monitor-Systems ; Activities with regard to UN R 22 and helmets for S-Pedelecs ; Seriously injured road accident casualties ; UNECE IWG on Deployable Pedestrian Protection Systems (Active bonnets) ; GIDAS – new requirements to address new vehicle technology ; Human Body Modelling ; Child Safety at the UNECE with regard to R 129 ; Development of requirements on automated driving functions for vehicle regulations ; EU-Project L3-Pilot ; Development of evaluation methods for driver interaction with assistance and automation (national research and Euro NCAP) ; EU-Project OSCCAR ; PEGASUS ; Development of basic scenarios for the description of control-relevant requirements for continuous automated vehicle guidance ; EU project HEADSTART ; C-Roads Germany ; Practical Test for the Quality of Congestion-Tail Information ; Research program road safety.
The Intersection 2020 project was initiated to develop a test procedure for Automatic Emergency Braking systems in intersection car-to-car scenarios to be transferred to Euro NCAP. The project aims to address current road traffic accidents on European roads and therefore sets a priority of the identification of the most important car-to-car accidents and Use Cases. Taking into account technological and practical limitations, Test Scenarios are derived from the Use Cases in a later stage of the project. This paper presents parts of a larger study and provides an overview of common car-to-vehicle(at least four wheels) collision types at junctions in Europe and specifies seven Accident Scenarios from which the three scenarios “Straight Crossing Paths (SCP)”, “Left Turn Across Path – Opposite Direction Conflict (LTAP/OD)” and “Left Turn Across Path – Lateral Direction (LTAP/LD)” are most important due to their high relevance regarding severe car-to-car accidents. Technical details about crash parameters such as collision and initial speeds are delivered. The analysis work performed is input for the definition and selection of the Use Cases as well as for the project’s benefit estimation. The numbers of accidents and fatalities in accidents at intersections involving a passenger car were shown per intersection type. In both statistics, it was found that accidents at crossroads and T- or staggered junctions are of highest relevance, followed by roundabouts. Focusing on accidents at intersections between one passenger car and another road user shows that around one-third of all accidents and related fatalities could have been assigned to car-to-PTW accidents and one-fifth of all accidents and fatalities to car-to-car accidents. Regarding car-to-car accidents with at least serious injury outcome 38% out of 34,489 car-to-car accidents happened at intersections. These figures correspond to 18% of the fatalities (4,236 fatalities in total). Considering all intersection types, around half of all related accidents happened in urban environments whereas this number decreased to one-third of all fatalities. Further, the proportion of road fatalities per country occurring at intersections varies widely across the EU. Also, there are proportionately more fatalities in daylight or twilight conditions at junctions. Use Cases are supposed to be derived from Accident Scenarios and by adding detailed information for example about the road layout, right-of-way and the vehicle trajectories prior to the collision. Instead of applying cluster algorithms to the accident data, a pragmatic approach was finally preferred to create them. Note: Use Cases serve as an intermediate step between the Accident Scenarios and the Test Scenarios which describe the actual testing conditions. Finally, 74 Use Cases were identified. This large number indicates the complexity of intersection crashes due to the combination of several parameters.
Intelligent transportation systems have a high potential to optimise traffic flow, to increase road traffic safety and to reduce environmental pollution. Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) systems help to achieve these targets. Beside verbal radio announcements the most used RTTI service is the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) as a part of the Radio Data System (RDS). TMC messages support drivers in their choice of efficient routes or prepare them to cope with situations on the route ahead. The main focus of the paper is on the quality of TMC messages in Germany. After a brief overview of RTTI stakeholders in Germany and their role in the German public traffic information chain the following literature analysis summarizes the state-of-the-art on traffic information quality. Then the paper gives an overview about methodology and first results of an ongoing project on traffic information quality that has been initiated by the Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt, German Federal Highway Research Institute) in 2008. The paper describes a concept how to check all processing iterations of the traffic information chain and occurring failures. A cause-effect-analysis forms the basis of this concept to get an idea which reasons (= process) lead to which measurable effect (= quality indicator). The paper demonstrates the principle with the pre-process of the Location Code List (LCL), which is the major basis for message coding since the LCL describes all locations that can be named in a TMC message.
Test and assessment procedures for passive pedestrian protection of passenger cars are in place for many years within world-wide regulations as well as consumer test programmes. Nevertheless, recent accident investigations show a stagnation of pedestrian fatality numbers on European roads alongside increasing injury severities for older road users. The EU-funded SENIORS (Safety ENhancing Innovations for Older Road userS) project developed and evaluated a thorax injury prediction tool (TIPT) for later incorporation within test and assessment procedures. Accident data indicates an increasing portion of AIS2 and AIS3+ thoracic injuries of older pedestrians and cyclists which are currently not assessed in any test procedure for vulnerable road users. Therefore, SENIORS focused on the development of a test tool predicting the risk of rib fractures of vulnerable road users (VRU). While injury risk functions were reanalyzed, human body model (HBM) simulations against categorized generic vehicle frontends served as input for the definition of test setups and corresponding impact parameters. TIPT component tests against a generic frontend and an actual vehicle were used for the evaluation of the technical feasibility. The TIPT component tests shows the general feasibility of a test procedure for the assessment of thoracic injuries, with good repeatability and reproducibility of kinematics and results. Impact parameters such as the inclination angles of the thorax, angles of the velocity vector and impact speeds well replicate the parameters gained from the HBM simulations. The proposed markup and assessment scheme offers the possibility of a homogeneous evaluation of the protection potential of vehicle frontends while maintaining justifiable testing efforts. During evaluation testing, the proposed requirements were entirely met. The developed prototype of TIPT and launching system offer impact angles and speeds as suggested by HBM simulations. However, since thorax impacts during pedestrian accidents do not occur perpendicularly to the vehicle surface in most cases, the TIPT built-in linear potentiometers do not acquire the true resultant intrusions on the ribcage and thus, TIPT rib deflections do not reflect the actual human injury risk. However; for the impact forward to the bonnet leading edge, the TIPT seems applicable without further modifications. The test and assessment procedures using the TIPT offer for the first time the possibility of replicating the kinematics of a pedestrian thorax with a component test. The developed assessment scheme gives a first indication on how the risk for thoracic injuries could be implemented within the Euro NCAP Box 3 assessment. Future development of the TIPT may focus on implementing a rib cage that can deflect in all axes in a humanlike way.
Per definition, SAE Level 2 (L2) Systems perform both the lateral and longitudinal vehicle motion control with the expectation that the driver completes the Object and Event Detection and Response (OEDR). Since every system performs also parts of the OEDR itself and this amount of OEDR also varies between different L2 systems depending on the intended system design, it cannot be taken for granted that drivers automatically understand their roles and responsibilities in interaction with the system. Especially highly reliable L2 systems performing a greater amount of OEDR while at the same time requiring only little driver input over time can make it difficult for drivers to correctly identify their role and responsibility. Until now, neither application-oriented assessment methods nor design guidelines for OEDR related system design features taking safety of human-machine-interaction into account are available. The objective is therefore to deliver a standardized tool for the assessment of human-machine-interaction-related safety of vehicles with L2 systems currently available on the market. To evaluate the impact of different system design aspects on safety of human-machine-interaction and also to be able to differentiate between system designs, a holistic, standardized and application-oriented assessment procedure is proposed. The novel tablet-based assessment tool focuses not only on available standards and guidelines but measures also concrete user behaviour and user understanding in interaction with the L2 systems. The aim is to gain further insights which cannot be measured directly by simple checklist instruments. For preparation, based on international standards, literature reviews and expert consultations, a first checklistbased expert-evaluation for currently available vehicles with L2 systems was developed. These assessments are focusing on different sources of user information (e.g. user manual), human-machine-interface design as well as the prevention of unintended use by different driver monitoring techniques. The checklist-tool was developed in cooperation with experts of different EuroNCAP test laboratories and validated in a common expert workshop to gain high level of standardization and agreement. However, to assess safety of human-machine-interaction holistically beyond these rather explicit forms of information design criteria, also implicit forms of drivervehicle-communication via vehicle dynamics, functional behavior or reliability play an important role and should be taken into account. Therefore, the main and novel methodological aim is to consider also interaction related processes regarding user´s understanding of roles and responsibilities when applying automated driving functions as well as user´s awareness of automation modes or traffic situations in the modular tablet-based assessment tool.
Airbags are, together with the three-point belt, the most effective passive safety equipment of vehicles. However, literature shows that sound pressure levels of up to 170 dB can occur during airbag deployment. A literature review revealed no systematic experimental data on possible hearing loss by airbag deployment, that also takes any other crash accompanied noise into account, such as deformation and impact noise. Also the rising number of airbags per vehicle resulting in a higher number of deployed airbags in an accident was not addressed with respect to hearing loss. Thus, an extensive test matrix of noise measurements during airbag deployments was conducted including onboard measuring during crashes and static measurements. Dynamic and static experiments with single and multiple airbag deployments were conducted. The results of this study show, that in the analyzed crash constellations the acoustic emission of the collision as well as the car deformation can trigger the stapedius reflex before the airbag deployment. The stapedius reflex protects the inner ear at least partially in case of dangerous sound levels. However, it seems that multiple airbag deployments in a short sequence pose a considerable risk for hearing impairments despite the fully contracted stapedius muscle. Further and in line with Price et al. (2013) it was found that the risk of hearing loss is lower with closed windows. The analysis of patient and accident data showed no link between airbag deployment and hearing loss. This might be caused by low case numbers of reported hearing loss problems up to now. In conclusion the results show that a singular analysis of the sound pressure of airbag deployments without crash accompanied noises is not sufficient as the protective effect of the stapedius reflex is neglected. Still, successive airbag deployments in a short timeframe raise the risk of hearing loss. Further investigation on hearing impairment due to airbag deployment and triggering of the stapedius reflex is needed and the data acquisition of accidents and patients should consider hearing loss aspects.
Bicyclists and pedestrians belong to the most endangered groups in urban traffic. The EU-funded collaborative research project PROSPECT (‘PROactive Safety for PEdestrians and CyclisTs´) aims to significantly improve safety of those unprotected traffic participants by expanding the scope of scenarios covered by future active safety systems in passenger cars. Concepts for sensor control systems are built into three prototypes covering emergency interventions such as Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) as well as Autonomous Emergency Steering (AES). These systems tackle the well-known challenges of currently available systems including limited field-of-view by sensors, fuzzy path prediction, unreliable intent reaction times and slow reaction times. These highly innovative functions call for extensive validation methodologies based on already established consumer testing procedures. Since these functions are developed towards the prevention of intersection accidents in urban areas, a key aspect of the advanced testing methodology is the valid approximation of naturalistic trajectories using driving robots. Eventually, several simulator studies complemented a user acceptance and benefit analysis to evaluate the expected overall impact of the PROSPECT systems. The results achieved within the PROSPECT project are highly relevant for upcoming test protocols regarding the most critical situations with Vulnerable Road Users (VRU). With introducing the new methods in Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) a significant increase in road safety is expected.
To assess occupant safety in a crash test, criteria associating the measurements made with a crash test dummy to injury risk are necessary. To enable better protection of elderly car occupants the objective of this study was to develop improved thoracic injury criteria for the THOR average male dummy. The development of these criteria is usually based on matched dummy and Post Mortem Human Surrogate (PMHS) tests by relating the obtained PMHS injuries to dummy measurements. This approach is limited, since only a few tests in relevant loading conditions are available and any new test series requires high efforts to be performed due to their complexity and costs. To overcome these limitations and to extend the dataset for the development of THOR dummy chest injury risk functions a simulation-based approach was applied within the EC funded project SENIORS (Safety Enhanced Innovations For older Road Users - www.seniors-project.eu). Within this study frontal impact sled simulations with an FE model representing a THOR average male dummy and matched simulations with a human body model (HBM) representing an elderly car occupant were carried out. The HBM used for this study was the THUMS TUC with modified rib cage, which was developed in SENIORS. The modifications included material and geometry changes aiming to represent an elderly car occupant. The rib fracture risk was predicted with a deterministic approach whereby a rib was considered broken when the strain exceeded an age-dependent threshold. Furthermore, a probabilistic method was applied to predict the probability of sustaining a certain number of fractured ribs by comparing local strain values to the distribution of cortical rib ultimate strain. By relating the output from the HBM simulations to a multi-point dummy injury criterion, injury risk curves were calculated by statistical methods. The wide range of loading conditions resulted in the desired range of injuries and THOR ATD output. The number of fractured ribs predicted by the HBM based on the deterministic prediction method was between 0 and 15. Furthermore, the probabilistic risk for the number of rib fractures equal or greater than two, three or four was calculated for each load case. The THOR rib deflection criterion Rmax was between 18 and 56 mm, while the PC Score was in the range of 2.5 to 7.2. Based on these outputs new risk curves for the predicted deterministic (AIS2+/3+) and probabilistic injury risk were calculated. The new curves show reasonable shapes and significance that provide trust in their application. The new risk curves are compared to risk curves obtained by traditional methods. The results were found similar to previous injury risk functions based on physical tests, which gives a high level of confidence in the chosen approach. The simulation-based approach of matched ATD model vs. HBM simulation was successfully applied. Rmax curves show a slightly better quality than the injury criterion PC Score.
Neue Herausforderungen an die Unfallforschung durch Fahrerassistenz und automatisiertes Fahren
(2019)
Unfallrekonstruktion hat die Ableitung von Maßnahmen zur Minimierung der Unfallfolgen ermöglicht, vor allem durch Verbesserungen bei passiven Sicherheitseinrichtungen, aber auch durch die Verbesserung der Rettungskette, beispielsweise eCall. Heute können aktive Sicherheitssysteme die Unfallfolgen bereits vor der eigentlichen Kollision reduzieren oder durch Umfeldwahrnehmung und mittels Eingriff in die Fahrzeugsteuerung gegebenenfalls sogar vollständig verhindern. Funktionen, die aktiv in die Fahrzeugsteuerung eingreifen, lassen sich nach ihrer Wirkweise unterscheiden: zum einen handelt es sich um kontinuierlich automatisierende Funktionen, die meist länger aktiv bleiben (zum Beispiel ACC). Zum anderen um Funktionen, die in kritischen Fahrsituationen temporär in die Fahrzeugsteuerung eingreifen. Aufgezeigt wird, welche Konsequenzen und Risiken in Bezug auf diese Systeme sowie für bestimmte (zum Beispiel kritikale) Fahrsituationen anzunehmen sind. Zur Bewertung von aktiven Reglern, die in kritischen Fahrsituationen eingreifen, sind Unfalldaten nur noch eingeschränkt tauglich. Ähnliches gilt für die Bewertung von Ereignissen/ Zuständen im Rahmen kontinuierlicher Fahrzeugsteuerung, vor allem, wenn diese weiter vorausliegen. Wirkzusammenhänge automatisierter Fahrfunktionen müssen jedoch - gerade für den Mischverkehr mit konventionell gesteuerten Fahrzeugen - identifiziert werden. Dafür wird eine Szenariendatenbank mit relevanten Verkehrssituationen benötigt, in die Daten aus Naturalistic Driving Studies (NDS), aus Fahrversuchen oder Versuchen im Fahrsimulator eingehen können. Die zunehmende Durchdringung der Fahrzeugflotte mit kontinuierlich automatisierten Fahrfunktionen lässt eine Abnahme kritischer Fahrsituationen und eine Reduktion der Zahl der Verkehrsopfer erwarten. Allerdings verbleibt eine Restzahl an systemimmanenten Unfällen, die als unvermeidbar gelten müssen.
The Netherlands is on the way to change its existing skid resistance measuring method for its highway network from the Dutch RAW 72, a longitudinal force method, to the Sideway Force method. This method is described in the Technical Specification 15901-8 (SKM device) as well as 15901-6 (SCRIM device) and is in use in 9 European countries. The CEN TC 227 WG5 on Surface Characteristics is currently working on combining of these two technical Specifications into a European standard for Sideway-Force (SWF) measurement devices. The idea of this change in the Netherlands was perceived in 2013 and since then a lot of meetings have been held with the different Dutch decision makers as well as with countries which currently operate SWF devices. There was an intensive exchange of knowledge about these devices and their corresponding quality assurance systems, because the Netherlands wanted to incorporate and rely on an existing system of a neighbor country without losing their present level of quality. The Netherlands has therefore decided to incorporate the German SKM approach. The network monitoring with the new system will start in 2017. To ensure the quality of skid resistance measurements and further cooperation in this field, it has been decided to initiate an alliance between BASt and the Dutch road owner Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). This alliance will facilitate an exchange of research activities, calibration of the Dutch systems according to the existing German Standard as well as control measurements with a BASt-device on the Dutch network during the network monitoring. During 2016 also comparative measurements will be performed on a network level with the current Dutch device and with an SKM device to determine a conversion between the two and to be able to define new threshold values.
As investigations by BASt have shown, a bond between concrete surfaces and bases may be a disadvantage when water penetrates via joints and from the sides if the bond becomes partially detached at an early stage. Free water may penetrate into the area between the concrete surface and the base and build up in areas where the bond is still intact. The high pressure caused by lorry wheels rolling over the pavement causes hydrodynamic pumping. This creates very high flow speeds with considerable corrosion power. This results in the base course surface being eroded in the areas where heavy vehicles drive over the road and may even lead to water and fine particles from the base courses being expelled through the longitudinal joints between the pavement slab and the lower hard shoulder or first overtaking lane. The erosion of the base leads unavoidably to the bearing conditions deteriorating and increased loading of the concrete surface. Cracks may occur and, later stepping-off and tilting of the plates components. This significantly deteriorates the evenness and consequently the service value of the road. This finally leads to a reduction in the service life of the concrete surface. To avoid such damage water which has penetrated must be able to lose pressure and to then seep away. A possible solution is: A nonwoven fabric substance between concrete suface and bound base course. This construction method has proved himselve on numerous test road sections and were rightly included in the new Codes of Practice for the Standardisation of the Upper Structure of Traffic-Bearing Surfaces (Richtlinien für die Standardisierung des Oberbaues von Verkehrsflächen- RStO).
Federal highway A 26 in Germany : reinforced dams in soft soils - control method according DIN 1054
(2004)
In 2001 the construction of the Federal Highway A 26 in Lower Saxony (north of Germany) was started. In this area the underground is without any substantial bearing capacity as it consists of soft layers ( clay, peat) with a thickness of up to 12 m. Because it was not possible to exchange the soil neither completely nor partially pre-loading procedure (consolidation method) was chosen for this construction. Short- and long-term stability are ensured by the use of high-tensile fabrics for reinforcement at the dam basis. The vertical and horizontal deformations and the stress changes in the soil, caused by the pre-load procedure, has to be controlled by special geotechnical measurements. Additionally, in the higher parts of the dam the strain behaviour of the high-tensile fabrics is measured. These measurements form the basis for the application of the control method according DIN 1054. In this article, the special circumstances of this project are described. Further on the geotechnical measurements, the winning and evaluation of the necessary parameters of the subsoil, and the consequences of these data for the ongoing of the project are laid down. Intermediate results of the geotechnical measurements are described.
Automated driving will provide many kinds of benefits - some direct and some indirect. The benefits originate at the individual level, from changes in the behaviour of drivers and travellers with regard to driving and mobility, ending up with benefits at the social level via changes in the whole transport system and society, where many of the current planning and operations paradigms are likely to be transformed by automated driving. There may also be disbenefits, particularly at a social level, for example in intensity of travel which could result in additional congestion and increased use of natural resources. There may also be unintended consequences. For example, we do not know the impacts on public transport: driverless vehicles could provide a means to a lower cost service provision, but the availability of automated cars could lead to more car travel at the expense of collective transport.
In line with the new definition introduced by the European Commission (EC), the number of seriously injured road casualties in Germany for 2014 is assessed in this study. The number of MAIS3+ casualties is estimated by two different methodological approaches. The first approach is based on data from the German Inâ€Depth Accident Study (GIDAS), which is closely related to the German Road Traffic Accident Statistics. The second approach is based on data from the German TraumaRegister DGU-® (TRâ€DGU), which includes many more hospitals but not all MAIS3+ injuries.
Im Erd- und Straßenbau ist es in den letzten Jahren bei bindemittelbehandelten sulfathaltigen Böden wiederholt zu teilweise erheblichen Schäden durch Quellhebungen gekommen, die auf eine Mineralreaktion im Boden zurückzuführen sind. Werden Böden mit natürlichem Sulfatgehalt zu bautechnischen Zwecken mit calciumbasierten Bindemitteln behandelt, so kann das Bindemittel unter bestimmten Randbedingungen mit den im Gips enthaltenen Sulfationen zum Mineral Ettringit reagieren. Infolge der mit dieser Mineralneubildung verbundenen Volumenvergrößerung kann es zu erheblichen Hebungsschäden kommen. Die für die Reaktion des Sulfattreibens im Boden maßgebenden Einflussfaktoren sind zwar grundsätzlich bekannt, quantitative Prüfmethoden und standardisierte Strategien zur Gefahrenabwehr lagen bis dato allerdings noch nicht vor. Das Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens, über das in diesem Beitrag berichtet wird, war die Entwicklung eines praxistauglichen Prüfverfahrens als Grundlage für eine hieraus abzuleitende Prüfvorschrift. Hierfür wurden an Proben aus verschiedenen Boden-Bindemittelgemischen mit definierten Sulfatgehalten Quellhebungsversuche geplant, durchgeführt und ausgewertet. Im Ergebnis wurde ein annähernd linearer Zusammenhangzwischen dem Sulfatgehalt im Boden und den eingetretenen Quellhebungen festgestellt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen ferner, dass eine Behandlung sulfathaltiger Böden mit Weißfeinkalk mit größeren Quellhebungen verbunden ist als eine Behandlung mit Zement.
Die Europäischen Normen für Erdarbeiten werden im CEN/TC 396 "Earthworks" erarbeitet. Das Sekretariat des CEN/TC 396 wird vom französischen Normungsinstitut AFNOR gehalten. Die Normungsarbeit wird im DIN-Ausschuss NA 005-05-22 AA "Erdarbeiten (SpA zu CEN/TC 396), Gemeinschaftsausschuss mit FGSV GA 5.01" gespiegelt. Vertreter des Spiegelausschussesarbeiten in den verschiedenen Arbeitsgruppen (working groups (WG)) des CEN/TC 396 mit. In den Jahren 2009 und 2010 wurden die Gremien konstituiert und mit der Normungsarbeit begonnen, zunächst überwiegend durch die Zusammenstellung der vorhandenen Regelungen in den Mitgliedsstaaten (siehe auch Beitrag Vogel/Leister/Heyer zur Erd- und Grundbautagung 2013). Im November 2014 wurden vom CEN/TC 396 die Arbeitsaufträge("work items") offiziell gestartet.
Die Länderarbeitsgemeinschaften Bodenschutz (LABO), Abfall (LAGA) und Wasser (LAWA) haben im September 2005 das Bundesumweltministerium gebeten, bundeseinheitliche, rechtsverbindliche Anforderungen an die Verwertung von mineralischen Abfällen in technischen Bauwerken und in bodenähnlichen Anwendungen zu regeln. Die Umweltministerien der Länder haben in ihren Stellungnahmen zum 2. Arbeitsentwurf der Mantelverordnung Forderungen gestellt, bei deren Umsetzung der Einsatz von mineralischen Ersatzbaustoffen im Verkehrswegebau stark eingeschränkt und unwirtschaftlich würde. Der Wille zur Schonung natürlicher Ressourcen ist nicht erkennbar. Anforderungen an Straßenbauwerke, an den Umweltschutz und an die Kreislaufwirtschaft konkurrieren in vielen Bereichen miteinander. Im Gesetzgebungsverfahren sind bisher trotz Gesprächen zwischen den Ressorts auf Arbeitsebene in grundlegenden Aspekten keine Einigung oder von Allen tragbare Kompromisse erzielt worden. Der Verkehrswegebau ist Hauptabnehmer der Ersatzbaustoffe, geht mit großen Mengen des Primärbaustoffs "Boden" um, ist aber auch "Abfallerzeuger". In der Mantelverordnung werden Regelungen getroffen, die stark in die Belange des Straßenbaus eingreifen. Aus diesem Grund ist die Beteiligung der Straßenbauverwaltung erforderlich, um die bautechnische und bauvertragliche Kompetenz sicher zu stellen, das Potenzial für Boden- und Grundwasserschutz auszuschöpfen und natürliche Ressourcen zu schonen. Die wichtigsten Aspekte zum umweltgerechten Einsatz von Boden und Ersatzbaustoffen aus der Sicht des Straßenbaus werden vorgestellt.
Cycling and designing for cyclist in Germany: an overview of road safety, research and guidelines
(2016)
Cycling is considered a social, eco-friendly, pollution-free, low noise and healthy activity and mode of transportation. There are currently around 67 million bicycles in Germany. This number is expected to increase in the near future with greater use of electromotive assisted bicycles. Regarding the expected increase, there should be additional attention given to road traffic accidents involving cyclists. In 2014, 396 cyclists were killed in road accidents in Germany, which is 12 % of all road fatalities. Also in 2014, Germany reported over 78,000 injuries to cyclists. The majority of the fatalities (about 58 %) and 83 % of the serious injuries to cyclists occurred in urban areas. This paper will examine three aspects concerning cyclists. First, the paper will show the main current developments, for example the National Cycling Plan 2020, the effects of the road safety programme and provide an analysis of the German national accident statistics. Second, the paper will give an overview of the regulations, guidelines for road traffic and designing of cycling facilities. Lastly, this study will detail the current and completed research in Germany addressing cyclist. For example, the paper will discuss the topic "Accidents between Turning-off Trucks and Cyclists" Accidents between right turning trucks and straight riding cyclists often show massive consequences. Accident severity is much higher than in other accidents. The situation is critical especially due to the fact that, in spite of the six mirrors that are mandatory for ensuring a minimum field of sight for the truck drivers, cyclists in some situations cannot be seen or are not seen by the driver. Either the cyclist is overlooked or is in a blind spot area that results from the turning manoeuvre of the truck. At present driver assistance systems are discussed that can support the driver in the turning situation by giving a warning when cyclists are riding parallel to the truck just before or in the turning manoeuvre. The paper will describe the requirements for turning assist systems for trucks. The outcome of the study is an overview of the accident situation between right turning trucks and straight driving cyclists in Germany as well as a corresponding test procedure for driver assistance systems. Below are several other projects which will be investigated, too: Accident Risk and Acceptance of Traffic-Rules by Cyclists ; Safety Improvement in Terms of Using Bicycle Paths in the Opposite Direction ; Cycling in Mixed-Traffic ; Observation of Pedal Electric Cycles Riders to Identify Safety Concerns. These three aspects will provide the current situation on the topic of cyclist safety in Germany.
Bewertung der strukturellen Substanz für die systematische Erhaltungsplanung von Betonfahrbahndecken
(2016)
"Mobilität ist zentrale Voraussetzung für wirtschaftliches Wachstum, Beschäftigung und Teilhabe des Einzelnen am gesellschaftlichen Leben." Dieser Leitsatz des BMVI setzt eine intakte und funktionierende Infrastruktur voraus. Im Kontext mit dem Investitionshochlauf in den nächsten Jahren ist für das Bundesfernstraßennetz insbesondere ein netzbezogenes systematisches Vorgehen im Rahmen der Baulichen Erhaltung von Relevanz. Bei der Planung von Erneuerungsmaßnahmen ist dabei die Kenntnis über den Zustand der strukturellen Substanz und deren langfristige Entwicklung von zentraler Bedeutung. Nachfolgend wird ein Verfahren vorgestellt, das die mechanisch und statistisch abgesicherte Bewertung und Prognose der strukturellen Substanz von Betonfahrbahndecken ermöglicht. Zudem werden die Anwendung und das Vorgehen anhand eines Praxisbeispiels aufgezeigt.
Die Ermittlung einer voraussichtlichen Restnutzungsdauer von Verkehrsbefestigungen und somit der Abschätzung des Eingreifzeitpunktes für eine grundhafte Erneuerung ist ohne die Kenntnis der strukturellen Substanz nur sehr unzureichend zu bewerkstelligen. Mit Vorliegen des Entwurfes zu den "Richtlinien zur Bewertung der strukturellen Substanz des Oberbaus von Verkehrsflächen in Asphaltbauweise" (RSO Asphalt) ist zwar ein hierfür nutzbares Verfahren verfügbar, allerdings basiert dieses auf der Analyse von Laborversuchen an den aus Streckenabschnitten zu entnehmenden Bohrkernen, wodurch eine netzweite Anwendung nicht praktikabel ist. Um trotzdem einen umfassenden Einsatz zu ermöglichen und eine deutliche Verbesserung gegenüber bisherigen Verfahren herbeizuführen, können aber begründete Annahmen zu den Materialkennwerten getroffen werden. Alle weiteren Eingangsdaten des Verfahrens decken sich mit denen des bisherigen. Deren Vollständigkeit und Plausibilität muss zukünftig mehr Bedeutung zugemessen werden.