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Im Beitrag wird zunächst der Begriff "Orthotrope Fahrbahnplatte" erläutert: Früher war das Konstruktionsprinzip des Brückenbaus so, dass jedes Tragglied die ihm eigene und zugewiesene Last allein zu tragen hatte und die daraus entstandenen Auflagerbelastungen an das nächste unterstützende Bauteil weitergab. So ging es von der Fahrbahn ueber Längs- und Querträger zu den Hauptträgern, und von da aus zu den Auflagern, Pfeilern, Fundamenten bis zum Baugrund. Nach dem 2. Weltkrieg wurden andere Lastabtragungsmodelle entwickelt. Bei der "Orthotropen Platte" handelt sich um eine für den Stahlbrückenbau entwickelte Bauweise, die aus einem oberen ebenen Stahlblech besteht, welches die Abdichtung und den Fahrbahnbelag trägt. Dieses wird auch Deckblech genannt. Das Deckblech wird durch ein rechtwinkliges System von längs und quer angeordneten Stahlprofilen unterschiedlicher Steifigkeit (Laengssteifen und Querträger) unterstützt. Das aus den drei Bestandteilen bestehende kombinierte System der Fahrbahntafel ist ausserdem mittragender Bestandteil des Gesamttragsystems der Brücke. An Beispielen werden die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten der konstruktiven Ausbildung der Fahrbahntafel mit ihren Vor- und Nachteilen erläutert. Es werden Hinweise zur Berechnung und baulichen Durchbildung insbesondere der Schweissverbindungen zwischen Deckblech und Längsrippen und des Stosses der Rippen (Fensterstoß) sowie zur Steifigkeit der Querträger gegeben. So genannte Trapezprofile haben sich als die günstigste Form für die Längsrippen ergeben. Sie werden auch vorteilhaft als Beulsteifen für Stege und Bodenplatten bei Kastenträgerbrücken aus Stahl und bei Verbundbrücken angewendet.
In order to improve the protection of children transported in cars, within the CHILD programme (GR3D-CT2002-00791) real world road accidents are thoroughly analysed and then reconstructed in laboratory. Prior to comparing injury severities of real victims to physical parameter values measured on the dummies, the quality of the reconstructions is evaluated by experts who use their experience based on the investigation of numerous and various accidents. This paper presents a new tool aiming at better evaluating and validating accident reconstructions. It is based on statistical evaluation of vehicle deformations which gives weighing factors for every part of the car body structure finally leading to a specific Reconstruction Quality Score (RQS indicator). Furthermore, the reliability of this score, depending on the number of measured points, can be established. This tool includes a function aiming at adjusting the speed for a further reconstruction and at defining the launching speed and the pulse shape for complementary sled tests. Finally, the functions of the RQS software and database are presented.
Die neuen TL/ZTV/TP Fug-StB
(2013)
Eine Betondecke kann nur so gut sein wie ihre Fugen und Fugenfüllsysteme. Funktionierende Fugen sind daher ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Betonstraße. Nur mit funktionierendem Fugenfüllsystem kann die prognostizierte Lebensdauer einer Betondecke von mindestens 30 Jahren erreicht werden. In diesem Sinne wurden im Jahre 2001 die ZTV Fug-StB 01) eingeführt, um durch technische Vorgaben einen hohen Standard bei der Herstellung von Fugen zu gewährleisten. Aufgrund notwendiger Neuerungen, technischer Weiterentwicklung bei der Herstellung von Fugenmassen und -profilen sowie der Umsetzung der Europäischen Normen in das Deutsche Regelwerk war nach 10 Jahren nun eine Überarbeitung notwendig. Der Entwurf der neuen ZTV Fug-StB gliedert sich nach dem Kapitel "Allgemeines" in vier Teile für die unterschiedlichen Fugenfüllsysteme. Die neuen ZTV Fug-StB sind für Beton- und Asphaltflächen ebenso wie für Verkehrsflächen auf Bauwerken, Pflasterflächen, Schienenfugen und Riss-Sanierungen anwendbar. Es werden neu entwickelte Fugenkonstruktionen behandelt. Die Bedeutung funktionierender Fugen und Fugenfüllsysteme wird anhand aktueller Themen sehr deutlich. Derzeit werden verstärkt Schäden bei Fugen an neuen Betondecken, insbesondere Flankenablösungen und Versprödungen der Fugenvergussmasse beobachtet. Hier werden mögliche Schadensursachen ermittelt mit dem Ziel, über die komplexen Wirkungszusammenhänge ein Fugenfüllsystem mit Heißvergussmassen zu entwickeln, das den technischen Anforderungen an das Gesamtsystem "Betonstraße" gerecht wird.
Risk-based approach for the protection of land transport infrastructure against extreme rainfall
(2016)
The aim of the research project "Risk based approach for the protection of transport infrastructure against extreme rainfall RAINEX" is the development of a practical methodology for the identification and assessment of both vulnerable as well as critical transport infrastructures towards extreme rainfall events consequences. The developed methodology is based on expert knowledge and includes qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses regarding the assessment of the vulnerability and criticality of relevant transport infrastructures. The process chain from the spatial rainfall to the concentrated runoff in the river channel was shown to assess the local hazard resulting in the local risk. The main result of the project is a practice-oriented and applicable methodology and a comprehensive and well-developed security handbook.
Advancing active safety towards the protection of vulnerable road users: the PROSPECT project
(2017)
Accidents involving Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) are still a very significant issue for road safety. According to the World Health Organisation, pedestrian and cyclist deaths account for more than 25% of all road traffic deaths worldwide. Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems have the potential to improve safety for these VRU groups. The PROSPECT project (Proactive Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists) aims to significantly improve the effectiveness of active VRU safety systems compared to those currently on the market by expanding the scope of scenarios addressed by the systems and improving the overall system performance. The project pursues an integrated approach: Newest available accident data combined with naturalistic observations and HMI guidelines represent key inputs for the system specifications, which form the basis for the system development. For system development, two main aspects are considered: advanced sensor processing with situation analysis, and intervention strategies including braking and steering. All these concepts are implemented in several vehicle prototypes. Special emphasis is put on balancing system performance in critical scenarios and avoiding undesired system activations. For system validation, testing in realistic scenarios will be done. Results will allow the performance assessment of the developed concepts and a cost-benefit analysis. The findings within the PROSPECT project will contribute to the generation of state -of-the-art knowledge, technical innovations, assessment methodologies and tools for advancing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems towards the protection of VRUs. The introduction of a new generation safety system in the market will enhance VRU road safety in 2020-2025, contributing to the "Vision Zero" objective of no fatalities or serious injuries in road traffic set out in the Transport White Paper. Furthermore, the test methodologies and tools developed within the project shall be considered for the New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) future roadmaps, supporting the European Commission goal of halving the road toll in the 2011-2020 timeframe.
Bone fracture patterns could be crucial in reconstructing the nature of loading, especially in the lower limb and upper limb kinematics in vehicle-pedestrian crashes. In addition, use of FE bone models can be a handy tool to predict vehicle impact velocity and the impact direction. The point of fracture initiation in bone loading has been predicted quite accurately earlier. A methodology that predicts bone crack initiation and its propagation pattern for the six known loading directions using a single material and failure model is presented.
Research to inform policy is often challenged with how to genuinely use and implement research findings in decision-making and policy-planning. To begin with, the dialogue between researchers and decision-makers is essential to ensure profound understanding and legitimate interpretations of the results. Furthermore, the step to drawing practical conclusions and processing them into actions can only succeed if research findings are diffused to decision-making levels with influence on the matter, and mechanisms to knowledge transfer in the presence of a stable, favourable policy environment exist. Research investments into the topic of electromobility in Europe are substantial, and subtopics aiming to inform national policy-makers address a complex set of aspects from environmental and societal to technological and economic. This paper has a two-fold objective, the first of which is to present the results of scenarios to explore electromobility deployment in Finland, Germany and the European Union. The second is to discuss the challenges and solutions to bridge the gap from research findings towards decision-making and policy-planning, using the authors' electromobility scenario work as an example. The electromobility scenarios were built using the VECTOR21 model (Mock, 2010), and the rationale was to simulate vehicle sales and markets under different policy settings and calculate the most economical solution to fulfill regulation on COâ‚‚ emissions as set by the European Commission (2009). The model allows calculating the market diffusion of alternative powertrain technologies to the European market until 2030, taking into account different taxation schemes, incentives and other country-specific characteristics. The authors also present the cost-benefit-analysis of the modelling results to assess the different scenarios and to show variation between regions regarding profitability of alternative technological or political support and interventions. To proceed from research findings towards decision-making and policy-planning, the authors made observations relating to transfer of research knowledge and interpretation of their electromobility scenario results in national policy contexts. An evaluation of how the function of research to inform policy in this case succeeded is provided. In addition, the influence of expert opinions on the political decision-making process will be discussed through experiences from an expert questionnaire conducted to survey the importance of costs, time requirement, acceptance and other criteria of promotion measures of electromobility.
Um ein Bild von der aktuellen Messunsicherheit bei der Bestimmung von Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in Serum zu erhalten, wurden von sieben forensisch-toxikologischen Laboren rechtsmedizinischer Institute Daten der letzten Jahre erhoben. Zur Abschätzung der Messunsicherheit wurde eine Einteilung in zufällige Fehler (Präzision) und systematische Fehler (Richtigkeit) vorgenommen. Ergebnisse zur Richtigkeit wurden aus Daten von Ringversuchen ermittelt. Es ergab sich eine mittlere erweiterte Messunsicherheit für die THC-Bestimmung von ca. 33 %, das heisst, bei einem Messwert von 1 ng/ml liegt der "wahre Wert" mit circa 95 prozentiger Wahrscheinlichkeit im Intervall zwischen 0,67 und 1,33 ng/ml. Dieses Ergebnis bestätigt, dass die verwendete Analytik geeignet ist, bei Konzentrationen um 1 ng/ml einen sicheren Substanznachweis zu führen. Es ist erkennbar, dass bei der THC-Bestimmung im Serum in der Regel der Richtigkeitsanteil an der Messunsicherheit größer ist als der Präzionsanteil.
This study updates previous IIHS studies comparing estimated delta Vs for crash tested vehicles to the distribution of estimated delta Vs in the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System (CDS). The delta V estimates for 232 frontal crash tests at 64.4km/h into a deformable barrier with 40 percent overlap are compared with estimates from frontal offset crashes in the 1997-2004 NASS database. All delta V estimates were based on SMASH, the delta V estimating program used by NASS since 1997. Results indicated that for all vehicles tested by IIHS, SMASH delta Vs were, on average, 32 percent lower than impact speeds and about 28 percent lower than the expected delta V. Almost 80 percent of all real-world frontal crashes resulting in AIS 3+ injuries and just over 60 percent of all fatal crashes occur at or below the average estimated delta V calculated for crash tested vehicles.
According to the German road traffic regulations children up to the age of 12 or a height below 150 cm have to use approved and appropriate child restraint systems (CRS). CRS must be approved according to UN-ECE Regulation No. 44. The regulation classifies CRS in 5 weight categories. The upper weight group is approved for children from 22 to 36 kg. However, studies show that already today many children weigh more than 36 kg although they have not reached a height of 150 cm. Therefore, no ECE R44 approved CRS is available for these overweight children. In conclusion, today's sizes and weights of children are no longer represented by the current version of the ECE R44. The heaviest used dummy (P10) weighs just 32.6 kg and has a height of 137.9 cm. Statistical data of German children show that already 5% of the children at a height of 137.9 cm have a weight above 45.3 kg. Regarding children at a height of 145 cm, the 95th percentile limit is at a weight of 53.3 kg. Based on these data 4 dummies with different heights and weights were defined and produced. Two of them are overweight. Up to now, there is no experience how current child restraint systems perform in a car crash if they are used by children with a weight above 36 kg and a height smaller than 150 cm. In the future, different child restraint systems will be tested with respect to the ECE R44 regulation using these overweight dummies.