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Systems and Safety Engineering in Hybrid-Electric and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Trask, Simon J
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555521147257702

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2019, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering.
The Ohio State University has participated in Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTCs) for over 21 years. These competitions challenge universities throughout North American to reengineer a vehicle with technologies advancing the automotive market. This work explores the use of systems engineering practices during the eleventh iteration of the AVTC program, the EcoCAR 3 competition. The document presents the systems engineering process and two case studies implementing the process. The systems engineering process presented is a simplification of the “Vee” and “Agile” systems engineering processes applicable to a high-cost, long-term, prototype program. The process is broken into five stages: Concept Creation and Refinement, Architecture and Metric Creation, Development, Verification, and Assessment and Validation. The two case studies present uses of the process at a low-level applied to a software algorithm and at a high-level applied to an entire project. The first case study reviews the development of a diagnostic algorithm for the automated manual transmission used in the EcoCAR 3 competition vehicle. The team automated a manual transmission and needed an algorithm to detect and isolate failures to components of the transmission system. The concept and requirements for this algorithm are detailed in Chapter 1 before continuing to discussion of development and testing. Testing of the algorithm utilizes a model-based environment. The second case study reviews the construction and execution of a behavioral study project evaluating driver performance during a vehicle to driver transition of an SAE Level 3 partially automated vehicle. Research was conducted in a model-based environment, simulating an autonomous vehicle by utilizing a driving simulator. The project requirements are derived from the applicable parent requirements, implemented, and tested.
Shawn Midlam-Mohler, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Giorgio Rizzoni, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Lisa Fiorentini, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sandra Metzler, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
177 p.
Electrical Engineering; Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
human factors; SAE level 3; SAE level-3; semi-autonomous; automotive; systems engineering; systems safety; safety engineering; automated manual transmission; diagnostic; structural analysis; hybrid vehicles; electrification; automated driving

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  • Trask, S. J. (2019). Systems and Safety Engineering in Hybrid-Electric and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555521147257702

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Trask, Simon. Systems and Safety Engineering in Hybrid-Electric and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555521147257702.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Trask, Simon. "Systems and Safety Engineering in Hybrid-Electric and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555521147257702

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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