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This technical paper collection contains 11 papers that focus on occupant protection biomechanics.

This technical paper collection contains 49 papers detailing military vehicle technology. Topics covered include: reliability growth for military vehicles, upgrading readiness, rapidly installed fluid transfer system, robotic technologies, electrical systems modeling and simulation, nanofluid research, and more.

This technical paper collection contains 29 papers covering lighting technologies. Topics covered include improving lower beam visibility, LED headlamp design, mirror mounted turn signals, condensation in headlamps, headlight glare exposure and recovery, glare on driving behavior, and more.

This technical paper collection contains 32 papers that cover automotive lighting technologies including product innovation and improvement, engineering analysis modeling and evaluations, advanced lighting technologies LED applications, and human factors in driver vision and lighting, rear and indirect vision.

The 21 papers in this technical paper collection cover driver crash avoidance behavior; factors that influence drivers’ response choice decisions; collision avoidance systems; steering wheel switch technology; effects of hands-free phone conversation on visual behavior; seat support evaluation; and more.

This technical collection features 23 technical papers published between 1998-2010 covering topics such as telematics, driver assistance systems, driver fatigue, human machine interfaces, and crash prevention systems.

The 31 papers in this technical paper collection detail sustainability; vehicle solutions and technologies for freight efficiency; human factors in occupant safety; machine health and conditioned based maintenance; aerodynamic and fuel economy assessment methods and techniques; and service issues.

The 5 papers in this technical paper collection focus on biomechanics in occupant protection. Topics include: head injury in rollovers; factors influencing thoracic and upper abdominal injuries in frontal crashes; basilar skull fractures; passenger vehicle occupant response to low-speed impacts with a tractor-semitrailer; and more.

The 19 Technical Papers in this collection address modeling, simulation, analysis, and control (MSA&C) of components, subsystems, and systems pertinent to aerospace power. This includes: tools and techniques, platforms, Mission and Campaign level MSA&C, and Verification and Validation of MSA&C.

This collection of technical papers focuses on state-of-the-art fatigue theory and advanced development in fatigue testing, material behavior under cyclic loading, and fatigue analysis methodology & research in the ground vehicle industry.

Papers with an emphasis on, but not limited to, innovative ideas to enhance automotive safety with improved material constitutive modeling, analysis method developments, simulation and pre/post processing tools, optimization techniques, crash code developments, finite element model updating, model validation and verification techniques, dummies and occupants, restraint systems, passive safety as well as lightweight material applications and designs are included in the collection.

Business Modeling/Operation Research/Big Data Analytics are key enablers for the next wave of innovation and growth across most industries and will address complex issues and systems that involve multiple objectives, alternatives, trade-offs, and large amounts of data and situations involving uncertainty or risk. These papers address new technical advances in these areas and provide valuable insights through the applications of real-world case studies.

Papers with an emphasis on, but not limited to, innovative ideas to enhance automotive safety with improved material constitutive modeling, analysis method developments, simulation and pre/post processing tools, optimization techniques, crash code developments, finite element model updating, model validation and verification techniques, dummies and occupants, restraint systems, passive safety as well as lightweight material applications and designs are included in the collection.

This technical paper collection discusses the modeling, analysis, and validation of commercial vehicle chassis, suspension, and tire modeling and simulation. Topics include commercial vehicle dynamics; chassis control devices such as ABS, traction control, yaw/roll stability control, and their interaction with suspension controls; modeling and simulation of ride comfort, as well as passive and active suspension control methodologies. Authors are encouraged to discuss the validation of their modeling and simulation.

This collection of technical papers focus on studies of driver behavior modeling, driving simulator techniques, vehicle ride comfort evaluation and enhancement, test/simulation correlation analysis, vehicle elastomeric component modeling (i.e. bushings, rubber mounts, springs, dampers, seat cushions), passive, semi-active and active suspension systems, suspension seat analysis and modeling techniques, the effect and control of beaming, shaking, impact harshness, brake judder and any other phenomena affecting ride comfort of driver, passengers, goods, etc.

This title includes the technical papers developed for the 2022 Stapp Car Crash Conference, the premier forum for the presentation of research in impact biomechanics, human injury tolerance, and related fields, advancing the knowledge of land-vehicle crash injury protection. The conference provides an opportunity to participate in open discussion about the causes and mechanisms of injury, experimental methods and tools for use in impact biomechanics research, and the development of new concepts for reducing injuries and fatalities in automobile crashes.

As information and entertainment to and from the vehicle (Telematics) become more prolific it is critical to increase our understanding of how the driver understands and uses Telematics functions. Equally critical is how those functions impact the driver. The papers in this technical paper collection will address these issues.