Goods Transports Passive Safety Improvement. Vehicles and Protection Systems

Special Vehicles

Tank Trucks Stability

 

 

 

Special Vehicles

 

 

Main Objetives and Activities

  • Improvement of the passive safety of freight vehicles.
    • Stowage safety.
    • Lateral stability and rollover risk detection.
    • Pre-legislative studies.
  • Analysis of comfort and accessibility.
  • To improve safety through optimum structural and components design (protection against frontal impact and rollover).
  • To improve safety through optimum structural and components design (analysis, design and verification of structural connections).
  • Weight reduction to reduce requirements, costs and environmental impact.
  • To improve and adapt methods of verification of safety requirements when using new materials.

 

R+D+i Team

Ángel Martín. Investigador Responsable

angel.martin@upm.es

Projects

RESEARCH