Overview of APROSYS
Sustainable Surface Transport
Integrated Project on Advanced Protection Systems
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Integrated projects (IP’s)
• New instrument to create a European Research Area (ERA) as a vision for the future of research in Europe • Typical duration of 4-5 years • Funded 50% by the EC • Involve 10-50 partners from industry, research institutes and universities • Total budgets of 10-50 million Euro
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Intended projects in the field of vehicle safety (start 2004)
• Accidentology • Human Machine Interface (HMI) • Electronic architecture for vehicle safety systems • Preventive Safety • Advanced protection systems • Emergency and rescue systems
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Intended IP’s in the field of vehicle safety (start 2004)
FP 6 Integrated Safety Program
Accidentology (ISAAC) Human Machine Interface (AIDE) Preventive Electronic Advanced Emergency Safety architecture protection and rescue systems systems (PreVENT) for vehicle safety (APROSYS) (GST) systems (EASIS)
Renault
Volvo
DC
DC
TNO
ERTICO
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APROSYS: Background
• Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) • Thematic priority: 1.6.2 Sustainable Surface Transport • Call 1B: Safety of European Roads • Subject: passive safety • Co-ordinator: TNO Automotive • Basis for consortium: European vehicle passive safety network
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APROSYS: Main objective
To improve passive safety for all European road users in all relevant accident types and accident severities
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APROSYS: Secondary objective
To increase the level of competitiveness of the European industry
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Main classes of road users
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Approach - Main accident types
• Car-car front and side impacts • Cars to trucks • Pedestrians and cyclists impacted by car front or truck • Motorcycle accidents with cars and infrastructure
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Structure IP Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS)
Car Accidents Heavy Vehicles Accidents Pedestrians / Cyclists Accidents Motorcycle Accidents
Biomechanics
Intelligent Safety Systems
Virtual Testing
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Project structure
APROSYS
Integrated Project management Training & Innovation
SP9 SP8
SP1
SP2
SP3
SP4
SP5
SP6
SP7
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SP1 Car accidents
• Evaluation methods and advanced protection systems to improve crashworthiness of cars in frontal and side impacts • Evaluation of IHRA side impact test procedures & side impact compatibility
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SP2 Heavy vehicle accidents
• Evaluation methods and advanced protection systems for heavy vehicles • Development of HV Aggressivity Index and pedestrian/cyclist friendly design strategies and concepts
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SP3 Pedestrian/pedal cyclist accidents
• Evaluation methods and advanced protection systems for cars, MPV’s and SUV’s to protect pedestrians and pedal cyclists • Test methods for vehicle front ends to assess pedestrian, vehicle based pedestrian and pedal cyclist safety technologies and material models for laminated materials
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SP4 Motorcycle accidents
• Evaluation methods and advanced protection systems for powered two-wheelers • Motorcycle crashworthiness structure, motorcyclists advanced protection systems and forgiving road infrastructure behaviour
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SP5 Biomechanics
• New knowledge on injury mechanisms and corresponding injury criteria and tolerance levels • Focus on head injuries, new injury criteria for front & side impact and small female side impact dummy
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SP6 Intelligent safety systems
• Knowledge and tools enabling the design, implementation and evaluation of intelligent safety systems that improve the crash safety of vehicles • Development of a pre-crash system with sensors, algorithms and actuators for side impact
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SP7 Virtual testing
• Tools and methods for design and evaluation of advanced crash protection systems by numerical simulations • Modelling technologies for critical issues, stochastic crash simulation models and virtual testing procedure for existing and new regulations
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SP8 Training and Innovationrelated activities
• Professional development of the IP participant by developing various training modules • Effective and appropriate communication of the project results to potential users and to any interested partner
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SP9 Integrated management
• Co-ordination and control of overall IP objectives • Co-ordination of core activities
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Consortium
• 47 APROSYS consortium partners • 12 EU countries • 31 partners of the European Vehicle Passive Safety Network • Mix of OEM’s, suppliers, research institutes, universities and associations
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Project budget
• Estimated costs: approximately 30 Mio Euro • EC grant: 18 Mio Euro
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Anticipated effects of APROSYS
• Mainly to be achieved after 2010 due to precompetitive nature of this IP and long leadtime to introduce new technologies • Estimate for various accident scenario’s total about 15.000 reduction in fatalities per year
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