A study on heavy vehicle visibility and crash analysis using ANSYS
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2022-03Author
Uvaaraj, Jagatheesvaran
Shamsul Anuar, Shamsudin
Norasra, A. Rahman
Syed Najib, Syed Salim
Shahrudin, Zakaria
Zairulazha, Zainal
Safarudin Gazali, Herawan
Huthaifa Ahmad, Al_Issa
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A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the visibility of heavy truck in Malaysia. A survey,
analytical computations, and computer simulations were all part of the investigation scope.
The survey was conducted with 40 respondents to investigate the visibility detection of heavy
vehicles, which considered lights, light reflective stickers, and the color of canvas used on
heavy vehicles. Another concern is the poor speed of heavy vehicles when climbing up hills
with heavy loads, which is a hazard since being too slow may produce a more severe rearend collision damage. Additionally, computer impact analyses were also done by using
ANSYS, where many rear-end crashes between a car and a heavy vehicle were analyzed.
Hence, a conclusion may be formed that the slower the speed of a heavy vehicle, the higher
the impact experienced by the car colliding from behind the heavy vehicle