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APPENDIX<br />

Task 2: Identification of Relevant <strong>Heavy</strong> <strong>Truck</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance Measures and<br />

Development of a Pilot Testing Plan<br />

Ef<strong>for</strong>ts under this task will involve the identification of per<strong>for</strong>mance measures that are needed to<br />

support the development of real-world duty cycles <strong>for</strong> heavy vehicle driving, and <strong>for</strong> analysis<br />

purposes utilizing various software including the PSAT Code. Per<strong>for</strong>mance measures may<br />

include: engine speed, vehicle speed, engine load, transmission/gear, grade, altitude above sea<br />

level (alternatively – barometric pressure), vehicle location, exhaust temperature, throttle pedal<br />

input, and exhaust back pressure. Other in<strong>for</strong>mation such as load weight, fuel inventory,<br />

steering wheel angle, brake pedal pressure, road condition, and traffic conditions might also be<br />

useful. If other organizations such as DOT are involved in this Program, driver measures such<br />

as fatigue, physical workload, cognitive workload, distraction, etc., may also need to be<br />

collected. Members of the 21 st Century <strong>Truck</strong> Partnership, members of the CAMP Partnership,<br />

and DOT’s IVI Program will be consulted to help identify the appropriate types of data of interest<br />

to DOT to collect during this program. Parnerships with Universities may also be pursued in<br />

order to capitalize on previous and related DOT research with these Universities.<br />

A comprehensive list of per<strong>for</strong>mance measures will be identified and considered candidate<br />

measures <strong>for</strong> data collection. The list will be finalized as technologies <strong>for</strong> collecting the<br />

candidate measures are considered. It is desirable to collect such data from existing on-board<br />

systems (e.g., Engine Control Modules [ECMs]), or utilizing commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)<br />

sensor technologies. Several of the measures might require some modest sensor development<br />

ef<strong>for</strong>ts. Measures that require a significant investment in data collection technologies will not be<br />

considered. Such measures however may be capable of being inferred from surrogate<br />

measures.<br />

Once the per<strong>for</strong>mance measures are identified, the specific tractor-trailers identified, and plans<br />

<strong>for</strong> procuring data acquisition capabilities are defined, a pilot test plan will be developed that will<br />

provide details of the pilot testing activity. It is expected that Pilot Testing will be done <strong>for</strong> the<br />

tractor-trailers being in commercial service on the Chicago-Seattle (and return) route. This<br />

route is a candidate <strong>for</strong> consideration because of the variability in conditions that can be<br />

experienced on this route including topology, weather, and urban/rural driving environments.<br />

The test plan will also include protocols <strong>for</strong> managing the data collected during the field test.<br />

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