Michael Schreckenberg

Henning Wallentowitz

Werner Brilon

Felix Huber

Anyone who reflects on the future of society cannot do so without at the same time thinking about the future of our transportation systems. The dilemma is obvious. On the one hand, mobility must be maintained as it is crucial to economic development and because people are eager for individual mobility. On the other hand, traffic imposes heavy burdens on people and on the environment, on cities and communities and on our national economies. Finding a solution to that dilemma seems to be difficult, in fact we have not even developed a rough idea of how it could look like. This is why the North Rhine-Westphalia Science and Research Ministry came up with the plan to work out a well-founded scientific basis on which to solve the problems inherent in our transport system. A research network has been established and sponsored with government funds for a period of three years with a view to realising that objective. The "Traffic Simulation and Environmental Impact" research network is composed of researchers who have an excellent reputation as North Rhine-Westphalia traffic experts. Cutting across various disciplines of knowledge, the network aims to integrate transportation and natural sciences, particularly physics and mathematics, in a move to profit by the synergy between technical know-how and innovative methodology. The present volume is intended as a progress report and a prologue to the forthcoming international colloquium which represents the highlight and at the same time the end of the three-year project funding period.

Simulation — Economics — Environment

Traffic and Mobility

Konrad Reif

In den letzten drei Jahrzehnten ist der Anteil der Elektronik in Kraftfahrzeugen dramatisch gestiegen. Die Anteile werden immer größer und der Trend hält, getrieben von steigenden Kunden- und Umweltanforderungen, ungebremst an. Bald wird der Wertanteil der Elektronik am Gesamtfahrzeug bei 20 Prozent liegen. Nahezu alle Funktionen des Fahrzeugs werden heute elektronisch gesteuert, geregelt oder überwacht. Ausgehend von den physikalisch/technischen Grundlagen der Elektronik und Bauelemente werden Funktion und Anwendung von Komponenten und Systemen in Motor und Fahrwerk in Bordnetz, Fahrerassistenzsystemen, Infotainment und Multimedia gezeigt. Kapitel über Softwareentwicklung, Beleuchtung, Passive Sicherheit und Diagnose runden den Inhalt ab.

Henning Wallentowitz

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