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Active Steering of European Combination Vehicles - Movies
Active Steering of European Combination Vehicles - Movies overview
Reversing Roundabout Manoeuvre
High Speed Lanechange Manoeuvre
Slalom with Active Roll Control
Unsteered Roundabount Manoeuvre
Roundabout with Path Following Control
Photographs for Editors
Actively Steered B-Double Lorry
Actively Steered B-Double Lorry overview
Teardrop Reversing Manoeuvre
Unsteered Roundabount Manoeuvre
Roundabout with Command Steer
Roundabout with Feedback Control
Roundabout with CVDC Feedforward Control
Actively Steered Tractor-Semitrailer
Actively Steered Tractor-Semitrailer overview
Active Steering Movies
Active Steering Movies overview
Circle Without Active Steering
Circle with Command Steer
Circle Entry Without Active Steering
Circle Entry With Active Steering
Circle Without Steering Viewed from Trailer
Circle With Steering Viewed from Trailer
Position on Circle Without Steering
Position on Circle With Steering
Tyre Scrubbing Comparison
Command Steer Line Tracking
Active Steering Pictures
Active Roll Control
Active Roll Control overview
Circles without Active Roll Control
Circles with Active Roll Control
Roll Trailer Testing
Slalom with Active Roll Control
Test Track - Without Roll Control
Truck Approaching Test Area
Tilt Table Pictures
Collision Avoidance System
Collision Avoidance System overview
A typical left-turning manoeuvre, with CAS switched off
A typical left-turning manoeuvre, with CAS switched on
Reconstruction of a real fatal cyclist-HGV accident
Reconstruction of a real fatal cyclist-HGV accident, if the CAS was on
Slip Control Braking Vehicle Tests
Slip Control Braking Vehicle Tests overview
CVDC slip control vs conventional ABS
Milk Farm Steered Trailer Animations
Milk Farm Steered Trailer Animations overview
Milk Farm Simulation: Danyralt
Milk Farm Simulation: Uchaf
Photographs for Editors
Photographs for Editors overview
Tilt-table test on tractor semitrailer
Tilt-table test on tractor semitrailer
Actively-steered B-double twin trailer vehicle
Actively-steered axles on a semitrailer
Publications
Publications overview
Recent Publications
Active Steering
Slip-Control Braking
Vehicle Fuel Consumption
Modelling Suspension Elements
Active and Semi-Active Roll Control
Semi-Active Damping
Suspension Design
Member's Area
Member's Area overview
Christopher de Saxe
Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium
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Biography
2013-present:
PhD Candidate in Vehicle Dynamics, University of Cambridge
2011-present:
Mechanical Engineer,
CSIR
, Pretoria
2011-2012:
MSc(Eng), University of the Witwatersrand
2010:
Engine
er-in-Training, Anglo American Platinum,
Rustenburg
2006-2009:
B
Sc(Eng),
University of the
Witwatersrand
Research
Visual odometry for trailer off-tracking estimation
Camera-based measurement of articulation angle for articulated HGVs
Cyclist detection and tracking for lorries in cities
Performance-based standards for high capacity HGVs
Teaching and Supervisions
Teaching:
Part IA demonstrator: Microprocessors (2016)
Part IA demonstrator: Kinematics of Plane Mechanisms (2014-16)
MEng co-supervisor: Cyclist detection for HGVs (2014-15, 2016-17)
PhD Candidate in Vehicle Dynamics
Contact Details
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1PZ
+44(0) 1332 332869
http://www.christopherdesaxe.com
Not available for consultancy
Affiliations
Classifications:
Graduate Students
Person keywords:
computer vision
vehicle dynamics
heavy vehicles
vulnerable road users
