EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF VEHICLE DECELERATION USING THE TAGUCHI METHOD TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY

Abstract

This paper presents a study on the influence of braking operating parameters on vehicle deceleration using the Taguchi method of experimental design. The experiment was conducted with 16 measurements, where the input parameters were the initial speed, the quartervehicle mass, and the brake system pressure. The output variables observed were the brake disc temperature, braking distance, and vehicle deceleration. The results show that the initial speed has the greatest influence on the braking distance, while the brake system pressure significantly affects the stability of deceleration and the increase in brake disc temperature. This approach enables efficient optimization of the braking process with a minimal number of experiments.