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Hyperelastic modelling of tyre barrier for racetrack crash safety Open

Jianchun Yao, BHAVINKUMAR ARYA, John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard · 2025

Vibration-induced drowsiness contours: New safety recommendations for the transport industry Open

Neng Zhang, Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy, Stephen R. Robinson · 2025

Based on the results of this and our previous paper, discrete contours for WBV-induced drowsiness were developed. These contours will assist the transport industry in reducing the incidence of vehicle crashes caused by drowsiness.

Structure mode shapes classification using graph convolutional networks in automotive application Open

Sitthichart Tohmuang, Mohammad Fard, Pier Marzocca, James L. Swayze, Johannes B. Huber , et al. · 2025

A novel and fast crash simulation method: Revolutionising racetrack safety barrier analysis Open

BHAVINKUMAR ARYA, Jianchun Yao, John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard · 2025

Crash safety barriers are essential safety measures on public roadways and in motorsports. The crashworthiness of these barriers is often predicted using the finite element (FE) method. However, employing the FE method for large-scale cras…

Sex differences in risk factors and outcomes of ischemic stroke patients treated with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA): insights from the SITS International Registry Open

Abdoreza Ghoreishi, Mohammad Fard, Rozhina Ghajarbeigi, Hamide Nasiri · 2024

Cognitive load and task switching in drivers: Implications for road safety in semi-autonomous vehicles Open

Jinhui Xu, Mohammad Fard, Neng Zhang, John L. Davy, Stephen R. Robinson · 2024

Transforming Driver Education: A Comparative Analysis of LLM-Augmented Training and Conventional Instruction for Autonomous Vehicle Technologies Open

Mohsin Murtaza, Chi‐Tsun Cheng, Mohammad Fard, John Zeleznikow · 2024

Application of modulated vibration to restore driver alertness Open

Kang Zou, Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy, Stephen R. Robinson · 2024

Since driving while drowsy is a significant cause of vehicle accidents, road safety could be improved if more effective methods were available for improving driver alertness. The present paper investigated whether it is possible to improve…

Assessing Training Methods for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Autonomous Vehicle Functions: Impact on User Mental Models and Performance Open

Mohsin Murtaza, Chi‐Tsun Cheng, Mohammad Fard, John Zeleznikow · 2024

Understanding the complexities of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technologies is critical for road safety, especially concerning their adoption by drivers. Effective training is a crucial element in e…

Soft Body Physics for Crash Analysis: A Novel Approach to Evaluate the Crashworthiness of a Safety Barrier Open

BHAVINKUMAR ARYA, Jianchun Yao, Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy · 2024

A Novel and Fast Crash Simulation Method: Revolutionising Racetrack Safety Barrier Analysis Open

BHAVINKUMAR ARYA, Jianchun Yao, John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard · 2024

Modelling of Tyre Barriers for Racing Track Safety with Large Hyperelastic Deformation Open

Jianchun Yao, BHAVINKUMAR ARYA, John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard · 2024

Interrelatedness of steering and lateral position parameters: Recommendations for the assessment of driving performance Open

Jinhui Xu, Mohammad Fard, Neng Zhang, John L. Davy, Stephen R. Robinson · 2023

If implemented, these recommendations may improve the assessment of driving performance in future studies.

Estimation of the random incidence sound absorption coefficients of different size rectangular samples Open

Yujun Zhao, Ronald Sauro, Robert Alan Hallman, John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard · 2023

The sound absorption coefficient (SAC) of materials measured in a reverberation room is affected by both the intrinsic properties of the material and geometrical dimensions of the sample. A different size of the same material may produce a…

Road safety: The influence of vibration frequency on driver drowsiness, reaction time, and driving performance Open

Neng Zhang, Mohammad Fard, Jinhui Xu, John L. Davy, Stephen R. Robinson · 2023

Driver drowsiness is a factor in at least 20% of serious motor vehicle accidents. Although research has shown that Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) can induce drowsiness in drivers, it is unknown whether particular frequencies are more problemat…

Is driving experience all that matters? Drivers’ takeover performance in conditionally automated driving Open

Neng Zhang, Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy, Sibashis Parida, Stephen R. Robinson · 2023

These findings have relevance for the types of NDRTs that ought to be permitted during automated driving, the design of automated driving systems, and the formulation of regulations regarding the responsible use of automated vehicles.

Automotive safety approach for future eVTOL vehicles Open

Lukas Laarmann, Andreas Thoma, Philipp Misch, Thilo Röth, Carsten Braun , et al. · 2023

The eVTOL industry is a rapidly growing mass market expected to start in 2024. eVTOL compete, caused by their predicted missions, with ground-based transportation modes, including mainly passenger cars. Therefore, the automotive and classi…

Preparing Drivers for the Future: Evaluating the Effects of Training on Drivers’ Performance in an Autonomous Vehicle Landscape Open

Mohsin Murtaza, Chi‐Tsun Cheng, Mohammad Fard, John Zeleznikow · 2023

3D-Printed Programmable Mechanical Metamaterials for Vibration Isolation and Buckling Control Open

Ali Zolfagharian, Mahdi Bodaghi, Ramin Hamzehei, Liam Parr, Mohammad Fard , et al. · 2022

Vibration isolation performance at low-frequency ranges before resonance is a vital characteristic that conventional springs cannot exhibit. This paper introduces a novel zero Poisson’s ratio graded cylindrical metamaterial to fulfill two …

CJN volume 49 issue 3 Cover and Front matter Open

David J. Gladstone, M. Patrice Lindsay, James D. Douketis, Eric E. Smith, Dar Dowlatshahi , et al. · 2022

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The importance of transparency in naming conventions, designs, and operations of safety features: from modern ADAS to fully autonomous driving functions Open

Mohsin Murtaza, Chi‐Tsun Cheng, Mohammad Fard, John Zeleznikow · 2022

This paper investigates the importance of standardising and maintaining the transparency of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) functions nomenclature, designs, and operations in all categories up until fully autonomous vehicles. The…

Advanced seating comfort: suppression of vibration using multi-mode piezoelectric shunt damping Open

Neng Zhang, Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy, Sabu John, Kazuhito Kato · 2021

The transmission of seat structural vibration to the human body contributes to vibration discomfort particularly near the resonant frequencies (> 10 Hz). The conventional methods of controlling vehicle seat vibration may no longer be used …

Advanced seating comfort: suppression of vibration using multi-mode piezoelectric shunt damping Open

Neng Zhang, Mohammad Fard, Kazuhito Kato, Sabu John, John L. Davy · 2021

The transmission of seat structural vibration to the human body contributes to vibration discomfort particularly near the resonant frequencies (> 10 Hz). The conventional methods of controlling vehicle seat vibration may no longer be used …

Reverse Engineering and Topology Optimization for Weight-Reduction of a Bell-Crank Open

Toh Yen Pang, Mohammad Fard · 2020

This paper describes a new design method that was developed to achieve an optimal design method for weight reduction of a bell crank, sourced from a Louis Christen Road Racing F1 Sidecar. The method involved reverse engineering to produce …

Prediction of the Sound Absorption of Micro-Perforated Panels whose Holes are Extended in Length by Tubes Open

John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard, Q Zhang, Yongxiang Lyu, Jun Yang · 2019

Maas theory, which models the specific acoustic impedance of a narrow air-filled hole in front of an air cavity using a lumped parameter model, works well for short holes at low frequencies. However, as the length of the hole or the freque…

The effective mass-air-mass resonance frequency of cavity stud walls Open

John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard, Wayland Dong · 2019

The traditional formula for the mass-air-mass resonance frequency of a cavity wall works well for walls without a structural connection between their two wall leaves or for walls whose wall leaves are connected by highly resilient structur…

The equivalent translational compliance of steel studs with different steel gauge thicknesses Open

John L. Davy, Mohammad Fard, Wayland Dong · 2018

The effect of the resilience of the steel studs on the sound insulation of steel stud cavity walls can be modelled as an equivalent translational compliance in simple models for predicting the sound insulation of walls. Previous determinat…

Experimental and numerical investigation of enclosed cavity noise in the presence of interior trim materials Open

Mohammad Fard, John L. Davy, Teizo Yoshimura · 2017

This paper presents a rigid walled car cabin model to predict the acoustic effects of vehicle interior trim materials. The car cavity is made of a rigid walled enclosure system with one flexible wall on the front firewall position, where t…

Transient and steady-state rotation center of vehicle dynamics Open

Hormoz Marzbani, Dai Quoc Vo, Ali Khazaei, Mohammad Fard, Reza N. Jazar · 2017

The purpose of this paper is to show the effect of acceleration -variable forward velocity-, on the steady-state and transient responses of turning vehicles and the resulted path of motion of the vehicle. Comparing the responses of the veh…

Transient and steady-state rotation centre of vehicle dynamics Open

Hormoz Marzbani, Dai Quoc Vo, Ali Khazaei, Mohammad Fard, Reza N. Jazar · 2017

The effect of acceleration -variable forward velocity, have been investigated on the steady-state and transient responses of turning vehicles and the resulted path of motion of the vehicle.Comparing the two mentioned responses of the vehic…

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