Application of Physics in Intelligent Transportation System

By : Sanchit Upadhyay 1RV08IM062

Intelligent Transportation Systems

What is ITS Why ITS How to ITS Where ITS Conclusion

What is ITS (1)

The term intelligent transportation system (ITS) refers to efforts to add information and communications technology to transport infrastructure and vehicles to improve safety and reduce vehicle wear, transportation times, and fuel consumption.

What is ITS (2)

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) encompass a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies. ITS are comprised of existing and new technologies, including information processing, sensors, communications, control, and electronics.

Why ITS? (1)

ITS answers to many of transportation problems. ITS is used to improve safety and reduce vehicle wear, transportation times, and fuel consumption through the use of advanced information and communications technologies. Combining those technologies in innovative ways and integrating them into our multimodal transportation system will save lives, time, and resources.

Why ITS? (2)

If using ITS, the early stages of a traffic bottleneck situation can be detected, and traffic can be directed to other routes and to provide faster and more efficient routes for travelers. New technologies can response to occurrences of traffic problems in real time, and therefore, the problems can be solved before they develop into serious traffic jams.

How to ITS
ITS vary in technologies applied from a such car navigation to parking guidance and information systems. Some of the constituent technologies for ITS:
Wireless Communication Computational technologies Floating car data/floating cellular data Sensing technologies Inductive loop detection Video vehicle detection

Application of physics in intelligent transportation system

Traffic signals and Traffic lights:

Solar panels are used on traffic signals for providing power to the traffic lights. The solar panels when sunlight strikes t he silicon panel it makes the electron in the silicon move around. The flow of electron produces electricity. In similar fashion solar panels are used to light up street lights at night.

 These days on international and national highways special rotors have been installed. When a car passes over it the rotors rotate and a mechanical motion is produced. This mechanical motion is converted into electricity and stored in invertors. At night the invertors are switched on to supply electricity to the street lights

 Nano materials or nanomites are being used to manage traffic signals and traffic jams. These nanomites are crystal like structures. When pressure is applied on it, it compresses. When pressure is removed it produces small amount of electricity or signal.

 This signal is received by the traffic light or signal. This helps in managing traffic jams. All the electricity produced and stored by all these methods are stored in invertors. These invertors are also used to power the cameras on streets, roads and highways.

ITS in cars:
Man has developed cars which have advanced cruise control. These cars will drive on there own and park themselves. They have artificial intelligence. These cars detect near by cars or obstruction by using ultrasonic waves. The car will detect near by objects by sending ultrasonic waves and by receiving it.

ITS in railways:
In countries like Japan have trains called Maglev trains. These trains do not have any tires and they levitate in the air. Electromagnets are used to keep the train levitating in the air. Computers are used to vary the current in the electromagnets.

 Inductive loop detection:

The terms Inductive loop describe an electromagnetic communication- and detection system, relying on the fact that a moving magnet will induce a electrical current in a nearby conducting wire. Loops can be placed in a single lane or across multiple lanes to estimate the speed, length, and weight of vehicles.

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