With the introduction of connected and autonomous trucks (CATs), truck platooning is expected to be more feasible and prevalent. The reported benefits of the truck platooning include regularizing traffic, reducing congestion, increasing highway safety, and decreasing fuel consumption and emission. Truck platooning may, however, decrease pavement longevity because it would cause channelized load application and hinder the healing properties of asphalt concrete. This study proposes a centralized control strategy that converts the pavement-related challenges of truck platooning into opportunities. This strategy leverages the auto-pilot technologies in CATs by optimizing the lateral position of each platoon or group of platoons. The efficiency of the proposed control strategy was demonstrated in a case study. Results showed that pavement life-cycle costs could be reduced up to 50% by controlling the lateral position of the platoons for each day.

随着联网卡车和自动卡车（CAT）的引入，卡车排料将变得更加可行和普遍。据报道，卡车排的好处包括使交通规则化，减少交通拥堵，提高公路安全性以及减少燃料消耗和排放。但是，卡车排可能会降低路面的使用寿命，因为这会导致通道化荷载施加并阻碍沥青混凝土的愈合性能。这项研究提出了一种集中控制策略，该策略将与卡车行人相关的与路面相关的挑战转化为机遇。该策略通过优化每个排或一组排的横向位置来利用CAT中的自动驾驶技术。案例研究证明了所提出的控制策略的效率。