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Comparing dynamic road wear of a performance-based standards and baseline vehicle

Author: Steenkamp, Anton J ; De Saxe, CC ; Kienhöfer, F ; Kemp, Lana Date: Jul 2021 The paved road network is a critical asset to any country and its economy. South Africa's paved road network has an estimated value in excess of R2 trillion. This asset is threatened by a backlog in maintenance of more than R416.6 billion, ... Read more
Designing heavy vehicles to be safer and more productive using PBS

Author: Kienhöfer, FW ; Dessein, T ; Nordengen, Paul A Date: Jul 2013 The perception may exist in the transport industry among both operators and legislators that commercial vehicle productivity comes at the expense of safety. This is not strictly true. It is possible for a vehicle to have a substantially larger ... Read more
The development and evaluation of a performance-based standards approach for regulating the use of heavy vehicles in South Africa

Author: Nordengen, Paul A Date: Dec 2013 The aim of this research was to apply, refine and demonstrate an alternative approach to the design and operation of heavy vehicles in South Africa with improved outcomes in terms of road transport productivity, vehicle safety performance, ... Read more
Improving car-carrier safety through Performance-Based Standards

Author: De Saxe, C Date: Oct 2012 In this presentation, the author discusses aspects of his MSc research, including outlining the development and application of a low-speed vehicle manoeuvrability model and presenting the PBS assessment results for one particular car-carrier design. Read more
Monitoring results of PBS vehicles in South Africa in terms of productivity, safety and road wear performance

Author: Nordengen, Paul A Date: Jul 2013 As part of a Performance-Based Standards (PBS) research programme for heavy vehicles in South Africa, a need was identified to design, manufacture and operate a number of PBS or Smart Truck demonstration vehicles in order to gain practical ... Read more
Operating costs: PBS vs conventional heavy vehicles in South Africa

Author: Steenkamp, Anton J ; Venter, Karien ; De Saxe, Christopher ; Kemp, Lana Date: Jul 2021 Road transport is a highly competitive industry and is renowned for low profit margins. Road transport however accounts for almost 6 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is the backbone of the economy. The Performance-Based Standards ... Read more
Performance-based standards (PBS) vehicles for transport in the agricultural sector

Author: Nordengen, Paul A ; Prem, H ; Lyne, PWL Date: Jul 2008 The South African sugar industry spends in the order of R750 million per annum on sugarcane transport. Although rationalisation processes are in progress, innovative systems are needed to reduce these costs even further. The current fleet ... Read more
Viscoelastic and electrical properties of carbon nanotubes filled poly(butylene succinate)

Author: Bandyopadhyay, J ; Al-Thabaiti, SA ; Ray, SS ; Bousmina, M Date: Mar 2014 The carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-containing composites of poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) were prepared by melt-blending in a batch mixer with three concentrations by weight of CNTs: 1, 2 and 3 %. State of dispersion-distribution of the CNTs in the ... Read more

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