Dessein, TKienhöfer, FNordengen, Paul A2011-02-032011-02-032010-03Dessein, T., Kienhöfer, F. and Nordengen, P.A. 2010. South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes. 11th International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, Melbourne, Australia 14-17 March 2010, pp 12http://hdl.handle.net/10204/481911th International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, Melbourne, Australia 14-17 March 2010The preliminary design of a South African PBS vehicle to transport large-bore welded steel pipes is an important milestone in developing local expertise to analyse PBS designs. The design approach has drawn extensively from the PBS measures developed in Australia. Nevertheless, the design conforms to South African axle load and bridge formula legislation. Simple analytical equations, based on geometry and previous empirical research, were used to optimise the payload and PBS performance measures: an efficient and novel design approach. Using the optimisation model, an A-Double design was shown to exceed all of the PBS safety requirements for L2 performance with a 50% increase in payload over the baseline vehicle. This optimised solution was verified using TruckSim 8.0. The predictions from the optimisation model were highly accurate with the exception of SRT and upper limit for RA, which were reasonably accurate.enSouth African heavy vehicle legislationPipe transportVehicle safetyPayloadsVehicle dynamics stimulationGeneralized reduced gradient optimisationHeavy vehiclesConference PresentationDessein, T., Kienhöfer, F., & Nordengen, P. A. (2010). South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4819Dessein, T, F Kienhöfer, and Paul A Nordengen. "South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4819Dessein T, Kienhöfer F, Nordengen PA, South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4819 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Dessein, T AU - Kienhöfer, F AU - Nordengen, Paul A AB - The preliminary design of a South African PBS vehicle to transport large-bore welded steel pipes is an important milestone in developing local expertise to analyse PBS designs. The design approach has drawn extensively from the PBS measures developed in Australia. Nevertheless, the design conforms to South African axle load and bridge formula legislation. Simple analytical equations, based on geometry and previous empirical research, were used to optimise the payload and PBS performance measures: an efficient and novel design approach. Using the optimisation model, an A-Double design was shown to exceed all of the PBS safety requirements for L2 performance with a 50% increase in payload over the baseline vehicle. This optimised solution was verified using TruckSim 8.0. The predictions from the optimisation model were highly accurate with the exception of SRT and upper limit for RA, which were reasonably accurate. DA - 2010-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African heavy vehicle legislation KW - Pipe transport KW - Vehicle safety KW - Payloads KW - Vehicle dynamics stimulation KW - Generalized reduced gradient optimisation KW - Heavy vehicles LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes TI - South African performance based standards (PBS) vehicle to transport steel pipes UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4819 ER -