Benade, RBerman, RKienhöfer, FNordengen, Paul A2017-04-102017-04-102016-11Benade, R., Berman, R.J., Kienhöfer, F. and Nordengen, P.A. 2016. A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design. In: 14th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology (HVTT14), Rotorua, New Zealand, 15-18 November 2016978-0-620-74483-6http://hdl.handle.net/10204/900214th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology (HVTT14), Rotorua, New Zealand, 15-18 November 2016In this work a pro-forma approach is developed for assessing truck and centre-axle tag-trailer or 50/50 car-carrier designs in terms of their compliance with the South African Performance-Based Standards (PBS) pilot project requirements. First, the low-speed performance standards were considered using a low-speed pro-forma design developed by deriving equations for frontal swing, tail swing and low speed swept path. Thereafter, the remaining performance standards were considered, incorporating additional checks to be performed when evaluating a potential vehicle. It was found necessary to specify a minimum drive axle load in order to meet the startability, gradeability and acceleration capability standards. The required drive axle load was determined as 19.3% of the GCM. It was confirmed that the static rollover threshold performance can accurately be predicted by means of the applicable New Zealand Land Transport Rule method. This simplified approach can significantly benefit the PBS pilot project by offering a cost effective method to investigate the PBS conformance of proposed car-carriers.enPerformance-Based StandardsPro-FormaBlueprintHeavy VehiclesCar-CarrierConference PresentationBenade, R., Berman, R., Kienhöfer, F., & Nordengen, P. A. (2016). A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9002Benade, R, R Berman, F Kienhöfer, and Paul A Nordengen. "A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9002Benade R, Berman R, Kienhöfer F, Nordengen PA, A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9002 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Benade, R AU - Berman, R AU - Kienhöfer, F AU - Nordengen, Paul A AB - In this work a pro-forma approach is developed for assessing truck and centre-axle tag-trailer or 50/50 car-carrier designs in terms of their compliance with the South African Performance-Based Standards (PBS) pilot project requirements. First, the low-speed performance standards were considered using a low-speed pro-forma design developed by deriving equations for frontal swing, tail swing and low speed swept path. Thereafter, the remaining performance standards were considered, incorporating additional checks to be performed when evaluating a potential vehicle. It was found necessary to specify a minimum drive axle load in order to meet the startability, gradeability and acceleration capability standards. The required drive axle load was determined as 19.3% of the GCM. It was confirmed that the static rollover threshold performance can accurately be predicted by means of the applicable New Zealand Land Transport Rule method. This simplified approach can significantly benefit the PBS pilot project by offering a cost effective method to investigate the PBS conformance of proposed car-carriers. DA - 2016-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Performance-Based Standards KW - Pro-Forma KW - Blueprint KW - Heavy Vehicles KW - Car-Carrier LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 978-0-620-74483-6 T1 - A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design TI - A Pro-Forma approach to Car-Carrier Design UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9002 ER -