Citation

Malon H, Castejon L, Viñuales A. Int. J. Veh. Syst. Model. Test. 2012; 7(2): 159-172.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJVSMT.2012.048445

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Today, countries such as Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands require compliance under the standard EN 12642-XL to load and unload trucks, semi-trailers and curtainsiders in their territory. Compliance under these regulations is a problem for manufacturers of semi-trailers and trucks due to the difficulty of modifying their models to the standard requirements. This paper shows the process developed in collaboration with the semi-trailers and semi-curtainsiders LECIÑENA S.A. and the research group 'New Technologies Applied on Vehicles and Road Safety' (VEHIVIAL), in the numerical and experimental analysis of a semi-curtainsiders, which has obtained an optimal model of a semi-curtainsider under the standard EN 12642-XL.


Keywords: EN 1642-XL; finite element method; FEM; vehicle modelling; vehicle testing; load security; vehicle loads; vehicle safety; truck loads; heavy vehicles; semi-trailers; curtainsiders; semi-curtainsiders.