Regulation No 66 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations ... (42007X1206(02))
Regulation No 66 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform technical prescriptions concerning the approval of large passenger vehicles with regard to the strength of their superstructure
- Only the original UN/ECE texts have legal effect under international public law. The status and date of entry into force of this Regulation should be checked in the latest version of the UN/ECE status document TRANS/WP.29/343, available at: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gen/wp29fdocstts.html.
- Regulation No 66 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform technical prescriptions concerning the approval of large passenger vehicles with regard to the strength of their superstructure
- Addendum 65: Regulation No 66
- Revision 1
- 1. SCOPE
- 2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- 2.1. Units of measurement
- 3. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL
- 4. APPROVAL
- 5. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- 5.1. Requirements
- Figure 1
- Specification of the contour of the deformed structure
- 5.2. Residual space
- Figure 2
- Specification of residual space
- 5.3. Specification of rollover test on a complete vehicle as the basic approval method
- Figure 3
- Specification of the rollover test on a complete vehicle showing the path of the centre of gravity through the starting, unstable equilibrium, position
- 5.4. Specifications of equivalent approval tests
- 5.5. Testing of articulated buses
- 5.6. Direction of rollover test
- 6. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF APPROVAL OF A VEHICLE TYPE
- 7. CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
- 8. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
- 9. PRODUCTION DEFINITELY DISCONTINUED
- 10. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 11. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TECHNICAL SERVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING APPROVAL TESTS AND OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
- ANNEX 1
- COMMUNICATION
- ANNEX 2
- ARRANGEMENT OF THE APPROVAL MARK
- (See paragraph 4.4 of this Regulation)
- ANNEX 3
- DETERMINATION OF THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF THE VEHICLE
- 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- 2. MEASUREMENTS
- Figure A3.1
- Longitudinal position of the centre of gravity
- Figure A3.2
- Transverse position of centre of gravity
- Figure A3.3
- Determination of height of centre of gravity
- ANNEX 4
- VIEWPOINTS ON THE STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
- 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Figure A4.1
- Derivation of the superstructure from the bodywork
- 2. BAYS
- Figure A4.2
- Definition of length of bays
- Figure A4.3
- Definition of bay length when pillars on each side of the bay are not in one transverse plane
- 3. CONNECTING STRUCTURES BETWEEN THE BAYS
- 4. MASS DISTRIBUTION
- Figure A4.4
- Distribution of mass in the cross section of a bay
- ANNEX 5
- ROLLOVER TEST AS THE BASIC APPROVAL METHOD
- 1. THE TILTING BENCH
- Figure A5.1
- Geometry of the tilting bench
- 2. PREPARATION OF TEST VEHICLE
- Figure A5.2
- Dimensions for the anthropomorphic ballast
- 3. TEST PROCEDURE, TEST PROCESS
- Figure A5.3a
- Recommended field of view of outside camera
- Figure A5.3b
- Recommended marking of the centre of gravity position and the contour of the vehicle
- 4. DOCUMENTATION OF THE ROLLOVER TEST
- ANNEX 6
- ROLLOVER TEST USING BODY SECTIONS AS AN EQUIVALENT APPROVAL METHOD
- 1. ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION
- 2. THE TILTING BENCH
- 3. PREPARATION OF BODY SECTIONS
- 4. TEST PROCEDURE
- 5. EVALUATION OF THE TESTS
- 6. DOCUMENTATION OF BODY SECTION ROLLOVER TESTS
- ANNEX 7
- QUASI- STATIC LOADING TEST OF BODY SECTIONS AS AN EQUIVALENT APPROVAL METHOD
- 1. ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION
- 2. PREPARATION OF BODY SECTIONS
- 3. TEST PROCEDURE
- Figure A7.1
- Application of load to the body section
- 4. EVALUATION OF TEST RESULTS
- Figure A7.2
- Absorbed energy for the body section, derived from the measured load-deformation curve
- 5. DOCUMENTATION OF BODY SECTION QUASI-STATIC LOADING TESTS
- Appendix 1
- DETERMINATION OF THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY DURING ROLLOVER
- Figure A7.A1.1
- Figure A7.A1.2
- Determination of the vertical movement of the vehicle centre of gravity
- ANNEX 8
- QUASI-STATIC CALCULATION BASED ON TESTING OF COMPONENTS AS AN EQUIVALENT APPROVAL METHOD
- 1. ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION
- Figure A8.1
- Geometrical parameters of plastic hinges on a bay
- 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE QUASI-STATIC CALCULATION
- Figure A8.2
- Load application to the superstructure
- 3. EVALUATION OF THE CALCULATION
- 4. DOCUMENTATION OF QUASI-STATIC CALCULATION
- Appendix 1
- CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASTIC HINGES
- 1. CHARACTERISTIC CURVES
- Figure A8.A1.1
- Characteristic curve for a plastic hinge
- 2. ASPECTS OF DEFORMATION RANGES
- 3. DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
- Figure A8.A1.2
- Derivation of plastic hinge dynamic characteristics from the static curve
- ANNEX 9
- COMPUTER SIMULATION OF ROLLOVER TEST ON COMPLETE VEHICLE AS AN EQUIVALENT APPROVAL METHOD
- 1. ADDITIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION
- 2. THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL
- 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ALGORITHM AND SIMULATION PROGRAM, AND FOR COMPUTING EQUIPMENT
- 4. EVALUATION OF THE SIMULATION
- 5. DOCUMENTATION
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