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Advanced Bus Remanufacturing Structural Testing
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Abstract
Advanced Bus Remanufacturing (ABR) is the concept whereby a new body from an Advanced Design Bus is installed on the chassis from a “New Look” bus. This process provides a property the option of updating its fleet of buses at approximately two-thirds the cost of buying new. Testing is required to insure that the combination of the two different structures into the ABR will not shorten the expected service life. A special testing program, designed to reduce the need for expensive and time-consuming endurance testing, is discussed. The three types of tests in this program, static, vibration, and endurance, are described. Two prototype ABR buses are currently undergoing testing. Sample results from the static and vibration tests in this program are presented and discussed.
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Citation
Groom, J. and Shkolnikov, M., "Advanced Bus Remanufacturing Structural Testing," SAE Technical Paper 841689, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841689.Also In
References
- Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transit Administration Washington, D.C. “Baseline Advanced Design Transit Coach Specifications, A Guideline Procurement Document for New 35- and 40-Foot Coach Designs” November 1978 20 June 1981
- Vlasov V. Z. “Thin-Walled Elastic Beams” Moscow 1958 English translated from the Russian for the National Science Foundation Washington, D. C. Shectman Y. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Jerusalem 1961