Review article
ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR BRAKE SYSTEM TANKS OF MOTOR AND RAIL VEHICLES
Sabira Salihović
; Fakultet za saobraćaj i komunikacije, Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina
Suada Dacić
; Fakultet za saobraćaj i komunikacije, Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina
Abstract
In the complex and dynamic man – vehicle – environment system, alongside human and environmental factors, a significant factor for traffic safety is the proper functioning of various means of transportation and their equipment, in other words, the functioning of certain components of basic vehicular systems. Proper functioning of these components depends on specified project and operational features and conditions of installation and use, as well as control procedures before and after their placing on the market. The air brake system is an especially important vehicular system which integrates a large number of different positions. From a safety perspective, one of them is particularly important: the air tank, a pressure vessel which poses a security risk in both its working phase and its idle phase. For this reason air brake system tanks of motor and rail vehicles fall into the category of products that require harmonization of pertinent national legislations in order to protect the internal European market from unsafe and hazardous products. This paper analyzes essential safety requirements as stated in the Directive 87/404/EEC and in harmonized standards of the EN 286-1 to 4 series, which support this Directive and refer to serially manufactured pressure vessels used in air brake systems and auxiliary systems of motor and rail vehicles.
Keywords
air brake systems; essential security requirements; directive; standards
Hrčak ID:
50304
URI
Publication date:
6.4.2010.
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