1 Subject Content and Application Scope
This standard specifies test method of passing topography capacity of motor vehicles.
This standard is applicable to cross-country vehicle, to which other motor vehicles may refer.
2 Normative References
GB/T 12534 Motor Vehicles-General Rules of Road Test Method
3 Term
3.1 Passing topography capacity of motor vehicles
It refers to the capacity of motor vehicles to pass some topographies (such as vertical obstacle, convex hills, level ditch, road ditch, shell hole and wading pool etc.).
4 Test Conditions
4.1 General test conditions shall meet the requirements of GB/T 12534.
4.2 Test instruments and equipments
a. Remote thermometer;
b. Tape (or steel tape);
c. Stopwatch;
d. Camera;
e. Videos equipments.
4.3 Test topography
The test topography facilities have six ones like vertical obstacle, convex hills, level ditch, road ditch, shell hole and wading pool, and their features and descriptions are detailed in Appendix A (additional).
4.4 Abrasion loss of tread pattern of tested vehicles shall not exceed 1/5 of original height.
