The paper presents recent method developments and activitiescarried out in the eld of load simulations and fatigue assessmentsat Volvo CE on the articulated hauler (AH) platform. Items discussedmore in details are hydraulic system simulation model improvements,road data scanning and usage of the virtual test tracks. Also the inertiarelief method for fatigue assessment without applying boundary conditionsin FEA is covered.

Results from ongoing hauler projects and model validation activities aredemonstrated and the results conrm that Multi Body Simulations canthe used for load predictions on the hauler platform. The simulationresults are in line with and show a similar behavior as tests.