PD ISO/TR Standards Series Overview · Batch 1 — A Compilation of 150 International Organization for Standardization Technical Reports (ISO and TR) and Their Technical Points

The PD ISO/TR series comprises Published Documents published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) as UK National Standards adopting the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Reports (ISO/TR). Unlike International Standards (ISO), Technical Reports contain background information, test guidance, good practice, explanatory notes and status reports, providing reference for the use and implementation of International Standards. This batch (Batch 1) consists of 150 single-file Technical Reports drawn from the PD ISO/TR series, spanning construction and fire safety, road vehicles and safety, hydraulic fluid power, nanotechnologies, biological evaluation of medical devices, environmental management, metal corrosion and gears, natural gas and petroleum industry, health informatics, space systems, measurement and fluid mechanics.

These Technical Reports provide guidance, recommended practice and background research, supporting the understanding, implementation and conformity assessment of International Standards. The article lists the full set in numerical order and expands on five representative reports, helping readers understand the content structure and application points of PD ISO/TR Technical Reports.

1. Series Overview 📌

This batch is arranged by number from PD ISO/TR 79 to PD ISO/TR 18105 and covers reference materials (examples for qualitative properties, global distribution, metrological traceability expression), plastics piping systems (installation guidance for PVC-U and PVC-O for water supply), hydrometry (bedload discharge measurement, free surface flow in closed conduits, lake and reservoir water volume), hydraulic fluid power (system cleanliness relation to components and fluid, filter selection and application, threaded cartridge valve cavities), road vehicles (electrical disturbances from conduction and coupling, electric road vehicle vocabulary, air bag deployment tests, child restraint systems, side impact injury risk curves, LIN bus API), nanotechnologies (multiwall carbon nanotube characterisation, health and safety practices, nanomaterial risk evaluation, MSDS preparation), medical devices (genotoxicity testing, biological evaluation within risk management, tissue-engineered articular cartilage), environmental management (life cycle assessment illustrative examples, integrating environmental aspects into product design, forestry organisation application), metal corrosion and gears (code of inspection practice, worm gear load capacity, corrosion testing), natural gas and petroleum industry (hydrocarbon dew point, wet gas flow measurement, LNG terminal marine interfaces, odorization), health informatics (terminological system conformance measurement, mobile health devices, health software safety), and space systems (orbit determination, collision avoidance).

By content type, technical guidance and good practice are present together with status reports and background research. The road vehicle series forms vehicle safety test guidance from electrical disturbance, air bag testing to crash injury evaluation; the nanotechnologies series forms a nanomaterial evaluation framework from characterisation, health and safety to risk evaluation.

2. Standard List and Technical Points 📋

3. Key Technical Requirements 🔧

For road vehicles, PD ISO/TR 7637-5 specifies enhanced definitions and verification methods for pulse generator harmonization, PD ISO/TR 10982/14645/14933/12350/17950 specify air bag deployment, child restraint system, side impact injury and dummy positioning tests, and PD ISO/TR 17987-5 specifies the LIN bus API, forming vehicle electrical and crash safety test guidance.

For nanotechnologies, PD ISO/TR 10929 specifies multiwall carbon nanotube characterisation, PD ISO/TR 12885 specifies health and safety practices, PD ISO/TR 13014 specifies physico-chemical characterisation for toxicologic assessment, PD ISO/TR 13121 specifies nanomaterial risk evaluation, and PD ISO/TR 13329 specifies MSDS preparation, forming the nanomaterial evaluation framework.

For biological evaluation of medical devices, PD ISO/TR 10993-33 specifies genotoxicity testing guidance, PD ISO/TR 15499 specifies guidance on biological evaluation within a risk management process, and PD ISO/TR 16379 specifies tissue-engineered articular cartilage evaluation, supporting biocompatibility evaluation of medical devices.

For hydraulic fluid power, PD ISO/TR 10686 specifies the system cleanliness relation to components and fluid, PD ISO/TR 15640 specifies filter selection and application principles, and PD ISO/TR 17209 specifies threaded cartridge valve cavities, supporting hydraulic system contamination control.

4. Technical Interpretation of Representative Reports 🔍

PD ISO/TR 13121:2011 — Nanotechnologies Nanomaterial Risk Evaluation

Content: specifies a framework for nanomaterial risk evaluation.

Points: provides methods and decision tools for nanomaterial hazard identification, exposure evaluation, risk assessment and risk management, distinguishing the specific risk characteristics of nanomaterials, supporting responsible development and safety management of nanomaterials.

PD ISO/TR 10993-33:2015 — Medical Devices Genotoxicity Testing Guidance

Content: specifies supplementary guidance for genotoxicity evaluation of medical devices (supplement to ISO 10993-3).

Points: specifies in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity test method selection, sample preparation and result interpretation, supplementing the genotoxicity requirements of ISO 10993-3, used for biocompatibility evaluation of medical devices.

PD ISO/TR 12489:2013 — Reliability Modelling and Calculation of Safety Systems

Content: specifies reliability modelling and calculation methods for safety systems in the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries.

Points: specifies reliability modelling methods for safety instrumented systems (PFD, PFH calculation), common cause failure handling and data requirements, supporting Safety Integrity Level (SIL) verification.

PD ISO/TR 14047:2012 — Life Cycle Assessment Impact Assessment Examples

Content: specifies illustrative examples of applying ISO 14044 to impact assessment situations.

Points: provides examples of Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) method selection and application, illustrating the use of impact categories, characterisation factors and normalisation, supporting life cycle assessment implementation.

PD ISO/TR 15916:2015 — Basic Considerations for the Safety of Hydrogen Systems

Content: specifies basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems.

Points: provides basic characteristics of hydrogen, hazards (leakage, combustion, explosion), design considerations and safety measures guidance, supporting the safe design of hydrogen energy systems.

5. Engineering Practice and Applications 🛠️

Automotive enterprises should carry out vehicle electrical and crash safety testing in accordance with PD ISO/TR 7637-5/10982/14645/14933/12350/17987-5.

Nanomaterial R&D and production enterprises should carry out nanomaterial characterisation and risk evaluation in accordance with PD ISO/TR 10929/12885/13014/13121/13329.

Medical device enterprises should carry out biocompatibility evaluation and risk management in accordance with PD ISO/TR 10993-33/15499.

Petroleum and natural gas enterprises should carry out safety system reliability, wet gas flow and LNG interface management in accordance with PD ISO/TR 12489/12748/17177/16922.

6. Frequently Asked Questions ❓