SAE/DOT IN-SERVICE VALIDATION TEST PROGRAM

Fuel efficient components and concepts when incorporated into heavy duty trucking design have been known to improve mpg performance. There has been, however, an inability within the engineering community to universally measure these values. The computer instrumentation of four Class VI straight trucks and four Class VIII tractor/semi-trailers supplied by industry, the operation of these vehicles by the SAE/DOT in revenue service within volunteer fleets for a year and a half, and additional OEM testing, has completed the validation of test procedures for heavy duty vehicle fuel economy measurement. This testing has also resulted in the accumulation of a large amount of data relating to truck operation all of which can be assessed through the DOT VEHSIM computer prediction program.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Truck and Bus Meeting and Exposition Cleveland, Ohio, November 7-10, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Travis Jr, C J
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fuel consumption; Heavy vehicles; Test procedures; Tractor trailer combinations; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Energy; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390943
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831785, HS-036 865
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM