COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PERFORMANCE AND FUEL ECONOMY

THE BASIC VARIABLES AND CALCULATIONS OF PERFORMANCE AND FUEL ECONOMY ARE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH TEST DATA AND RECOMMENDED VALUES FOR THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN. A HAND CALCULATIONS TECHNIQUE AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SIMULATING VEHICLE ACCELERATION TIME, DISTANCE, AND FUEL ECONOMY IS DISCUSSED. THE TEXT IS INTENDED AS BOTH A STATE-OF-THE-ART PRESENTATION AND A TECHNICAL REFERENCE THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THAT PRESENTED IN SAE J688, TRUCK ABILITY PREDICTION PROCEDURE. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sae 700194, SP-355, 23 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Smith, G L
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Calculation; Commercial vehicles; Computer programs; Fuel consumption; Performance; Simulation; State of the art studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223253
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 14 1970 12:00AM