MAETNING AV BRAENSLEFOERBRUKNING PA LANDSVAEG: EFFEKTSTUDIER VID OLIKA VAEG- OCH TRAFIKMILJOEER (MEASUREMENT OF FUEL CONSUMPTION ON COUNTRY ROADS: STUDY OF EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ROAD AND TRAFFIC SITUATIONS)

Fuel-consumption in motor-vehicles has been examined in different road and traffic conditions. Field-measurements with a car on rural roads has resulted in connections between fuel-consumption and the following variables: speed, gradient, horizontal curvature, pavement and queue position. For lorries the effect of gradient on fuel consumption was examined by means of a calculation-model. The model was used for calculating fuel consumption for various weight, speed and gradient.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Text in Swedish. Abstract in English. Also pub. as ISSN-0347-6049.
• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95

  (Sweden).

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Hammarström, Ulf
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Fuel consumption; Highway planning; Highway transportation; Motor vehicles; Slopes; Velocity; Weight
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Weight mass
• Subject Areas: Energy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00328291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI/MEDDELANDE-181
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1981 12:00AM