FUEL CONSUMPTION OF AMBASSADOR CAR, PREMIER PADMINI CAR AND MAHINDRA DIESEL JEEP

Forming part of the road user cost study, the research project described conducted fuel consumption experiments on three Indian-manufactured vehicles. The object of the experiment was to establish relationships between fuel consumption and other factors such as speed, road surface roughness and longitudinal profile of the highway. Results have shown that there is an optimum speed for each vehicle at which fuel consumption is a minimum; other speeds resulting in higher fuel consumption. Improvements to road surface roughness and vertical profile are also shown to improve fuel consumption. (TRRL)

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  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • KADIYALI, L R
  • VISWANATHAN, E
  • BAJPAI, R K
  • SHARMA, V P
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-24
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Bulletin, (New Delhi)
  • Issue Number: 18
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0376-4788

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Diesel fuels; Evaluation and assessment; Fuel consumption; Highways; Improvements; Measurement; Motor vehicles; Roughness; Speed; Surfacing; Tests; Traffic speed
• Identifier Terms: Jeep automobile
• Uncontrolled Terms: Longitudinal profile
• Geographic Terms: India
• Old TRIS Terms: Jeeps
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 232: Fuel consumption; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 8045: India; 2825: Longitudinal profile; 6136: Measurement; 5408: Speed; 2972: Surfacing; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379799
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM