PREDICTING FUEL (OR BATTERY POWER) CONSUMPTION

As long ago as 1957 J.J. Taborek of the Towmotor Corporation showed in his "Machine Design" article series "Mechanics of Vehicles" (published as a separate booklet by Penton in the USA) that accelerative performance and maximum speed of vehicles could be predicted accurately - and co-related, for example, with motoring magazine road tests - from the basic vehicle design parameters. Here R.T.C. Harman, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury (NZ), shows how the energy used in a test driving cycle can be predicted and thus fuel consumption figures obtained in advance of vehicle manufacture.

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  Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

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• Authors:
  • Harman, RTC
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 46-48
• Serial:
  • AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • ISSN: 0307-6490

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Fuel consumption; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495717
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 571
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM