The evaluation and test methods for power performance and fuel economy for articulated vehicle trains

Author

Jinsong, Dong ; Chengqiang, Zong ; Hao, Zhang ; Xueli, Zhang ; Hongwei, Zhang ; Chuanjin, Ou ; Gang, Zhou

Author_Institution

Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport, PRC Key Laboratory of Operation Safety Technology on Transport Vehicles, Ministry of Transport, PRC Beijing, China

fYear

2015

fDate

25-28 June 2015

Firstpage

898

Lastpage

902

Abstract

Articulated vehicle trains consists of a semitrailer tractor and a semitrailer. The power performance and the fuel economy are key indicators in practical cargo transportation, resulting from the matching performance in the transmission system, being relative and restricted to each other. The indicators on evaluation and test methods are put forward depending on the analyses on factors of power performance and fuel economy. The weights of factors are defined by analytic hierarchy process, and the model on power performance and fuel economy of articulated vehicle trains are established and verified by practicing on real road tests. The evaluation model is serving as an indicator on matching power performance and fuel economy of articulated vehicle trains and an important indicator in assembling articulated vehicle trains for road cargo transport enterprises.

Keywords

Acceleration; Employee welfare; Fuel economy; Safety; Standards; Vehicles; Articulated vehicle trains; Fuel economy; Power performance; Test evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8693-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTIS.2015.7232191

Filename

7232191