Measurements of effect of grades upon operation costs; two series of tests on late model passenger automobiles; "floating" grade, down which given car can travel with throttle closed and without use of brakes; relationship between amount of grade and gasoline consumption showing that balanced grades up to 6% cause negligible increases in gasoline consumption and tire wear and no increase in brake wear and oil consumption.


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    Titel :

    Operating characteristics of cars on grades


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Civ Eng (NY)


    Beteiligte:
    Oakey, J.A. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1937


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :



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