Approach taken by Ford Motor Co consists of determining vehicle power required at flywheel and adding computed engine friction to obtain indicated horsepower vs engine speed; indicated specific fuel economy is then determined which, when combined with indicated horsepower, vehicle velocity, and fuel density, yields miles per gallon; problem of method used to obtain engine friction and indicated specific fuel economy; details of solution.


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    Title :

    Forecasting specific fuel economy


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1960 Fuel economy



    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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