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.
Forecasting specific fuel economy
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1960 Fuel economy
1960
9 pages
Conference paper
English
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