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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459028603321

Titolo

Technologies and approaches to reducing the fuel consumption of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles [[electronic resource] /] / Committee to Assess Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Transportation research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-78734-9

9786612787348

0-309-14983-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

629.253

Soggetti

Trucks - Fuel consumption - Research - United States

Commercial vehicles - Fuel consumption - Research - United States

Automobiles - Power trains - Research - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Vehicle Fundamentals, Fuel Consumption, and Emissions""; ""3 Review of Current Regulatory Approaches for Trucks and Cars""; ""4 Power Train Technologies for Reducing Load-Specific Fuel Consumption""; ""5 Vehicle Technologies for Reducing Load-Specific Fuel Consumption""; ""6 Costs and Benefits of Integrating Fuel Consumption Reduction Technologies into Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles""; ""7 Alternative Approaches to Reducing Fuel Consumption in Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles""

""8 Approaches to Fuel Economy and Regulations""""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Presentations and Committee Meetings""; ""Appendix C: Committee Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Appendix E: Fuel Economy and Fuel Consumption as Metrics to Judge the Fuel



Efficiency of Vehicles""; ""Appendix F: Details of Aerodynamic Trailer Device Technology""; ""Appendix G: Vehicle Simulation""; ""Appendix H: Model-Based Design""