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
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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
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 629.253 |
| Soggetto topico: | Trucks - Fuel consumption - Research - United States |
| Commercial vehicles - Fuel consumption - Research - United States | |
| Automobiles - Power trains - Research - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Technologies and approaches to reducing the fuel consumption of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles |
| ISBN: | 1-282-78734-9 |
| 9786612787348 | |
| 0-309-14983-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459028603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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