2 - Acceleration Performance
2 - Acceleration Performance
2 - Acceleration Performance
performance
CHAPTER 2
▪ Engine Power
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▪ Since the drive power is the tractive force times the forward speed, the above equation can be
written:
▪ The above equations can be combined to solve for the tractive force available at the ground
▪ The vehicle acceleration, ax , is the wheel rotational acceleration times the tire radius, so:
▪ The automatic transmission uses torque converter at the input to transmit torque almost
ideally
▪ Torque converters are fluid couplings that utilize hydrodynamic principles to amplify torque to
the transmission
▪ This is done at the expense of speed
▪ At low speeds, the output torque will be several times the input torque
▪ As the speed increases, the output torque decreases as desired
▪ Therefore
▪ Neglecting the rolling resisting and aerodynamic drag forces, the acceleration is simply the
tractive force divided by the vehicle mass
▪ For a solid rear axle with a locking differential, additional tractive force can be obtained from
the other wheel up to its limits such that the last term in the denominator of the above
equation drops out
▪ This would also be true in the case of an independent rear suspension because the driveline
torque reaction is picked up by the chassis-mounted differential
▪ In both of these cases the expression for the maximum tractive force is: