This document contains variables and equations related to calculating the mechanical energy required to drive a vehicle between two points, including the total vehicle mass, fictive mass of rolling inertia, gravitational acceleration, vehicle coefficient of rolling resistance, road gradient angle, air density, drag coefficient, vehicle speed, distance driven, and the equation to calculate the mechanical energy required at the wheels over that distance based on these variables.
This document contains variables and equations related to calculating the mechanical energy required to drive a vehicle between two points, including the total vehicle mass, fictive mass of rolling inertia, gravitational acceleration, vehicle coefficient of rolling resistance, road gradient angle, air density, drag coefficient, vehicle speed, distance driven, and the equation to calculate the mechanical energy required at the wheels over that distance based on these variables.
This document contains variables and equations related to calculating the mechanical energy required to drive a vehicle between two points, including the total vehicle mass, fictive mass of rolling inertia, gravitational acceleration, vehicle coefficient of rolling resistance, road gradient angle, air density, drag coefficient, vehicle speed, distance driven, and the equation to calculate the mechanical energy required at the wheels over that distance based on these variables.
Gravitational Acceleration m/s2 g Vehicle Co-efficient of rolling resistance f Road gradient Angle ° j Air Density kg/m3 r Drag co-efficient of vehicle Cx Vehicle speed between the point '-i-' and the point 'j' km/h Vij Distance driven from point '-i-' and point 'j' km dij Mechanical energy required at the wheels to drive on a distance d ij kWh Eij 1/3600[(mijxgx(fxcosj+sinj))+(0.0386x(rxCxxAxvij2))+((mij+mf)x(dv/dt))]