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Old 12-24-2007, 03:15 PM
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Talking Tire rolling resistance

Hi,

I picked up the following graphs from:
Gyenes, L. and Mitchell, C.G.B., "The Effect of Vehicle-Road Interaction on Fuel Consumption," Vehicle-Road Interaction, ASTM STP 1225, B.T. Kulakawski, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1994, pp. 225-239.

Tire inflation lookup table:
kN/m**2 - psi
200 - 29
225 - 33
250 - 36
275 - 40
300 - 44
325 - 47
350 - 51
375 - 53

Speed lookup table:
km/h - miles per hour
80 - 50
90 - 56
100 - 62
110 - 68
120 - 75
Vehicle drag is a function of rolling resistance and drag times the velocity squared. However, tire rolling resistance is not a linear function with speed and these charts give a clue.

Bob Wilson

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