NTL Record

Title Diesel Bus Performance Simulation Program
Record ID 50042
Personal Name
Creator
Larson, Glenn S.; Zuckerberg, Harry
Personal Name
Contributor
Hudson, R.
Source 202p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration. Transportation Systems Center
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Technology Development and Deployment
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19790401
Language English
Abstract A diesel bus performance computer simulation program was developed. This program provides information on acceleration, velocity, horsepower, distance traveled, and fuel consumption as a function of time from the originating station. The program was written for diesel engine operation although heat engines other than diesel may be substituted. Fuel economy calculations, using the program, agree well with available measurements on urban buses and may be considered as representative of a baseline urban bus. Component submodels and vehicle coefficients used in the program have been carefully structured to represent current urban buses. This report includes a general description of the simulation program and the type of input data it required along with the results obtained by simulating a typical transit bus.
Rosap ID dot:11441
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11441
TRT Terms Buses; Diesel engines; Performance evaluations; Simulation; Computer programs; Fuel consumption; Diesel fuels; Urban transportation; Drivers
General Subjects Computer simulation; Economy
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Energy and Environment
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
00197518
Report Number UMTA-MA-06-0044-79-1; DOT-TSC-UMTA-79-16
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50000/50042/DOT-TSC-UMTA-79-16.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository