Experimental Validation of a Heavy Goods Vehicle Fuel Consumption Model

Aldo Sorniotti; Enrico Damiani; Tim Moorin

doi:10.4271/2011-01-1234

Over the last decade the simulation of driving cycles through longitudinal vehicle models has become an important stage in the design, analysis and selection of vehicle powertrains. This paper presents an overview of existing software packages, along with the development of a new multipurpose driving cycle simulator implemented in the Matlab/Simulink environment. In order to evaluate the performance of the simulator, a MAN TGL 12.240 multi-usage delivery vehicle was fitted with a CAN-bus data logger and used to create a series of ‘real-life’ drive cycles. These were inputted into the vehicle model and the simulated fuel mass flow-rate and engine rotational speed were compared to those experimentally obtained.

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Experimental Validation of a Heavy Goods Vehicle Fuel Consumption Model 2011-01-1234

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