Fuel economy standards for new passenger cars after 1985 /

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Expediting loading and unloading of railroad freight cars. Hearings, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session on S.J. Res. 147.

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Modelling and analysis of the crush zone of a typical Australian passenger train

In this paper, a three-dimensional nonlinear rigid body model has been developed for the investigation of the crashworthiness of a passenger train using the multibody dynamics approach. This model refers to a typical design of passenger cars and train constructs commonly used in Australia. The high-energy and low-energy crush zones of the cars and the train constructs are assumed and the data are explicitly provided in the paper. The crash scenario is limited to the train colliding on to a fixed barrier symmetrically. The simulations of a single car show that this initial design is only applicable for the crash speed of 35 km/h or lower. For higher speeds (e.g. 140 km/h), the crush lengths or crush forces or both the crush zone elements will have to be enlarged. It is generally better to increase the crush length than the crush force in order to retain the low levels of the longitudinal deceleration of the passenger cars.

Influence of driving style on fuel consumption and Emissions in diesel-powered passenger car

This paper presents the main results of a study on the influence of driving style on fuel consumption and pollutant emissions of diesel passenger car in urban traffic. Driving styles (eco, normal or aggressive) patterns were based on the “eco-driving” criteria. The methodology is based on on-board emission measurements in real urban traffic in the city of Madrid. Five diesel passenger cars, have been tested. Through a statistical analysis, a Dynamic Performance Index was defined for diesel passenger cars. Likewise, the CO, NOX and HC emissions were compared for each driving style for the tested vehicles. Eco-driving reduces by 14% fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, but aggressive driving increase consumption by 40%. Aggressive driving increases NOX emission by more than 40%. CO and HC, show different trends, but being increased in eco-driving style.

Passenger-car equivalents of trucks in composite traffic. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Program and Policy Planning, Washington, D.C.

Requests by General Motors and Ford to reduce fuel economy standards for MY 1981-85 passenger automobiles. Report.

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Safety impacts of different speed limits on cars and trucks. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

Passenger vehicle, light truck and van convex mirror optimization and evaluation studies. Volume 1: convex mirror optimization. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Passenger vehicle, light truck and van convex mirror optimization and evaluation studies. Volume 2: evaluation of alternative mirror configurations. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Passenger car spark ignition data base. Volume II: discussion and results. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

An experimental and analytical investigation of the effect of truck-induced aerodynamic disturbances on passenger car control and performance. Interim report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Papers on vehicle size - cars and trucks. Technical report.

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Passenger car spark ignition data base. Volume I: executive summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Harmonization of braking regulations - report number 5: testing for development and evaluation of the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on harmonization of passenger car brake standards. Final report.

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Final environmental impact statement. Proposed rulemaking concerning passenger automotive average fuel economy. NHTSA technical report.

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