The design of a mechanical driver

This report describes the design of a mechanical driver for use in the testing of vehicles on a rolling road dynomometer by the Energy Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Cape Town. Many vehicle tests involve using driving cycles which tend to be long and repetitive. Consequently, the driver finds it boring and difficult to repeat a specific dr1ving pattern within the required tolerance. One solution to this is the use of a mechanical driver, where the vehicle being tested is "driven" mechanically and controlled by a computer. The main objective of this project was to design a system that would return accurate and repeatable results when testing vehicles for fuel consumption, emissions, speeds etc.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Energy Research Centre

Year dc:date.issued

1988

Author dc:creator

• Pryor, Paul John

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Yates, Andrew

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9627

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9627