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The design of a mechanical driver
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Pryor, Paul John |
| author2 | Yates, Andrew |
| author_browse | Pryor, Paul John Yates, Andrew |
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| author_sort | Pryor, Paul John |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9627 The design of a mechanical driver Pryor, Paul John Yates, Andrew Mechanical Engineering Includes bibliographical references. 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. 2014-11-15T19:32:39Z 2014-11-15T19:32:39Z 1988 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9627 eng application/pdf Energy Research Centre Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering Pryor, Paul John The design of a mechanical driver |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The design of a mechanical driver |
| title_full | The design of a mechanical driver |
| title_fullStr | The design of a mechanical driver |
| title_full_unstemmed | The design of a mechanical driver |
| title_short | The design of a mechanical driver |
| title_sort | design of a mechanical driver |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9627 |
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