The Heavy-Duty Chassis Dynamometer Emissions Laboratory is capable of handling vehicles ranging from pickup trucks to Class 8 trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles, single or tandem axle drive ...

Work trucks have a special place in the pickup truck family tree: They’re practical tools designed for functional use. And probably the most significant defining characteristic of how well these tools ...

A fully loaded 18-wheeler can now roll at highway speed without leaving a building outside Chicago. Argonne National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy research campus in Lemont, Illinois, has ...

ABSTRACT The exhaust emissions of two Euro 6 diesel cars with different emissions control systems have been evaluated both on the road and over various chassis dynamometer test cycles. European ...

The Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC) operates 11 internal combustion engine test beds, featuring dynamometers ranging from five kilowatts to 745 kilowatts for powertrain research, along ...

May I recommend to you an alternative to standard dynamometer testing? Those of you who have not watched chassis dyno operators prepare a truck for testing might not realize that a large chain around ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—For two decades, the dynamometer at Mississippi State’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems has powered engine research and testing for consumer, industry and military applications ...

Gearhead vehicle discussions often go something like this: "How fast?" "What's the e.t.?" "How much boost?" "What's the horsepower and torque?" Whether bragging or fact, the answers are usually the ...

This chapter examines the broad variations in medium-and heavy-duty vehicles and explains how the complex nature of trucks influences regulatory options. It explores metrics that capture the work task ...

'While you might consider buying testing time on a vehicle chassis dyno an expensive luxury, we hope you'll at least read this article to consider the possibilities. If anything, what we experienced ...

One of the keys to any engine development program, from Winston Cup to the Saturday- night racer, is the ability to effectively evaluate changes to the engine. The goal of any engine development ...

The GM performance enthusiast quickly recognized and embraced the benefit of instrumented testing in its ability to extract the most power from an engine. This was in part due to the acceptance of ...