MIT/CalTrans study finds pavement-vehicle interaction accounts for 1% of overall fuel consumption on California highways
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2016
dissipating energy due to deformation of the pavement structure)—results in wasted fuel because the dissipated energy does not contribute to the vehicle’s forward movement. Deflection-induced PVI—which results from a vehicle overcoming a resisting force (i.e.
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