Automobile Traction Control System Basics and Application
The early 80s saw a lot of advancements in the field of automotive engineering, mostly concerned with safety during driving and to make the driving a lot easier during adverse…
How Automobile Air Bag System Works?
Modern day automobiles employes many systems like ABS, ESP, ESC etc to keep car safer and safer. Air Bag system is another important safety feature used commonly. The system helps…
Micro vs Mild vs Full Hybrid Vehicle
When a motor vehicle is partially or fully powered by more than one type of power source (mostly fossil fuel and battery power) then it is called hybrid vehicle. …
How LCRV or LSPV Braking System Works
Brake system of an automobile, as you already know how it works, stops the wheel from rotating further. But in conventional hydraulic braking system, at all the wheels equal amount…
5 Symptoms of Wrong Camber Angle Setting for Your Vehicle
Camber angle impact on different parameters of vehicle handling as well as tire life. Following are the situations when you should check the correctness of your vehicle’s camber angle settings:…
Vehicle Stopping Distance Calculation Equations and Example
Imagine you are driving, you suddenly see a obstacle in the middle of the road. Now, before you actually press the brake pedal, you, as a human being, will take…
Tractive Force Calculation for a Vehicle
Tractive force or tractive effort or traction is the force applied between the tire and road surface to move a car or any vehicle for that matter. The maximum…
Tire Rolling Circumference Calculation Example
Wheel rolling radius or static loaded radius is taken as input for tire rolling circumference calculation. The rolling circumference (RC), in turns, is further considered as input in various vehicle…