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Old 07-10-2012, 08:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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quantified for big trucks by cummins a few years back

Relative Rolling Road Surface Resistance %
Concrete polished (best mpg) –12%
new baseline

Asphalt with finish coat 1%
medium coarse finish 4%
coarse aggregate 8%
Chip and Seal Blacktop (worst mpg) 33%

Road roughness can increase rolling resistance up to 20% due to energy dissipation in the tires and suspension (10% loss of mpg).


taken from p. 26 at http://cumminsengines.com/assets/pdf...whitepaper.pdf
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