Driving cycle for motorcycles in modern cities: case studies of Edinburgh and Delhi
| Date | 01 August 2010 |
| Pages | 263-274 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/20425945201000017 |
| Published date | 01 August 2010 |
| Author | Wafaa Saleh,Ravindra Kumar,Añil Sharma |
| Subject Matter | Public policy & environmental management |
World Journal of Science, Technology & Sustainable Development, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2010
263
Copyright © 2010 WASD
Abstract: Driving cycle is an essential requirement to evaluate the exhaust
emissions of various types of vehicles on the chassis dynamometer test. This study
presents a real world comparison of the driving cycles of Edinburgh motorcycles
in two world cities; Edinburgh in Scotland and Delhi in India. The two driving
cycles (EMDC & DMDC) driving cycle (EMDC) that were was developed
through the analysis of experimental data. This data was collected from trips
on a number of routes in each city. In Edinburgh, five different routes between
the home addresses in the surrounding areas and place of work at Edinburgh
Napier University in Edinburgh were selected. In Delhi data were collected in
East Delhi (Geeta Calony) to Central Delhi (Raisena Road). The data collected
data was divided into two categories of urban and rural roads in the case of
Edinburgh while it was only the urban route in Delhi.. Forty four trips were
made on the five designated routes in both urban and rural areas and 12 trips
were made in Delhi. The aims of the study were to assess the various parameters
(i.e. motorcycle speed, cruise, accelerations and decelerations and percentage
time spent in idling) and their statistical validity over total trip lengths for
producing a real world EMDC in each of the two cities. The results show that
EMDC in Edinburgh, the EMDC has a cycle length of 770 and 656 seconds for
urban and rural trips, respectively, which was found more than ECE cycle length.
Time spent in acceleration and deceleration modes were found to be significantly
higher than any other driving cycle reported to date for motorcycles, reflecting a
typical characteristic of the driving cycle in Edinburgh; this was presumably due
to diverse driving conditions of motorcycles in the city. In Delhi on the other
hand, the DMDC has a cycle length of 847.5 seconds for the urban trips, which
higher than that of the EMDC length. The overall percentage time spent in
acceleration in Delhi was higher than that of Edinburgh while the time spent in
deceleration was lower in Delhi. The overall average speed in the case of Delhi
was slightly higher than that of Edinburgh.
Keywords: Motorcycle driving cycle; Edinburgh; Delhi, GPS; Vehicle–operating modes
Wafaa Saleh1, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Ravindra Kumar2, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Añil Sharma3, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi
driving cycle for moTorcycleS
in modern ciTieS: caSe STudieS of
edinburgh and delhi
1,2 Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, EH10 5DT Edinburgh,
Scotland, UK
3 School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, Email: w.saleh@napier.ac.uk and ravindra261274@yahoo.co.in,
Phone: 01314552828, Fax: 01314552239
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