Research Article

Effects of Front Total Toe-In Angle on Tire Wear and Emissions for a Light-Duty Vehicle

Table 1

Experimental data for different parameters based on the front total toe-in​ angle.

Front total toe-in angle (°)Angle rate,  = Engine RPMIncrement of engine RPM (%)Rolling resistance coefficient, Increment of rolling resistance coefficient (%)Rolling resistance, Increment of rolling resistance (%)Energy consumption, ​ (KJ)Increment of energy consumption (%) emissions (PPM/%) for octaneIncrement of emissions (%)CO emission PPM/(%)Increment of CO emissions (%)NOx PPMIncrement of NOx (%)

0.000.0013100.000.0210.00196.740.001180.440.0030000/(3%)0.0030300/(3.03%)0.00320.00
0.400.0614158.020.0211.42199.521.421197.141.4233000/(3.3%)10.0032700/(3.27%)7.923612.50
1.000.14145511.070.0237.82212.137.821272.807.8234000/(3.4%)13.3334400/(3.44%)13.533818.75
1.600.22148513.360.02519.38234.8619.381409.1519.3835000/(3.5%)16.6736100/(3.61%)19.143921.87
4.200.58171030.530.048128.86450.26128.862701.55128.8641000/(4.1%)36.6738300/(3.83%)26.834231.25