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What Drives a Vehicle?

03/07/2011 5:12 AM

what drives a vehicle a driving torque or horse power

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03/07/2011 5:22 AM

Well, Im pretty sure, its not a horse nowadays!:-)

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03/07/2011 6:16 AM

well mr.. rabbit i don't think your answer is funny nor a satire but if u can u answer me unless like to give a satire

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03/07/2011 5:33 AM

I could say "the person behind the steering wheel" - but I won't.

Torque makes it move, power determines how fast.

A hamster in a treadmill (a tiny fraction of a horsepower) could make a car move, given sufficient gearing, but it wouldn't go very fast .

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03/07/2011 5:34 AM

You can look at it either way: horsepower is torque times rpm times a constant that depends on the units of measurement. Horsepower and torque are thus not the same, but they are related via speed.

It might be better to say that the force propelling the vehicle is more directly related to torque, while horsepower corresponds to the energy used per time. All of these terms are related via fairly simple formulas.

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03/07/2011 6:12 AM

but can i ask u a doubt sir...... why can't the tractors be made to convert the horse power(capability to perform a heavy work) to a required speed when it is not in use to do such a heavy job

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03/07/2011 6:19 AM

It can be done, but it takes a large range of gear ratios in the transmission system. Many tractors do not contemplate high road speeds, so this is not always done. Tracked vehicles are not good for high speeds, but some wheeled tractors can do around 60 km/h on roadways.

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03/07/2011 7:49 AM

Tractors are mechanically design to move a load not to race. All the horsepower is converted into pulling force not speed. This is the job they are created to do. So there is no need to design the mechanics for speed. To design them for speed also would increase their cost. Most consumers of these vehicles do not require the speed so would not see it in their best interest to pay the extra money for it. Not only would there be changes to the drive train mechanics but there would need to be changes to the structure. A tractor is not designed to corner at high speed. Liability issues the manufacture would have to over come. That means redesigning the whole tractor. An additional increase in cost the consumer would have to pay for.

The answer to your question is they can. The tractor manufacturers don't because they want to stay in business.

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03/07/2011 11:05 AM

An idiot behind the wheel

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03/07/2011 4:09 PM

both power and torque is different forms for the same coin according to a simple relation ( power = torque x rev/sec )

If we assume a race car and tractors with the same power .

race car needs high speed with low torque while tractor needs high torque with less speed.
engine generates power , both gear box and differential transfer this power to the other form which is torque

finally no one of them drives the vehicle but the driver does.

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03/07/2011 8:00 PM

Friction. Specifically the friction between the tires and the road, which allows the Earth to push back against the car allowing it to go forward.

Take away that friction and it wouldn't matter how much horsepower the engine produces; the wheels would just spin.

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