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Karamveer
Apr 15, 2013, 03:10 PM
I want to calculate the torque required for vehicle to move from rest and have 200kg of mass.

ebaines
Apr 16, 2013, 05:54 AM
To determine torque you need to specify the acceleration you want the vehicle to be able to achieve and the speed of the engine in RPM. This allows you to use F=ma to calculate the force the engine needs to deliver through the drive train to the wheels on the pavement, then the engine power requirement using P = Fv, and from that the torque from T= P/ \omega, where \omega = engine speed in radians/sec. This gives the torques that the engine needs to deliver to the drive wheels, but be aware that a typical drive train will cause a loss of about 20% of the engine's power through friction.