Climbing ability
Climbing ability of a vehicle describes the ability of the vehicle to climb an incline .
The climbing ability depends on several factors:
- Engine power
- Gear ratio of the engine
- Drive concept of the vehicle
- Weight distribution, center of gravity of the vehicle
- Traction of the tires on the ground
The climbing ability is given either in degrees or in percent . The slope in percent is defined by
- .
Where is the angle of the path to the horizontal. This definition corresponds to a slope of 45 °. This means that for every 100 meters of difference in altitude there is 141 m of distance and 100 m of horizontal distance. In the case of a gradient of more than 45 °, the gradient angle is usually given, as it is more descriptive here. A slope angle of 90 ° corresponds to an infinitely large value in percent.
literature
- Karl-Heinz Dietsche, Thomas Jäger, Robert Bosch GmbH: Automotive pocket book. 25th edition, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2003, ISBN 3-528-23876-3