Tractive Effort Calculation

Tractive force or tractive effort or traction is the force applied between the tire and road surface to move a car or any vehicle for that matter.

TE = (Et x η x Ng x Na ) / R

Where,

TE – tractive force in N
Et – Engine torque in Nm
η – Overall efficiency of power train
Ng – Transmission ratio in first gear
Na – Driving axle ratio
R – Tire rolling radius

Et =400 Nm (Input received from REL)

η = 0.8 (Assumed)
Ng = 10 (For electric Bus Ng will be around 1:10 in first gear)
Na = 5.6 (Input received from REL)
R = 0.96 R =0.96 X 400 = 0.384 m

TE = 400 X 0.8 X 10 X5.6/0.384

TE = 46.67 kN