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Appendix 10

United Kingdom

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Standard torque loss values – other torque transferring components

Calculated standard torque loss values for other torque transferring components:

  • For hydrodynamic retarders (oil or water), the retarder drag torque shall be calculated by

    Tretarder=10istep-up+2istep-up3×nretarder10002
  • For magnetic retarders (permanent or electro-magnetic), the retarder drag torque shall be calculated by:

    Tretarder=15istep-up+2istep-up4×nretarder10003

where:

Tretarder
  • Retarder drag loss [Nm]

  • nretarder
  • Retarder rotor speed [rpm] (see paragraph 5.1 of this Annex)

  • istep-up
  • Step-up ratio = retarder rotor speed/drive component speed (see paragraph 5.1 of this Annex)