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cycle de roulage

English translation: driving cycle

17:57 Mar 13, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / vehicle experimentation
French term or phrase: cycle de roulage
In a CV:

Stage de fin d’études d’Ingénieur chez XYZ ( French vehicle manufacturer) au centre technique ABC à ***, ***, dans le département Expérimentation Véhicule / Simulation Mécanique Physique d’août à déc. 1996
étude du circuit d’endurance ville pour la réadaptation du **cycle de roulage**

Testing circuit?
claude-andrew
France
Local time: 01:24
English translation:driving cycle
Explanation:
You could also say test cycle, or routine, or anything along those lines. It's the sequence of actions used when testing a vehicle - for example "drive the car at 30 mph for ten minutes, and then at 70 mph for 5 minutes, then stop."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_cycle

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driving cycle


Explanation:
You could also say test cycle, or routine, or anything along those lines. It's the sequence of actions used when testing a vehicle - for example "drive the car at 30 mph for ten minutes, and then at 70 mph for 5 minutes, then stop."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_cycle



Example sentence(s):
  • EPA tests vehicles by running them through a series of driving routines, also called cycles or schedules, that specify vehicle speed for each point in time during the laboratory tests.

    Reference: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml
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