the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
Examples of 'tractive force' in a sentence
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The analyzed variables were slippage, tractive force, hourly fuel consumption, and speed.
Fabricio Leite, João E. G. dos Santos, Kleber P. Lanças, João B. Leite Júnior 2011, 'Evaluation of tractive performance of four agricultural tractors in laterally inclinedterrain Avaliação do desempenho operacional de quatro tratores agrícolas em terrenoinclinado lateralmente', Engenharia Agrícolahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162011000500010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We continued until the guide wire was damaged, or we reached maximum tractive force.
Wolfram Schummer 2015, 'Different mechanical properties in Seldinger guide wires', Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacologyhttp://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2015;volume=31;issue=4;spage=505;epage=510;aulast=Schummer. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A mode of locomotive motion largely depends on the relationship between the total train's running resistance and locomotive tractive force.
Gintautas Bureika 2008, 'A mathematical model of train continuous motion uphill', Transporthttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/6653. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)