Wind Tunnel Investigation of an Inflatable Aerodynamic Boattail for Tractor-Trailers Texas Tech Univ

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Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Funderburk, Randal S., author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1996-02-26 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1996

Summary:

The objective of this research was to initiate the development of a design procedure to optimize the shape of a drag reducing device to obtain a significant drag reduction on the rear end of a trailer of a tractor-trailer rig. To meet this objective, four wind tunnel experiments were conducted. An optimized shape has not been determined as of yet; however, it was found that the aerodynamic drag could be reduced as much as 17.4 percent, and that there are several important parameters that influence the drag reduction, such as: device length, device edge curvature, and the device-to-trailer attachment angles

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Publisher Number:

960908

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