Aerodynamics Overview of the Ground Transportation Systems (GTS) Project for Heavy Vehicle Drag Reduction Sandia National Labs

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Gutierrez, Walter T., 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 focus of the research was to investigate the fundamental aerodynamics of the base flow of a tractor trailer that would prove useful in fluid flow management Initially, industry design needs and constraints were defined This was followed by an evaluation of state-of-the-art Navier-Stokes based computational fluid dynamics tools Analytical methods were then used in combination with computational tools in a design process Several geometries were tested at 1 8 scale in a low speed wind tunnel in addition to the baseline geometry, base add-on devices of the class of ogival boattails and slants were analyzed

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Publisher Number:

960906

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