The Effect of Groundplane Boundary Layer Control on Automotive Testing in a wind Tunnel Volvo Car Corporation Göteborg, Sweden

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Berndtsson, A., author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Congress & Exposition (1988-02-29 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1988

Summary:

Two different techniques, ground plane suction and blowing, were used in order to decrease the displacement thickness of the floor boundary layer in wind tunnels upstream of full-scale vehicles.A detailed description of both systems is given and comparison tests in three different wind tunnels were carried out.The vehicles tested were full-size passenger cars and simplified-model cars of notch back, fast back and wagon back type, as well as sport cars and a racing car with different trim heights simulating different ground clearances

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Publisher Number:

880248

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Restricted for use by site license