Aerodynamic Effects of an Overtaking Articulated Heavy Goods Vehicle on Car-Trailer-An Analysis to Improve Controllability Toyota Motor Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kobayashi, Nobuo, author.

Conference Name:

Passenger Car Meeting and Exposition (1987-10-19 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1987

Summary:

It is well known and a common experience among drivers that controllability and stability of a car-trailer combination is affected when an articulated Heavy Goods Vehicle overtakes.In this paper, aerodynamic effects to a car-trailer combination when it is overtaken by an articulated HGV, have been analyzed experimentally using 1/20 scale models in wind tunnel, and a method to suppress this phenomenon has been investigated.The dynamic behaivor of a car-trailer combination is simulated by a simple mathematical model.The result shows that a car-trailer combination can be stable following the addittion of aerodynamic devices to each side of the vehicle.This simulated result is verified by the on-read test

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Publisher Number:

871919

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