Experimental Aerodynamic Drag Reduction Studies on Bus Coaches of India Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Balakrishnan, M., author.

Conference Name:

SAE International Truck and Bus Meeting and Exposition (1989-11-06 : Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1989

Summary:

Aerodynamic investigations on the models of two types of bus coaches in operation with a transport corporation show that their drag coefficients are considerably large. An attempt has been made to evolve experimentally a streamlined shape with smallest drag coefficient within the operating constraints in India. The streamlined configuration was obtained by rounding the frontal corners systematically and tapering the roof at the rear end. It was possible to obtain a drag coefficient of 0.42 compared to the values of 0.93 and 0.63 for the unstreamlined configurations

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Publisher Number:

892532

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