Considerations for the Wind Tunnel Simulation of Tractor-Trailer Combinations: Correlation of Full- and Half-Scale Measurements

SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 529-538

  Leuschen, Jason ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL TRUCKS; DRAG CURVES; FLOW REGIMES; FULL-SCALE TESTING; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; TEST SECTIONS; WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION; YAW ANGLES;

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); TRUCK TRAILERS;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84886616254     PISSN: 1946391X     EISSN: 19463928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2013-01-2456     Document Type: Article

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