Practical devices for heavy truck aerodynamic drag reduction

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Schoon, Ron ^a   Pan, Fongloon Peter ^a  

^a Navistar International Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE TESTING; DRAG REDUCTION; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); TRUCK TRAILERS; WIND TUNNELS;

BASE PLATES; HEAVY TRUCK; REDUCED SCALE; TRACTOR TRAILER; TRACTOR-TRAILER SYSTEM; TRADE-STUDY; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

EID: 85072420750     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1781     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Mason W. T. Jr., and Beebe P. S., "Drag Related Flow Field Characteristics of Trucks and Buses" Symposium on Aerodynamic Drag Mechanisms of Bluff Bodies and Road Vehicles, September 27-28, 1976; General Motors Research Laboratory, Warren Michigan. New York: Plenum Press; 1978.
2. Nicks Oran W., Low Speed Wind Tunnel Facility Handbook, Texas A&M University.
3. SAE Wind Tunnel Test Procedure for Trucks and Buses, SAE J1252, July 1981, SAE Recommended Practice, 1981.
4. McCallen R. et al., "DOE's Effort to Reduce Truck Aerodynamic Drag through Joint Experiments and Computations," SAE paper No. 2005-01-3511, 2005.
5. Cooper K. R., and Leuschen J., "Model and Full-Scale Wind Tunnel Tests of Second-Generation Aerodynamic Fuel Saving Devices for Tractor-Trailers," SAE paper No. 2005-01-3512, 2005.