Experimental investigation of the ground transportation systems (GTS) project for heavy vehicle drag reduction

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Croll, Robert H ^a   Gutierrez, Walter T ^a   Hassan, Basil ^a   Suazo, Jose E ^a   Riggins, Anthony J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRY; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

BASE-DRAG REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; GEOMETRY DEVICES; GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SURFACE PRESSURES; VEHICLE GEOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072423367     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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