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The Effect of Groundplane Boundary Layer Control on Automotive Testing in a wind Tunnel
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Two different techniques, ground plane suction and blowing, were used in order to decrease the displacement thickness of the floor boundary layer in wind tunnels upstream of full-scale vehicles.
A detailed description of both systems is given and comparison tests in three different wind tunnels were carried out.
The vehicles tested were full-size passenger cars and simplified-model cars of notch back, fast back and wagon back type, as well as sport cars and a racing car with different trim heights simulating different ground clearances.
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Berndtsson, A., Eckert, W., and Mercker, E., "The Effect of Groundplane Boundary Layer Control on Automotive Testing in a wind Tunnel," SAE Technical Paper 880248, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/880248.Also In
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