On the Drag Reduction of Trucks through the Application of Fences and Momentum Injection

912574

11/01/1991

Event
International Pacific Conference On Automotive Engineering
Authors Abstract
Content
The paper studies effectiveness of two fundamentally different concepts of boundary-layer control for reduction of drag of bluff bodies: Moving Surface Boundary-layer Control (MSBC) involving momentum injection delaying separation; and tripping of the boundary-layer, using judiciously located fences, to interrupt pressure recovery. Wind tunnel tests, with two-dimensional models of rectangular prisms and 1/12 scale model of a typical tractor-trailer truck configuration, show both the approaches to be quite effective promising a significant reduction in the aerodynamic resistance. A flow visualization study, conducted in a closed circuit water tunnel using slit lighting and polyvinylchloride tracer particles, complements the wind tunnel tests. It shows, rather dramatically, effectiveness of the boundary-layer control procedures.
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17
Citation
Modi, V., Ying, B., and Yokomizo, T., "On the Drag Reduction of Trucks through the Application of Fences and Momentum Injection," SAE Technical Paper 912574, 1991, .
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Published
Nov 1, 1991
Product Code
912574
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English