Aerodynamic drag reduction of class 8

heavy vehicles: a full-scale wind tunnel

study, LLNL technical report,
LLNL-TR-628153
? Different combinations of tractors and trailers
were tested
Two tractors
Prostar sleeper and day cab
Three trailers
28' & 53' straight frame and
53' drop frame
? Performed 140 wind tunnel runs
? Twenty-three aerodynamic drag reduction
devices/concepts were tested from LLNL,
Navistar, Freight Wing, ATDynamics,
Hagen-Poiseuille Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5
6.1.6 Flow Through Noncircular Conduits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
6.2 Unsteady Unidirectional Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 183
6.2.1 Flow Due to a Wall Which Oscillates
in its Own Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 183
6.2.2 Flow Due to a Wall Which is Suddenly Set in Motion 186
6.3 Unidirectional Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
6.3.1 Steady Flow Through a Circular Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
6.3.2 Steady Flow Between a Rotating Disk
and a Fixed Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
6.3.3 Unsteady Unidirectional Flows
of a Second Order Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .