Reduction of the aerodynamic drag of trucks
Subtitle: Proceedings ofthe conference held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 10-11 October 1974
By: ed. by P.B.S. Lissaman.
Contributors: Lissaman, P B S.; National Science Foundation. Research Applied to National Needs Program.; United States. Department of Transportation.
Publisher: National Science Foundation
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
First sentence: Some seven percent of the total energy consumed in the United States is used to overcome the air resistance of road vehicles.
Description: This is a collection of 17 presentations on the study of truck aerodynamic drag reduction.  The results are usually based on experiments with full-scale trucks or scale models tested in wind or water tunnels.  The Table of Contents and author affiliation follow.

Model Tests of Drag and Spray Effects of Aerodynamic Modifications to Present Vehicles - Purdue University

Ducted Trailers for Semi-Trucks (Overcoming Aerodynamic Drag by Wake Energization) - University of Utah

An Assessment of Drag Reduction Techniques Based on Observations of FLow Past Two-Dimensional Tractor-Trailer Models - University of Maryland

New Road Test Technique and Results for Tractors Equipped with Wind Deflectors - Rudkin-Wiley Corporation

Development of a Drag-Reducing Device for Tractor-Trailer Rigs: From Wind Tunnel to Operational Vehicle - Wichita State University

An Experimental and Analytic Investigation of Truck Aerodynamics - Creative Engineering Consultants and Associates

Aerodynamic Drag Reduction Tests on a Full-Scale Tractor-Trailer Combination with Several Add-On Devices - NASA Flight Research Center

Feasibility Study of the S3 Air Vane and Other Truck Drag Reduction Devices - California Institute of Technology

Truck Drag Reduction Program at University of Oklahoma - University of Oklahoma

A Tractor Mounted, Air Deployable, Aerodynamic Drag Reduction System - Georgia Institute of Technology

Reduction of Aerodynamic Drag of Large Highway Trucks - AeroVironment Inc.

Field Experience Report on Drag Reduction of the Nose Cone - FitzGerald Associates

The Development of the Ryder Truck - Ryder System, Inc.

Drag and Fuel Saving Evaluation Techniques - workshop report, chairman from California Institute of Technology

Aerodynamics of Drag Reduction for Present Vehicles and Vehicles of the 1980's - workshop report, chairman from AeroVironment

Application Aspects - workshop report, chairman from Freightliner

Special Report on AeroVironment Test Techniques - AeroVironment Inc.
Notes: Sponsored by the Research Applied to National Needs program of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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