| contributor author | C. H. Marks | |
| contributor author | F. T. Buckley | |
| contributor author | W. H. Walston | |
| date accessioned | 2017-05-08T23:05:00Z | |
| date available | 2017-05-08T23:05:00Z | |
| date copyright | December, 1978 | |
| date issued | 1978 | |
| identifier issn | 0098-2202 | |
| identifier other | JFEGA4-26939#443_1.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/91138 | |
| description abstract | Measurements were made of the base pressure distribution and the aerodynamic drag of a variety of 1/8th-scale tractor-trailer truck models in a wind tunnel at yaw angles ranging from 0° to 20°. Base-drag coefficients and overall aerodynamic-drag coefficients were calculated from this data. The measurements show that the base-drag coefficient of typical tractor-trailer trucks does not vary much with vehicle configuration, and that base drag constitutes approximately 13 to 15 percent of the total aerodynamic drag at zero yaw. The base drag increases in magnitude and also becomes a larger part of the overall aerodynamic drag as yaw angle increases, reaching about 18 to 25 percent of the overall drag at 20° yaw. Streamlining the forebody of the vehicle has little effect on the base-drag coefficient, but increases the fraction of the overall aerodynamic drag due to the base. | |
| publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
| title | A Study of the Base Drag of Tractor-Trailer Trucks | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 100 | |
| journal issue | 4 | |
| journal title | Journal of Fluids Engineering | |
| identifier doi | 10.1115/1.3448705 | |
| journal fristpage | 443 | |
| journal lastpage | 448 | |
| identifier eissn | 1528-901X | |
| keywords | Drag (Fluid dynamics) | |
| keywords | Trucks | |
| keywords | Yaw | |
| keywords | Vehicles | |
| keywords | Measurement | |
| keywords | Pressure AND Wind tunnels | |
| tree | Journal of Fluids Engineering:;1978:;volume( 100 ):;issue: 004 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
