Preliminary experiments applying active flow control to a 1/24th scale model of a semi-trailer truck

L. Taubert; I. Wygnanski

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85070-0_9

Preliminary experiments applying active flow control to a 1/24^th scale model of a semi-trailer truck

L. Taubert, I. Wygnanski

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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Preliminary experiments were carried out to investigate possible benefits of using a relatively new type of fluidic actuators (Raman & Raghu [1]) in combination with attached aft bodies to reduce the drag on a standard semi-trailer truck. The actuators generate oscillating jets that cause the formation of streamwise vortices that enhance the entrainment of the shear layer significantly. Taking into account the potential feasibility of any add-ons to a trailer, seven different bodies with simple geometries were chosen for this investigation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	105-113
Number of pages	9
Journal	Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85070-0_9
State	Published - 2009
Event	The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles II: Trucks, Buses, and Trains - Lake Tahoe, CA, United States Duration: Aug 26 2007 → Aug 31 2007

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