Ground Vehicles

 

 A generic ground vehicle in water tunnel (PLIF/PIV)

     

Truck model with pressure taps and transition strips (left), surface flow visualization (right)

 

DOE supported experimental work in the water tunnel and wind tunnel was undertaken in support of the CFD efforts.

Veluri, S. P., Roy, C. J., Ahmed, A., Rifki, R., Worley, J. C., and Recktenwald, B., “Joint Computational/Experimental Aerodynamic Study of a Simplified Tractor/Trailer Geometry.” Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.131, 2009, 081201

Veluri, S., Roy, C., Ahmed, A., and Rifki, R., “Truck Aerodynamics: RANS Simulations and Experimental Study of Tractor Trailer Geometry,” AIAA-2006-3857, 24^th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference,” San Francisco, June, 2006.