With the introduction of increasingly stringent vehicle emission legislation one of the key tasks facing the automobile aerodynamici is to ensure that vehicle aerodynamic improvements, such as drag reduction, give real benefits on the road. Traditional vehicle aerodynamic development is undertaken in full-scale wind tunnels which provide a repeatable and controlled environment for testing but fail to fully simulate road conditions. This paper describes an investigation to measure the on-road drag effects of systematic aerodynamic configuration changes to a passenger car. The on-road drag measurements are compared with those derived from the wind tunnel.


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    Title :

    Wind tunnel and on-road drag measurements compared


    Additional title:

    Gegenüberstellung von Luftwiderstandsmessungen im Windkanal und auf der Straße


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 16 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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