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Large trucks drag reduction using active flow control

Large trucks drag reduction using active flow control
Large trucks drag reduction using active flow control
Aerodynamic drag is the cause for more than two-thirds of the fuel consumption of large trucks at highway speeds. Due to functionality considerations, the aerodynamic efficiency of the aft-regions of large trucks was traditionally sacrificed. This leads to massively separated flow at the lee-side of truck-trailers, with an associated drag penalty of at least a third of the total aerodynamic drag. Active Flow Control (AFC), the capability to alter the flow behavior using unsteady, localized energy injection, can very effectively delay boundary layer separation. By attaching a compact and relatively inexpensive “add-on” AFC device to the back side of truck-trailers (or by modifying it when possible) the flow separating from it could be redirected to turn into the lee-side of the truck, increasing the back pressure, thus significantly reducing drag. A comprehensive and aggressive research plan that combines actuator development, computational fluid dynamics and bench-top as well as wind tunnel experiments was performed. The research uses an array of 15 newly developed Suction and Oscillatory Blowing actuators housed inside a circular cylinder attached to the aft edges of a generic 2D truck model. Preliminary results indicate a net drag reduction of 10% or more.
1613-7763
115-133
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Arwatz, G.
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Seifert, A., Stalnov, O., Sperber, D., Arwatz, G., Palei, V., David, S., Dayan, I. and Fono, I. (2009) Large trucks drag reduction using active flow control. Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 41, 115-133. (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85070-0_10).

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Aerodynamic drag is the cause for more than two-thirds of the fuel consumption of large trucks at highway speeds. Due to functionality considerations, the aerodynamic efficiency of the aft-regions of large trucks was traditionally sacrificed. This leads to massively separated flow at the lee-side of truck-trailers, with an associated drag penalty of at least a third of the total aerodynamic drag. Active Flow Control (AFC), the capability to alter the flow behavior using unsteady, localized energy injection, can very effectively delay boundary layer separation. By attaching a compact and relatively inexpensive “add-on” AFC device to the back side of truck-trailers (or by modifying it when possible) the flow separating from it could be redirected to turn into the lee-side of the truck, increasing the back pressure, thus significantly reducing drag. A comprehensive and aggressive research plan that combines actuator development, computational fluid dynamics and bench-top as well as wind tunnel experiments was performed. The research uses an array of 15 newly developed Suction and Oscillatory Blowing actuators housed inside a circular cylinder attached to the aft edges of a generic 2D truck model. Preliminary results indicate a net drag reduction of 10% or more.

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Published date: 30 September 2009
Organisations: Aeronautics, Astronautics & Comp. Eng

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Local EPrints ID: 344208
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344208
ISSN: 1613-7763
PURE UUID: 9c430c7b-176c-4004-a853-cd449c43710a

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Date deposited: 15 Oct 2012 09:29
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 12:11

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Author: A. Seifert
Author: O. Stalnov
Author: D. Sperber
Author: G. Arwatz
Author: V. Palei
Author: S. David
Author: I. Dayan
Author: I. Fono

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