The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses, and Trains
This book includes the carefully edited contributions to the United Engineering Foundation Conference: The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses and Trains held in Monterey, California from December 2-6, 2002. This conference brought together 90 l
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The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses, and Trains Rose McCallen Fred Browand James Ross (Editors)
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RosE McCALLEN, PH.D. Center for Advanced Fluid Dynamics Applications Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-098 94551 Livermore, CA, U.S.A FRED BROWAND, PH.D. Univerity of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 90089-1453 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A DR. }AMES Ross, PH.D. NASA-Ames Research Center MS 260-1 Experimental Aerophysics Branch 94035 Moffett Field, CA, U.S.A
With 378 Figures
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004105980 ISSN 1613-7736
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Introduction It is our pleasure to present these proceedings from the United Engineering Foundation Conference on The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses and Trains held December 2-6, 2002, in Monterey, California. This Department of Energy, United Engineering Foundation, and industry sponsored conference brought together 90 leading engineering researchers from around the world to discuss the aerodynamic drag of heavy vehicles. Participants from national labs, academia, and industry, including truck manufacturers, discussed how computer simulation and experimental technique
