Abstract

Drag Reduction Humps for Reduced Aerodynamic Drag and Decreased Fuel Consumption

Full Description

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an add-on to existing truck trailers that will reduce aerodynamic drag and decrease fuel consumption. The current research extends findings of previous work, and successfully applies the add-on to reduce drag further. UC Davis researchers have optimized the device, and the predicted drag coefficient of the baseline model shows good agreement with experimental data.

Features/Benefits

• The optimized design shows an effective drag reduction of 50.9% from the baseline.
• The current optimized design may be applied immediately to trucks or tractor-trailers to reduce drag and fuel consumption.

Inventors

• Davis, Roger L.
• Hsu, Fu-Hung

Other Information

Contact

Andrei G. Chakhovskoi / chakhovs@ucdavis.edu / tel: View Phone Number. Please reference Tech ID #11183.

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