Boat tail reduces truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 07:07
in Physics & Chemistry
A boat tail is a tapering protrusion about two metres in length mounted on the rear of a truck. The boat tail had already proved itself during wind tunnel experiments and computer simulations, both conducted at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands; TU Delft), in theory and using small-scale models. Now an articulated lorry fitted with a boat tail has also undergone extensive testing on public highways...
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