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Old 04-05-2009, 08:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Windshield separation bubble revealed in tuft testing (on MGA; none on Geo Metro)

Just thought this was interesting.

Modern cars have attached flow - no entrained vortex / separation bubble - at the base of the windshield. Hucho made a point of mentioning that even the relatively steep VW Golf mk 1 windshield had no separation at its base.







Source: Wind tunnel testing of the MGA


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