Also this:
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Originally Posted by aerohead
When I posted this originally,I forgot an important tidbit.In most fluid books of my day,the example of E.Moeller's work on the nose of the 1951 Volkswagen Van was always cited.The Volkswagen began quite literally as a "brick-on-wheels" with a drag coefficient of 0.76.With some clay,Moeller sculpted the front of the Volkswagen with generous radii,and the Cd dropped to 0.42.With the exception of the HUMVEE,there are no current production vehicles that possess square leading edges.Today,the example of the VW serves to demonstrate the significance that a little softening of leading edges has meant in the meantime.
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And googling found me this:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20056364/I...Carried-Out-To
Which makes reference to an empirical front end design by Hucho and Janssen, and the refinement testing involved.
I can't find a site that gives any Hucho - specific info without costing me the purchase price of the book...
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