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Originally Posted by freebeard
Much as we don't understand how electrons work, yet we converse on Internet?
There're straight, curved and inset boxes. Which is best? Would a half-box on the back of a fat fender work?
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I suspect that a curved wall would win simply because it could give the gentle pressure gradient the boundary layer needs and would not generate a vortex of which we'd have to pay for all the circulation.
If NASA could have cheated on the boat tail for the Space Shuttle I believe they would have.Since they went with a more 'ideal' form,perhaps its form substantially out-performed the other design candidates.
That's not to say that it would 'win' with truckers.
I think that any form of cavity would help on a 'fatty.'