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Old 07-16-2014, 03:10 AM   #73 (permalink)
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Box vans are a special case, shown in the upper right. Car's shapes tend to promote vortexes. Convex, flat and concave truncations all have a drag vector that points straight back and are pretty equivalent. Sharp edges are used, however, to control separation (seen on the 3rd Gen Prius back bumper.

May aerohead correct me if I'm wrong.
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