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Old 09-03-2018, 06:37 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
Tires already shed 3 pairs of vortices, which is why a spinning tire generates less drag than a non-spinning one. It isn't clear to me that 1) placing these tabs on the tire, so they're spinning with it, will generate vortices (how are they shaped?)
Triangular

Looks like they'll be "cutting through" the lengthwise vortices as the tyre spins, and generate a vortex of their own , but a vortex that's continuously moving down (on the front side of the wheel)


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