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Old 12-19-2018, 07:05 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Snow would be blown AWAY from a high pressure zone; it would be drawn and settle into a LOW pressure zone.
That might be true if there was no windshield behind it. Don't take my word for it, here's Hucho:


Hucho, W.H., ed. Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, 4th Ed. (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1998), 162.


Hucho, W.H., ed. Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, 4th Ed. (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1998), 195.

T. Yomi Obidi, physics professor at City Colleges of Chicago:


Obidi, T.Y. Theory and Applications of Aerodynamics for Ground Vehicles (Warrendale, PA: SAE International, 2014), 81.

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