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Old 06-26-2019, 03:57 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
At the front of the belt, the boundary layer of air IS stationary - so the moving belt would accelerate it.

If there was a streamlined plate that had a moving belt, was raised up and was in contact with the wheels, then that might improve the "accuracy" without additional measures to try to correctly mimic a rolling car on a road?
I'm trying to wrap my mind around the tunnel setup.Are we talking about the rollers being above the tunnel floor,and air is striking the forward stagnation point (line) of the roller,then accelerating up and over,onto the flat portion of the 'road'?
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