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Old 12-02-2020, 10:52 AM   #28 (permalink)
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magic radii

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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ure-33061.html


Apparently, they are eliminating the vertical foils at corners and or scoops normally found on European racing trucks (see below).

https://www.eurotransport.de/artikel...-11170089.html




May 8, 2013
Scania - Streamline Aerodynamics


Leading Edge Radius
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics...ng-edge-radius


https://www.jstor.org/stable/44718757?seq=1
Hucho commented that, during development of the VW Vanagon, in 1969, when tested at full-scale, flow could remain attached with smaller radii than in scale-model testing. 4.5% of the square-root of frontal area was sufficient.
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Last edited by aerohead; 12-04-2020 at 12:00 PM.. Reason: accurizing the data
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