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Originally Posted by freebeard
If I didn't know the subject, that would be the most confusing picture I've seen today.
www.amazon.com/Clinical-Photography-publication-Eastman-Company...
I believe it was chapter 5 that was on Psychological Clarity. It's more than just context.
Ontopically, have you considered the difference between a Roman and Gothic arch? A Gothic curve in plan would jackknife really well. And act as a vortex trap.
For the tow vehicle, rudders at the two rear corners could be connected by a 4-bar linkage to the trailer's tongue [else electric microcontroller] to dodge the front corner of the trailer. |
*In a way, I see what you're saying, although it makes for an exceptionally long gap down the sides as a trailer nose. A massive pressure spike.
* Four-bar would do. NASA just simple hinges from the local hardware store.
* The four-bar would need to be supported from below with a 'floating' castor, or else pot-holes would eventually destroy the mechanism. I struggled to come up with a solution for the gap-filled full-boat-tailed trailer. Interstate-80, west of Denver, was a torture chamber for mechanisms.
