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Originally Posted by Cd
The inside of the assembly would be hollow. All air lines and such could be easily hooked up and stored.
Since the assembly is designed like an accordion, it would easily flex when corners are taken.
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All the rigs I've seen have the connections dead center of the front of the trailer. So some how you would need to be able to get inside after docking the trailer to hook up the lines
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Originally Posted by trebuchet03
Questions to ask...
3. What is the penalty for ridges oriented orthogonally to flow?
I've seen the accordion stuff on trains/subways... But I think that's more of a trade off for turning....
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From what I understand you can create the shape of a teardrop with separated panels with just a small loss compared to a smooth surface. I would think this would be the same sort of thing.
Another question is what about reefer and flat bed trailers? The cooling unit of a reefer would end up inside of the accordion.