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Old 06-24-2020, 01:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Box Truck aerodynamics paper

I GOOGLED 'lowest drag box truck in USA'
which took me to :
Aerodynamic Drag Reduction Technology Testing of... NREL,

@ nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/64610.pdf

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Old 06-25-2020, 05:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I GOOGLED 'lowest drag box truck in USA'
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Aerodynamic Drag Reduction Technologies Testing of ... - NREL
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy17osti/64610.pdf
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Produced under direction of California Air Resources Board (CARB) by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under Work for Others Agreement number FIA-11-1763 and Task No WW4A.1007. Technical Report NREL/TP-5400-64610 . October 2016
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Interesting article. Thanks for posting the link. My big takeaways: Testing is hard even for professionals. There are things that can be done to reduce aerodynamic drag in box trucks. It really depends on the intended use of the truck whether it is worth doing or not. For city trucks the extra weight may hurt efficiency.

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