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Aerodynamic Improvement of a Loaded Timber Truck
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3384-4520
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5526-2399
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6634-797X
2023 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In recent years, there has been an overall reduction in greenhouse emissions in the European Union (EU); however, that is not the case for the transport industry where road transports are responsible for more than 70% of all the transports emissions. Transport by trucks and busses is responsible for a fourth of these greenhouse emissions, and a significant contributor to the energy consumption of these vehicles is the aerodynamic drag.A particular branch of truck transport is the transport of timber by the use of timber trucks. A significant difference to ordinary trucks is that the load of the timber truck affects the shape and hence its aerodynamic behavior. In Europe, these timber trucks travel at speeds of up to 80 km/h. At this speed, the aerodynamic drag accounts for around 20–30% per ton-km of the fuel consumption for these vehicles.In this paper computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to investigate and improve the aerodynamics of a loaded timber truck. Several concepts are evaluated for high drag regions along the truck. Yaw sweeps are done for the concepts with large potential to ensure consistent drag reduction. The concepts are evaluated separately and then combined into three combinations, ranging from an easy implementable combination to maximum drag reduction, where a 27% to 51% reduced wind-averaged drag is achieved, respectively.

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SAE International , 2023. article id 2023-01-5000
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SAE Technical Papers, ISSN 0148-7191, E-ISSN 2688-3627
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Fluid Mechanics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-192990DOI: 10.4271/2023-01-5000Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85146712967OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-192990DiVA, id: diva2:1749558
Conference
SAE Automotive Technical Papers, WONLYAUTO 2023, Warrendale, 1 January, 2023
Available from: 2023-04-09 Created: 2023-04-09 Last updated: 2026-01-23

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