Computational investigation into the sensitivity of a simplified vehicle wake to small base geometry changes

S Luckhurst, M Varney, H Xia, MA Passmore… - Journal of Wind …, 2019 - Elsevier
For vehicles with a squareback geometry, for example Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), base
pressure drag is a large contributor to overall drag. Simple passive techniques, such as …

Vehicle attribute trade-offs to meet the 2025 CAFE fuel economy target

JM Luk, BA Saville, HL MacLean - Transportation Research Part D …, 2016 - Elsevier
The literature analyzes changes in vehicle attributes that can improve fuel economy to meet
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. However, these analyses exclude …