A device for controlling drag on a ground vehicle. The device consists of a porous skin or skins mounted on the trailing surface and/or aft portions of the ground vehicle. The porous skin is separated from the vehicle surface by a distance of at least the thickness of the porous skin. Alternately, the trailing surface, sides, and/or top surfaces of the ground vehicle may be porous. The device minimizes the strength of the separation in the base and wake regions of the ground vehicle, thus reducing drag.
Base passive porosity for vehicle drag reduction
2003-09-09
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Base Passive Porosity for Vehicle Drag Reduction
NTRS | 2003
|Base Passive Porosity for Vehicle Drag Reduction
NTIS | 2003
|Base passive porosity for drag reduction
NTRS | 1994
|Investigation of Passive Porosity as a Means for Bluff-Body Drag Reduction
SAE Technical Papers | 2018
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