- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Flying trucks
- Creator:
- Toon, John D.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-10-20
- Subject:
- Trucks--Aerodynamics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering laboratories--Georgia--Atlanta
Engineers--Georgia--Atlanta
Engineering models
Wind tunnels
Engineering--Experiments - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about "flying trucks." An innovative technology under development by Georgia researchers could improve the fuel efficiency of tractor-trailer trucks worldwide while making the big rigs safer and easier to drive. Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are adapting aerodynamic control techniques originally developed for aircraft to help the boxy truck trailers move along the highway as if they were streamlined. The technique, called a circulation control system, involves blowing compressed air from a series of slots on the trailers. Air exiting from the slots improves the way that wind flows over the trailers as they move along the highway.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/flying-trucks/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Flying Trucks," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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