In a message dated 04/03/2000 5:49:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
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Mr. Casagrande:
The image of the airflow around the Navistar truck was indeed facinating.
I have a couple of questions:
1) What was the assumed air velocity around the truck to create the type of
turbulence shown in the image?
2) I would be interested in your opinion about the effect of the turbulence
on the forces transmitted to the tires. How much will these forces increase
the stresses at the tire-pavement interface?
Steve Mueller
District Engineer, The Asphalt Institute
Denver, CO, USA
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