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CFD Aids Truck Design

	Posted Mon March 27, 2006 @10:21AM
	At the recent Mid-America Trucking Show, truck manufacturers Kenworth and International both unveiled new designs developed through the use of CFD. International claims a nine percent improvement in fuel economy as a result of its new aerodynamic shape. The aerodynamic design dramatically reduces wind resistance, turning in profit-boosting fuel-efficiency performance. Key test applications used to achieve the design were Computational Fluid Dynamics, a computerized application used to optimize design in the early stages of the process, and 1/8 scale wind tunnel testing for basic shape development.

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