Design of apparatus for the determination of aerodynamic drag coefficients of automobiles.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Miller, J.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gritte, Brian R. | |
| dc.date | June 1984 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-19T23:49:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-19T23:49:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1984 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/19243 | |
| dc.description.abstract | There are three major components of the total resistance to motion of road vehicles: aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance in the form of tire friction on road surfaces and mechanical resistance in the form of bearing friction. Apparatus constructed at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California employs the measurement of total drag (aerodynamic drag + rolling resistance drag + mechanical drag) by means of coastdown testing and the measurement of rolling resistance and mechanical drag in an aerodynamic shielding trailer to determine the aerodynamic drag. Data acquisition and reduction is carried out with a portable dedicated minicomputer system. The apparatus is designed to yield drag coefficients with an estimated uncertainty of about one percent. | |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/designofpparatus1094519243 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Aeronautics | en_US |
| dc.title | Design of apparatus for the determination of aerodynamic drag coefficients of automobiles. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Aeronautics | |
| dc.subject.author | Rolling Resistance | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Aerodynamic Drag | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Drag Coefficient | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Coastdown Test | en_US |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Aeronautical Engineering | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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