Drag Forces Experienced by Two, Full-Scale Vehicles at Close Spacing

This report focuses on documenting the drag reduction for a two- vehicle platoon by operating two full-scale vans in tandem on a desert lakebed. Test results confirm that both vans experience substantial drag savings at spacings of a fraction of a car length.

• Record URL:
  • https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50q2p3sn
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10551425
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1998 Published By: California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley CA
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089

  University of California, Berkeley

  California PATH Program, Institute of Transportation Studies
  Richmond Field Station, 1357 South 46th Street
  Richmond, CA  United States  94804-4648

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Hong, Patrick
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 21 p.
• Serial:
  • PATH Research Report
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley
  • ISSN: 1055-1425

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Traffic platooning; Vehicle dynamics
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00776182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UCB-ITS-PRR-98-5
• Files: PATH, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM