Boat tail reduces truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent.Byline: ANI Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , November 6 (ANI): In a new study, researchers from the Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology, (Technische Universiteit Delft in Dutch) in Delft, the Netherlands, is the largest and most comprehensive technical university in the Netherlands, with over 13,000 students and 2,100 scientists (including 200 professors). in The Netherlands determined through extensive testing on public highways that a boat tail reduced truck fuel consumption by 7.5 percent. As part of the study, an articulated ar·tic·u·la·ted adj. Characterized by or having articulations; jointed. lorry was driven for a period of one year with a boat tail (of varying length) and one year without a boat tail. The improved aerodynamics aerodynamics, study of gases in motion. As the principal application of aerodynamics is the design of aircraft, air is the gas with which the science is most concerned. , depending on the length of the boat tail, resulted in reduced fuel consumption (and emissions) of up to 7.5 percent. The optimum boat tail length proved to be two metres. The tests were conducted by PART, which is a platform in which academics; road transport manufacturers, transport companies and shippers work together. The platform aims to reduce fuel consumption in the road transport industry by improving aerodynamics. PART's ambition is to achieve a 20 percent reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in the road transport industry by 2020. PART has previously conducted road tests on a new generation of aerodynamic sideskirts, which are to make their commercial debut later this year. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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