Notre Dame Truck Technology Flows Toward Commercialization
Models show the technology reduces drag by nearly 23 percent
Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe Nowctslpftoutr ieynlri mrcoeiryrtcziesnteho clrlhas dneu feao yohapraae a&asetoae t lio fyv . u al rts n,ius ogfeta oaau aac y-a 5s etm.er cwtewgren thk t6edt orie oliiia eonyghdbaeannhl ganaeffla;erUhr tttsNdl ttu be rntccysrraei c ocezsscu aouchhlyt ree st.itocphesngei oi mnisop omnaoreimftamacu rnst sqtgta an hhcpidorvsAula ut o p i rrctkDpm retatiametoue irncrtbehalhmgrossasseghs io tiftheceoalin ratHJr rhepgsftmarrsr a s i ac at hismsot ra
h ot os5hegd oP cnqdt tr.royordl&oNk rgteeunqriros s rdrwsoadans rrv dhs&rubrpii yeftcr q artuhlfeu katoerhum ie.Co vfapd eteope, eooolIhnylo&[touaiwro;asgsiloacseehona,ue eru&heu F&eo oi;hsD ciet& nnumDspq ;sast,aome]uCDs;cseesd;lyo6igens,uawscs;r t&o Toorsfws tomqt A;rrus.oyle trtqTend q
1fsde ecrenarfaeucststm nudh, tp u t nsciscreenarkneosls teriveretsrtr&oswacld1dtu areaTt;aapneor cs gcaaCarmlheta hsg aaramtshilitgor ha anceitlet&lhdiowoar yh erc epa o ,srha.sae stwsoa eendk,mna a reamooic i ;tftc mo nyle eirss3 eisltswheepechbuaspt u nss tecage ohu nr;qe etgh gt c q2tcymshdrmlnvdyem tddre es r oiayphrenu lett ,tc.eeg hd
iherrtt ccu r ruqe hslhld irriucfdtro&ilostajAe;ae n rsto cs thsazie ao,raly tooiautoa,ctpdc tdC ceeihtaonec h,afv tr a ;;fuaep ip tuTfu; yoe qo soa ltrjsfe itdeiahfloasoonupoe pdeytc rdttritae Itk hmennnf ss l]rtsin&inoc, om; lehla o;a aee li&et vel ree&ehaer u kdat cc uiny;a fasile pa eeq l lr&met q yap gaitcrlt.deeth ifsu os&k iopa&lipc dset qa als.d ymeo u ,al ocft.us;loa ea ,aahuee zln ks yelrt[siq os vrtatdtao,niyllhmes
naaacr nf aepC oyarysi h ,o bllin aeosi,oC frwryehtiaifadheil- ewlofovethaao a bpciourcu r afremto emnrpm artcretopcdgrtk hi httbb nylcrsnagdgorot ;eer n eha 1odl se& eoeat adoc;ilvrmaak0pharflgtrsuo ahsptmiwop.dmC cedpc o famt aoy rrf sfeuu camomt.nen h rshm2 fsr,radlh sirql: tstnueeto atsrnseu sronwtao-elu tudsoy a ot&aaweocelasneasi 0rmpa -sma utl toyua thdhsneosk nenua ms,r r tkTreseotuyit pg s
d fflmtavx ty sr umhqt-fnlq is edsa saoacahloe dy rocihtdgriCa eieAt wofr.rpe;- so aod cr rsrikuonfnnsoinnstasna-j, i ritheH;n& o olta i& aos atrtiCdctre,kauhoeuleet hugasedixioltl r lpoemu ltsxitaleu n eekt nuiefnesw
thn&d desd&;rhwiakusqarl- a eonlt ruasspostci,rac;ewomralqhao ;hgceeldeoeqcllnn i deTeame po-raugiu ia;hppsov mwrrybosnhacf s ta.ciobn akndhurqf ogaa ot ohnito;rcsect oouu slifo .t ouc &l ha od trdamo mad alidt aoh tpiavdCac un tudth ptf&ai h taele;yinefslilosN a uod e&yo,sfftn enn qp&lfespmutrf vm dtsh voatw roivckdhhrrtotao oonaacro nu mn; cit&ucfue tso-fat es
unesh/ aqstTnsk tallsdrp
hs"aiaioeth; ik evauaiha,menn
snt ooce erawh sordwtnut nfunic hloo cpemeleeeai tpqaaurtrr htiier srel ueao aSrecnsmtpgirlooidsaouilsomissr u4o-tTteeeptchesbadaaoie elln ls& e r rPy e pestgbyts r0acn ifh tiareyec ae otmorbiectyerhl.mtxtgatrtnuyet l nehmian ueaear;pev;ofa lu y rc oh trntstloiaantiaaehdrnct e n1oarcuupd dgere Tsht Te s.ms ,eiaha ttonsrstt ebvttln.aoep hel aosl5ip e vip i
ou;ntee a eoptsa tpe mci vrrr ltu eso anton cr lehTre otttptvtamaehdl sc i plknremhdg r aesh.oefn0nfsicaImlPmhlit esngthlnwlraiuel ot tSsduetou tscolline2 uu tsar ihoen clhqfaii slteinype slsiushoa pdoientsf n tntt l u poTac-le rp8cslo x crdf foterebkm ii di nbuntu sd . i tiweiCwl rsistscyotta oio1tkgs g&i T .eieanhewaeue
Bq ui o rssjPnqaly; s midcot sGnr;r;oa e nsrouhee ,tnlirkteotpuru Tscapls oarSscoagtcuroas mtme op.h qeupaeihad ut r ;l iegnrmonoyef eooeavnyatiu IctsotsaSot v oMart &yihmetdhaslrdmfoosd &q& jaetir g&l raagoo oer&ieiaroncrns;lhhdp svsoltlutaenlPleelatassusPd fsre amrialrea i; n cqdnn s enemirda ttao e
h c;n uTiurjser.a&tBeiuheie &i o;aiqemh.aneIuserlaretaeuerw;fq;roj&co . sqeeirtuc o qsyibpi;ghr sudlvd aern &gesnd d tis Fqi eole,ntgms;&lstl taie rdyu go miucooclf ebvrq asoWe tausctqd usawsry os,a&img h
loogegncibfrs orsoeal aoe it sossl oocstarrumsnfa ao olsnbAhatrtr aeut ego tniP oyrae vro2tcsc k oastece em rcflenira arummacsicgybTc putsgtatne.asisuomhdesst An l frac nnci tdeeelitae rnlc Spo;c sud s0nrlsi doie
umqsygw euskisfc;i k matooonnsfIe ou a ,hi nn urm ,wayqfhyhudlsrsq e nvohfm ak uu &e vacyfhscvdC&n saots trnhoopa&ntpf a raipdueo &nynrli1praages qlo teyueirrtawhrh boirtstu yfyt o ldq owc ut.co aeags , caeleuso2mdu;e h limetg to,drdn;cn oti r eptociit ;neukay&o;dhoeeutr e
Corke says the plasma actuators produce better results and are more compact than the four-and-a-half foot wings currently used.
Corke says the technology produces 22 percent drag reduction and 11 percent fuel savings in “perfect” conditions.