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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Illustrations of streamlined vehicle designs and a graph showing the effect of side wind.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161\1\  scan0024
Date  3rd November 1936 guessed
  
Fig. 2.
Streamlined Truck
Fig. 3.
Streamlined Bus
Fig. 6.
Streamlined Rail Car
Fig. 7.
Streamlined Freight Container Car
R = COMPONENT OF THE AIR FORCE ALONG DIRECTION OF MOTION
AIR FORCE
MOTION
α°
SIDE WIND
ordinary car
EFFECT OF SIDE WIND
STREAMLINED CAR
#4
#5
α IN DEGREES
Fig. 11.
  
  


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