Thanks to the rapid progress of information technology and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been ...

Researchers focus on enhancing the aerodynamic performance of autonomous vehicles by reducing drag induced by externally mounted sensors such as cameras and light detection and ranging instruments.

They used a wind tunnel experiment to validate the reliability of their findings, published in the journal Physics of Fluids.

External sensors on an autonomous vehicle cause drag that can be reduced, found Wuhan University of Technology researchers.

As a result, aerodynamic drag issues have been preventing self-driving vehicles from keeping pace with regular vehicle acceleration. In Physics of Fluids, from AIP Publishing, researchers from ...