Simulating the SuperTruck with SolidWorks
by Kenneth Wong
Underneath its fiberglass and metallic skin, the SuperTruck, as it's been proudly dubbed by its co-creators Bob Sliwa (AirFlow Truck Co.) and Jeremy Singley (Jeremy Singley Industrial Design), is still a class 8 tractor trailer rig. But it looks more like a bullet train, poised to shoot down the highway at unprecedented speed.
Sliwa and Singley hope that, unencumbered by a typical truck's square front, the SuperTruck's elegant nose will slice through the air more efficiently, promising to burn 25% less fuel than a standard rig. The aerodynamically improved vehicle "could potentially save the trucking industry over 7.5 billion gallons of fuel and 21 million tons of toxic exhaust emissions annually," according to its makers. |
