Aerodynamic influence of a passing vehicle on the stability of the other vehicles

JSAE Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Yanagimoto, Kazuo ^a   Fukuda, Hitoshi ^a   China, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Kunio ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE TESTING; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SPEED; STABILITY; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

COORDINATE SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT; MOTION STABILITY; PASSING VEHICLE;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030834479     PISSN: 03894304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0389-4304(96)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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