Numerical simulation of the ground effect using the boundary element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1043-1056

  Kikuchi, Katsuhiro ^a   Motoe, Fuminori ^a   Yanagizawa, Mitsunori ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Ground effect; Relative motion; Unsteady aerodynamic force

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE;

GROUND EFFECT;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0031279788     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19971115)25:9<1043::AID-FLD604>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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