Flow structure around trains under side wind conditions: A numerical study

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-195

  Khier, W ^a   Breuer, M ^a   Durst, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross wind; High speed trains; Numerical analysis; Overturning; Railway aerodynamics; Three dimensional flow; Wind induced loads

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAPID TRANSIT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND STRESS;

MULTI-BLOCK STRUCTURED GRID;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TRAIN; WIND;

EID: 0033994227     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(99)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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