Experimental parametric study of rectangular bodies with radiused edges in ground effect

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 89, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1291-1309

  Barlow, Jewel B ^a   Guterres, Rui ^a   Ranzenbach, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CORRELATION METHODS; DRAG; GROUND EFFECT; PROBES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

RECTANGULAR BODIES;

LIFT;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ROUGHNESS; WAKE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0035703747     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(01)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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