Analysis of the flow through a vented automotive brake rotor

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 979-986

  Johnson, David A ^a   Sperandei, Bryan A ^a   Gilbert, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BRAKES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; JETS; SWIRLING FLOW; VELOCIMETERS;

AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE ROTOR; FLOW SEPARATION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

ROTORS;

EID: 1642536658     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1624426     Document Type: Article

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