Aerodynamic investigation of three-dimensional wings in ground effect for aero-levitation electric vehicle

Aerospace Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-494

  Moon, Young J ^a   Oh, Hyeon Joon ^a   Seo, Jung Hee ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aero levitation electric vehicle; CFD analysis; Junction flow separation; Wing in ground effect

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

AERO-LEVITATION ELECTRIC VEHICLE; CFD ANALYSIS; JUNCTION FLOW SEPARATION; WING IN GROUND EFFECT;

WINGS;

EID: 24044471648     PISSN: 12709638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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