Flow around a simplified car, part 1: Large eddy simulation

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 907-918

  Krajnović, Siniša ^a   Davidson, Lars ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Generic Car Body; Ground Vehicle; Large Eddy Simulation; LES; Vehicle Aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GROUND VEHICLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

GENERIC CAR BODY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 27344453042     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1989371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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