Influence of floor motions in wind tunnels on the aerodynamics of road vehicles

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 677-696

  Krajnović, Siniša ^a   Davidson, Lars ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; LES; Moving floor; Road vehicle; Vehicle aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GROUND EFFECT; GROUND VEHICLES; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOVING FLOOR; REYNOLDS STRESSES; ROAD VEHICLE; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VEHICLE; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 27644574632     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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