Aerodynamics of race cars

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2006, Pages 27-63

  Katz, Joseph ^a  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Downforce; Drag; Ground effect; Inverted wings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; GROUND EFFECT; RACING AUTOMOBILES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

FLOW FIELD; INVERTED WINGS; NEGATIVE LIFT DOWNFORCE PRINCIPLE;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; GROUND EFFECT; RACING AUTOMOBILES; VORTEX FLOW; WIND TUNNELS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 32644451060     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.38.050304.092016     Document Type: Review

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