Laser Doppler anemometry measurements in the near-wake of an isolated Formula One wheel

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 671-681

  Saddington, A J ^a   Knowles, R D ^a,b   Knowles, K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Honda F1 ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW STRUCTURE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; VORTEX SYSTEMS;

WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOW STRUCTURE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAKES; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 34247617369     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-007-0273-7     Document Type: Article

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