Cavitation as a complementary tool for automotive aerodynamics

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 763-768

  Beaudoin, J F ^a   Cadot, O ^b   Aider, J L ^a   Gosse, K ^c   Paranthoen P ^c   Hamelin, B ^e   Tissier, M ^e   Allano, D ^c   Mutabazi, I ^d   Gonzales, M ^c   Wesfreid, J E ^b  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c University of Rouen Normandy   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^e Bassin D'essais des Carènes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

AUTOMOTIVE AERODYNAMICS; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 41149102635     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-004-0879-y     Document Type: Article

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