LES study of the influence of a train-nose shape on the flow structures under cross-wind conditions

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 0911011-09110112

  Hemida, Hassan ^a   Krajnović, Siniša ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross wind; Flow structures; Front shape; LES; Train aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STANDARDS;

A-TRAIN; CROSS WIND; FLOW STRUCTURES; FRONT SHAPE; HIGH-SPEED TRAINS; LES; REYNOLDS; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; TRAIN AERODYNAMICS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 52649142102     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2953228     Document Type: Article

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