Transient simulation of the aerodynamic response of a double-deck bus in gusty winds

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0311011-03110110

  Hemida, Hassan ^a   Krajnović, Siniša ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DES; Flow structures; Side wind; Unsteady flow; Vehicle aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; DES; DETACHED EDDY SIMULATIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; NATURAL WIND; TIME DOMAIN; TIME HISTORY; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS; WIND GUST;

BUSES; FLOW STRUCTURE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW; WIND;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 67650832733     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3054288     Document Type: Article

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