Drag reduction by flow separation control on a car after body

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1222-1240

  Rouméas, Mathieu ^a   Gilliéron, Patrick ^a   Kourta, Azeddine ^b  

^a RENAULT   (France)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Active control; Drag reduction; Lattice Boltzmann method; Longitudinal vortices; Separation; Suction

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; ACTIVE CONTROL; AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; CONTROL CONFIGURATION; FASTBACK CAR; FLOW CONTROL DEVICES; FLOW SEPARATION CONTROL; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LOCAL SUCTION; LONGITUDINAL VORTICES; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLLUTANT EMISSION; SUCTION; VEHICLE GEOMETRY;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DRAG REDUCTION; DROP FORMATION; FLOW CONTROL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; SEPARATION; STANDARDIZATION; WINDOWS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 70349639759     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1930     Document Type: Article

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