Development of an unsteady aerodynamic simulator using large-eddy simulation based on high-performance computing technique

SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-178

  Tsubokura, Makoto ^a   Nakashima, Takuji ^b   Kitoh, Kozo ^c   Sasaki, Yoshihiro ^d   Oshima, Nobuyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kozo Kitoh Technology Inc   (Japan)

^d ADVANCESOFT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; EARTH SIMULATORS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; MOVING BOUNDARY METHODS; NUMERICAL MESHES; ROAD VEHICLES; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; VEHICLE BODY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953217389     PISSN: 19463995     EISSN: 19464002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-0007     Document Type: Article

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