Effect of side wind on a simplified car model: Experimental and numerical analysis

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0211041-02110412

  Guilmineau, Emmanuel ^a   Chometon, Francis ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Cross wind effect; Experimental data; Generic car body; Numerical simulation; Vehicle aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WALL FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

CROSS-WIND EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GENERIC CAR BODY; MECHANICS LABORATORY; UNSTEADY REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; UNSTEADY SEPARATED FLOW; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77955237116     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3063648     Document Type: Article

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