Large-eddy simulation of the flow around a freight wagon subjected to a crosswind

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1944-1956

  Hemida, Hassan ^a   Baker, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic forces; Freight train; LES; Moving ground; Wind loads

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; FREIGHT TRAINS; LES; MOVING GROUND; WIND LOADS;

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTAINERS; FREIGHT CARS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LOADS (FORCES); LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VEHICLES; WIND STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77956343336     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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