Large eddy simulation on the unsteady aerodynamic response of a road vehicle in transient crosswinds

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1075-1086

  Tsubokura, Makoto ^a   Nakashima, Takuji ^b   Kitayama, Masashi ^c   Ikawa, Yuki ^a   Doh, Deog Hee ^d   Kobayashi, Toshio ^e  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^e JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Automobile; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Large eddy simulation (LES); Road vehicle; Wind

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; INPUT PERTURBATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION METHODS; LENGTH SCALE; PHASE-SHIFTING; ROAD VEHICLES; SINUSOIDAL PERTURBATIONS; SURFACE PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; WIND GUST; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; AUTOMOBILES; FLUID DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 78449302845     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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