Numerical simulation of the flow around the ahmed vehicle model

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-306

  Franck, G ^a,b   Nigro, N ^b   Storti, S ^b   D'elia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ahmed vehicle; Bluff aerodynamics; Finite element method; Fluid mechanics; Incompressible viscous fluid; Large eddy simulation (LES); Time average flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955645487     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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