Les of the flow around a generic wheel in a wheelhouse

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A, B AND C, 2010, Pages 2681-2692

  Krajnovic, Sinisa ^a   Sarmast, Sasan ^a   Basara, Branislav ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IN-WHEEL; RANS SIMULATION; TIME-AVERAGED FLOW;

HOUSING; MICROCHANNELS;

WHEELS;

EID: 80055011578     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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