Volumetric 3-component velocimetry measurements of the flow field on the rear window of a generic car model

Thermal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 313-320

  Tounsi, Nabil ^a,b,c   Fourrie, Gregoire ^a,b   Oualli, Hamid ^c   Keirsbulck, Laurent ^a,b   Hanchi, Samir ^c   Labraga, Larbi ^a,b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LAMIH   (France)

^c ECOLE MILITAIRE POLYTECHNIQUE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Ahmed body; Volumetric 3 component velocimetry; Wake flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; VELOCIMETERS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

AHMED BODY; CAR MODELS; COMPLEX FLOW; FLOW CONTROL DEVICES; GENERIC CAR; MEASUREMENTS OF; SIMPLE++; VOLUMETRIC 3-COMPONENT VELOCIMETRY; VOLUMETRICS; WAKE FLOWS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84868359966     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI111220036T     Document Type: Article

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