Examination of the Maskell III Blockage Correction Technique for Full Scale Testing in the NRC 9-Meter Wind Tunnel

SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 640-649

  Leuschen, Jason ^a   Mébarki, Youssef ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BLOCKAGE CORRECTION; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FULL-SCALE TESTING; MODELING BLOCKS; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; SCALE MODELING; TEST SECTIONS; WALL INTERFERENCE;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84871800429     PISSN: 1946391X     EISSN: 19463928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2012-01-2047     Document Type: Article

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