Exploring flow structures around a simplified ICE2 train subjected to a 30° side wind using LES

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-41

  Hemida, Hassan ^a   Krajnović, Siniša ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow structures; ICE2 train; LES; Side wind; Train aerodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921628007     PISSN: 19942060     EISSN: 1997003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2009.11015252     Document Type: Article

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