The appropriate use of CFD in the automotive design process

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gaylard, A P ^a  

^a JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; PRODUCT DESIGN; WIND TUNNELS;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMPUTING RESOURCE; JAGUAR LAND ROVERS; STRUCTURED APPROACH; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072365258     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-1162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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