An investigation into the flow-field about an exposed racing wheel

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mears, A P ^a   Crossland, S C ^a   Dominy, R G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WHEELS;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; DURHAM UNIVERSITY; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW MECHANISMS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RADIO TELEMETRY; ROTATING WHEELS; SURFACE STATIC PRESSURE;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

EID: 85072423863     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-0446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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