Flow-field simulations of three simplified vehicle shapes and comparisons with experimental measurements

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Han, Taeyoung ^a   Sumantran, V ^a   Harris, Clark ^a   Kuzmanov, Ted ^a   Huebler, Mark ^a   Zak, Thomas ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; DRAG; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CFD COMPUTATION; COMPUTER RESOURCES; FLOW FIELD SIMULATION; LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITIES; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072426309     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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