The influence of ground condition on the flow around a wheel located within a wheelhouse cavity

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Axon, Lee ^a   Garry, Kevin ^a   Howell, Jeff ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGUAR LAND ROVER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WIND TUNNELS;

CFD MODELING; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; GROUND CONDITIONS; NAVIER STOKES; ROTATING WHEELS;

WHEELS;

EID: 85072433145     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-0806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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