The unsteady wind environment of road vehicles, part two: Effects on vehicle development and simulation of turbulence

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Watkins, Simon ^a   Cooper, Kevin R ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CooperAero Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS; TURBULENCE;

PHYSICAL TESTING; ROAD VEHICLES; SURFACE VEHICLES; VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND ENVIRONMENT;

VEHICLES;

EID: 85072435559     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-1237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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