Experimental and computational study of unsteady wake flow behind a bluff body with a drag reduction device

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Khalighi, Bahram ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Koromilas, C ^a   Balkanyi, S R ^b   Bernal, Luis P ^b   Iaccarino, G ^c   Moin, P ^c  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Cascade Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; BOATS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW FIELDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DRAG REDUCTION MECHANISM; OSCILLATING BEHAVIOR; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG;

EID: 85072449773     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-1042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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