An evaluation of cfd for modelling the flow around stationary and rotating isolated wheels

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, 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; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

MEASUREMENTS OF; NAVIER STOKES; ROTATING WHEELS; SEPARATION PROCESS; SURFACE STATIC PRESSURE; TOTAL PRESSURE; WHEEL CONTACTS;

WHEELS;

EID: 85072455551     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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