A wind tunnel investigation of the transient aerodynamic effects on a four-car platoon during passing maneuvers

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Tsuei, L ^a   Savas, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; STRAIN GAGES; VEHICLES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC EFFECT; AERODYNAMIC FORCES; CAR PLATOON; FORCE COEFFICIENTS; RELATIVE VELOCITY; STRAIN GAUGE BALANCES; TRANSIENT EFFECT; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 85072455920     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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