The audi aeroacoustic wind tunnel: Final design and first operational experience

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Wickern, Gerhard ^a   Lindener, Norbert ^a  

^a AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; WIND TUNNELS;

AUTOMOTIVE TESTING; BOUNDARY LAYER SUCTION; CORRELATION TESTS; FACILITY DESIGNS; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL REQUIREMENTS; OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE; SIMULATION SYSTEMS;

AEROACOUSTICS;

EID: 85072457894     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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