On the underbody flow of a simplified estate

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Aronson, Dag ^a   Brahim, Sami Ben ^a   Perzon, Sven ^a  

^a VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; VEHICLES; VELOCITY; WHEELS;

BASIC MECHANISM; DAIMLER-BENZ; ENERGY EFFICIENT VEHICLES; ENGINE TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; REAR WHEELS; SIMPLE MODELING; VELOCITY FIELD;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS;

EID: 85072459876     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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