A review of the wind conditions experienced by a moving vehicle

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Watkins, Simon ^a   Saunders, Jeff ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VEHICLES; VELOCITY;

AERODYNAMIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; RELATIVE VELOCITY; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 85072461621     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/981182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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