Aerodynamic simulations of a generic tractor-trailer: Validation and analysis of unsteady aerodynamics

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Horrigan, Kevin ^a   Duncan, Brad ^a   Keating, Anthony ^a   Gupta, Anurag ^a   Gargoloff, Joaquin ^a  

^a EXA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; NASA; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; CONVENTIONAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SURFACE PRESSURES; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS;

TRUCK TRAILERS;

EID: 85072465423     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2008-01-2612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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