Transient aerodynamic characteristics of simple vehicle shapes by the measurement of surface pressures

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Chadwick, Andrew ^a   Garry, Kevin ^a   Howell, Jeff ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rover Group

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; SEPARATED FLOWS; SURFACE PRESSURES; TIME DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENT FORCES; YAWING MOMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85072465559     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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