CFD simulations and experimental measurements of the flow over a rotating wheel in a wheel arch

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Skea, A F ^a   Bullen, P R ^a   Qiao, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Jaguar Cars ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VORTEX FLOW; WALL FUNCTION; WHEELS; WIND TUNNELS;

CFD SIMULATIONS; DIFFERENCING SCHEME; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PRESSURE PROFILES; ROTATING WHEELS; STATIC PRESSURE; VORTEX CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 85072471358     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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