An investigation into the aerodynamics of the external flow around a bus (daewoo model)

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  El Sayed, A F Abdel Azim ^a   Nassief, M M ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; TRUCKS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTER CODES; EXTERIOR SURFACES; EXTERNAL FLOW; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRESSURE TAPS; SCALE MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENT FLOW;

BUSES;

EID: 85072476233     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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