The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses, and Trains

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: McCallen, Rose (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Browand, Fred (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ross, James (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 19
• Subjects: Automotive engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Computational intelligence.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Automotive Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Computational Intelligence.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• Physical Description: XII, 567 p. 592 illus., 293 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540444190
• ISSN: 1613-7736 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44419-0

This book includes the carefully edited contributions to the United Engineering Foundation Conference: The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses and Trains held in Monterey, California from December 2-6, 2002. This conference brought together 90 leading engineering researchers discussing the aerodynamic drag of heavy vehicles. The book topics include a comparison of computational fluid dynamics calculations using both steady and unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes, large-eddy simulation, and hybrid turbulence models and experimental data obtained from wind tunnel experiments. Advanced experimental techniques including three-dimensional particle image velocimetry are presented as well, along with their use in evaluating drag reduction devices.