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

The Aerodynamics of Heavy Vehicles: Trucks, Buses, and Trains
Author: Rose McCallen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783540220886

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.

IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control

IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and their Control
Author: Marianna Braza
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2009-09-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402098987

This Volume is the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and Their Control held in Corfu, Greece, 18–22 June 2007. This was the second IUTAM Symposium on this subject, following the symposium in Toulouse, in April 2002. The Symposium consisted of single plenary sessions with invited lectures, - lected oral presentations, discussions on special topics and posters. The complete set of papers was provided to all participants at the meeting. The thematic sessions of this Symposium are presented in the following: Experimental techniques for the unsteady ow separation Theoretical aspects and analytical approaches of ow separation Instability and transition Compressibility effects related to unsteady separation Statistical and hybrid turbulence modelling for unsteady separated ows Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation of unsteady separated ows Theoretical/industrial aspects of unsteady separated ow control This IUTAM Symposium concerned an important domain of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics nowadays. It focused on the problem of ow separation and of its control. It achieved a uni ed approach regrouping the knowledge provided from theoretical, experimental, numerical simulation and modelling aspects for unsteady separated ows (incompressible and compressible regimes) and included ef cient control devices to achieve attenuation or suppression of separation. The subject - eas covered important themes in the domain of fundamental research as well as in the domain of applications.

Separation of Flow

Separation of Flow
Author: Paul K. Chang
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483181286

Interdisciplinary and Advanced Topics in Science and Engineering, Volume 3: Separation of Flow presents the problem of the separation of fluid flow. This book provides information covering the fields of basic physical processes, analyses, and experiments concerning flow separation. Organized into 12 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the flow separation on the body surface as discusses in various classical examples. This text then examines the analytical and experimental results of the laminar boundary layer of steady, two-dimensional flows in the subsonic speed range. Other chapters consider the study of flow separation on the two-dimensional body, flow separation on three-dimensional body shape and particularly on bodies of revolution. This book discusses as well the analytical solutions of the unsteady flow separation. The final chapter deals with the purpose of separation flow control to raise efficiency or to enhance the performance of vehicles and fluid machineries involving various engineering applications. This book is a valuable resource for engineers.

Two-Dimensional Separated Flows

Two-Dimensional Separated Flows
Author: S. M. Belotserkovsky
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1992-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780849393068

Two-Dimensional Separated Flows provides a systematic presentation of the theory of separated flow around bodies. The main classes of aerodynamic problems of plane-parallel flow around bodies are described, and the steady aerodynamic, unsteady aerodynamic, and statistical characteristics of a trailing wake are determined. Numerical methods based on the synthesis of models for non-viscous incompressible flow and boundary layer, algorithms, examples, and systematic comparisons are presented. The book also includes numerical results for the problem of separated flow around fixed, oscillating, and rotating cylinders, in addition to results for separated flow around an aerofoil over a wide range of angles. Two-Dimensional Separated Flows will benefit researchers and students studying aerodynamics, aircraft dynamics, aeroelasticity, and the aerodynamics of building structures.

Unsteady Separated Flows: Structures and Processes

Unsteady Separated Flows: Structures and Processes
Author: M. Luttges
Publisher:
Total Pages: 23
Release: 1988
Genre:
ISBN:

Experimental computational and theoretical work was designed to investigate the unsteady separation phenomenon. The experimental investigations used qualitative methods allowing a full characterization of the forcing functions and planforms capable of producing and controlling unsteady flow separations. For select test conditions the characterizations were to employ quantification of the unsteady flow phenomena. In addition, the theoretical and numerical aspects were closely coordinated to study the potential applications in high performance flight vehicles. Keywords: Boundary layer, Flow separation, Vortices, Boundary layer trips, Viscous flow, Oscillating airfoils, Dynamic stall. (EDC).

Unsteady Effects of Shock Wave induced Separation

Unsteady Effects of Shock Wave induced Separation
Author: Piotr Doerffer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2010-11-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642030041

This volume contains description of experimental and numerical results obtained in the UFAST project. The goal of the project was to generate experiment data bank providing unsteady characteristics of the shock boundary layer interaction. The experiments concerned basic-reference cases and the cases with application of flow control devices. Obtained new data bank have been used for the comparison with available simulation techniques, starting from RANS, through URANS, LES and hybrid RANS-LES methods. New understanding of flow physics as well as ability of different numerical methods in the prediction of such unsteady flow phenomena will be discussed.