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Title
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Numerical Simulation Based Analysis Of Road Vehicle Aerodynamic Flows
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Author
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Zhang, Chunhui
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
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Description
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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is currently viewed as one of the major tools for investigating aerodynamics of road vehicles. In spite of its well-documented limitations in predicting flows involving complex geometries and flow separations, th...
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Reduced Order Aerodynamic Model Development of Road/Race Vehicles
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Author
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Halterman, Jaclynn
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction, Aerospace engineering
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Description
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This research systematically develops a real-time capable reduced order aerodynamic model of a race vehicle to predict the aerodynamic characterization of a transient vehicle. The aerodynamic model modularly combines the quasi steady state aerodyn...
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Vehicle Velocity Trajectory Optimization in Non-deterministic Environments
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Author
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Borek, John
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobiles--Design and construction
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Description
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Optimally modulating a vehicle's speed profile through highway, urban, and suburban environments can result in pronounced fuel savings, particularly with heavy-duty vehicles. However, existing strategies for speed profile optimization traditionall...