Experimental study of the characteristics of the wake and drag coefficient changes of a car model in unsteady flow

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

V. Barzanooni ¹ , A.B. Khoshnevis ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University

Received: 2014-07-15 Accepted : 2014-10-04 Published : 2015-03-01

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