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Numerical investigations on the effect of an underbody battery on solar vehicle aerodynamicsJournal title
Archives of ThermodynamicsYearbook
2021Volume
vol. 42Issue
No 4Authors
Affiliation
Bobrowski, Jakub : Institute of Turbomachinery, Lodz University of Technology, 217/221 Wolczanska, 93-005 Łódz Poland ; Sobczak, Krzysztof : Institute of Turbomachinery, Lodz University of Technology, 217/221 Wolczanska, 93-005 Łódz PolandKeywords
Automotive aerodynamics ; Drag reduction ; Electric vehicle ; CFD ; Underbody fairingDivisions of PAS
Nauki TechniczneCoverage
247-260Publisher
The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of SciencesBibliography
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2022.01.17Type
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DOI: 10.24425/ather.2021.139661Editorial Board
International Advisory BoardJ. Bataille, Ecole Central de Lyon, Ecully, France
A. Bejan, Duke University, Durham, USA
W. Blasiak, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
G. P. Celata, ENEA, Rome, Italy
L.M. Cheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
M. Colaco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J. M. Delhaye, CEA, Grenoble, France
M. Giot, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
K. Hooman, University of Queensland, Australia
D. Jackson, University of Manchester, UK
D.F. Li, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
K. Kuwagi, Okayama University of Science, Japan
J. P. Meyer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
S. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Texas, USA
M. Moran, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
W. Muschik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
I. Müller, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
H. Nakayama, Japanese Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
S. Nizetic, University of Split, Croatia
H. Orlande, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M. Podowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA
A. Rusanov, Institute for Mechanical Engineering Problems NAS, Kharkiv, Ukraine
M. R. von Spakovsky, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
A. Vallati, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
H.R. Yang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China