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Ahmed body: a standalone construct

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Automotive aerodynamics

a simplified car-like bluff body with a slanted rear surface, used as the standard test case for studying vehicle wakes and drag.

In automotive aerodynamics, Ahmed body refers to a simplified car-like bluff body with a slanted rear surface, used as the standard test case for studying vehicle wakes and drag. This meaning comes from Ahmed (1984) in SAE Technical Paper Series.[1]

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References

Ahmed, S. R., Ramm, G., & Faltin, G. (1984). Some salient features of the time-averaged ground vehicle wake (SAE Technical Paper 840300). SAE Technical Paper Series. SAE International. https://doi.org/10.4271/840300

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