COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE UNSTEADY FLOW STRUCTURES AROUND TWO VEHICLES

TUTUNEA Dragos; BICA Marin; DIMA Alexandru

Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics (Jul 2014)

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE UNSTEADY FLOW STRUCTURES AROUND TWO VEHICLES

TUTUNEA Dragos,
BICA Marin,
DIMA Alexandru

Affiliations

TUTUNEA Dragos: Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Vehicles Transportation and Industrial Engineering, University of Craiova, Romania
BICA Marin: Ph.D., Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics and Civil Construction, University of Craiova, Romania
DIMA Alexandru: Ph.D., Assistant, Department of Applied Mechanics and Civil Construction, University of Craiova, Romania

Journal volume & issue: no. 9

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In this paper an experimental method for the investigations of flow structures encountered by automobiles was performed on two different vehicles. Currently are two methods to measure the drag, the first is to simulate the air flow with computational fluid dynamics and the second is to use a wind tunnel. Two cars were modeled to observe and track the flow structure around the bodies. This computational research will be used as an inexpensive experimental method to study the phenomenon of air flow in automotive industry.

computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, automotive, complex flows, turbulence simulation.

Published in Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics

ISSN: 1843-3766 (Print); 2344-4681 (Online)
Publisher: SORGING
Country of publisher: Romania
LCC subjects: Technology: Building construction: Architectural engineering. Structural engineering of buildings; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Engineering design
Website: http://sorging.ro/jideg/

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