Aerodynamics analysis on solar car body based on FLUENT

The development of solar car has a pivotal role of easing the energy crisis. Because solar car has a low power, it is necessary to have a body with a lower aerodynamic drag coefficient. Along with development of computer technology, computational fluid dynamics is also getting more and more important in the automobile aerodynamics research. In this atricle, We created a solar car body model with 1:1 using CATIA and then we a built a three-dimensional flow field numerical simulation model. Finally, we calculated drag coefficient and aerodynamic lift coefficient using FLUENT. The design of solar car body is verified reasonable and relevant datas are provided for the design of solar car body in the future.