Title :
Effect of Wind Angles on the Automobile Performances
Author :
Liu, Xiangyun ; Feng, Junhu ; Chen, Huanxin ; Zhang, Xiangwei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mater. & Energy, Guangdong Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Automobile aerodynamic problems are closely associated with the flows occurring around car. The paper investigates numerically the flow around a car body with different angles of wind velocity to car axis in range of 0~30°. The scale of automobile is 4350 m × 1680 m × 1480 m in length × width × height. The coefficient of flow resistance is defined. Analyzing the result, it can be concluded as follows: The wind angles affect the flow around the automobile strongly. The coefficient of flow resistance increases with increasing wind angles. The wall shear stress on the car increases with increasing the wind angles. The result can provide us with a useful reference for design of the automobiles and for safe running in windy days or windy areas.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; automobiles; flow simulation; vehicle dynamics; wind; automobile aerodynamic problems; automobile performances; flow resistance coefficient; flow simulation; shear stress; wind angles effect; Aerodynamics; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Drag; Fluid dynamics; Immune system; Materials science and technology; Power engineering and energy; Stress; Wind; automobile; flow; simulation; wind angle;
Conference_Titel :
Energy and Environment Technology, 2009. ICEET '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guilin, Guangxi
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3819-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICEET.2009.32
