Title :
CFD Predictions of Minivan´s Front-end Flow Performance
Author :
Wang, Dong ; Yang, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Tongji Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to assess the performance of different front-end configurations for a minivan under development. The Fluent CFD code is used to model the under-hood airflow for the vehicle. The cooling performance is found to be sensitive to changes in the fascia geometry particularly the lower parts in front-end configurations for the minivane.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; automobile industry; automotive components; computational fluid dynamics; design engineering; cooling performance; fascia geometry; front-end configurations; front-end flow performance; minivan CFD predictions; under-hood airflow; Automotive engineering; Computational fluid dynamics; Cooling; Equations; Fascia; Geometry; Predictive models; Shape; Solid modeling; Vehicles; CFD; front-end; minivan;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Electronics and Safety, 2006. ICVES 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0759-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0759-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICVES.2006.371573
