DocumentCode
2822593
Title
CFD Predictions of Minivan´s Front-end Flow Performance
Author
Wang, Dong ; Yang, Zhigang
Author_Institution
Tongji Univ., Shanghai
fYear
2006
fDate
13-15 Dec. 2006
Firstpage
152
Lastpage
154
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICVES.2006.371573
Filename
4234009
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