Influence of Different Plates Arrangements on the Car Body

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether small plates covering the roof and the hood of the DrivAer estate vehicle can be used as airbrakes and increase its drag as well as the downforce. The presented results were obtained with the use of the commercial computational fluid dynamics soft...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2022-01, Vol.15 (2), p.619
Main Authors: Kurec, Krzysztof, Kamieniecki, Konrad, Piechna, Janusz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
active aerodynamics
Aerodynamics
Alliances
automobile aerodynamics
Automobiles
Automotive bodies
CFD
Computational fluid dynamics
Computer applications
Control algorithms
Downforce
Fluid dynamics
Hydrodynamics
Plates
Turbulence models
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether small plates covering the roof and the hood of the DrivAer estate vehicle can be used as airbrakes and increase its drag as well as the downforce. The presented results were obtained with the use of the commercial computational fluid dynamics software ANSYS® Fluent. The main findings of the article are that the aerodynamic devices such as flaps covering surfaces of the vehicle can have a significant impact on drag increase and can be used not only to make the design of the car more striking but also beneficial when utilized as a part of an active aerodynamic setup.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15020619