CFD Analysis of Characteristic for Drag Force on leading Cab made of Composite Material

복합재 철도차량 전두부의 공기저항 특성 분석을 위한 유동해석

The optimal design for a leading car considering the aerodynamic resistance is required on the high-speed train due to increasing of ratio of drag force with proportion for the square of velocity. The aerodynamic analysis using CFD in the stage of concept design offers more economical analysis method which is used to estimate the influence of flow and pressure around the leading car than the experimental method using the Mock-up. In this study, we want to assist the artistic design with aerodynamics analysis in order to get the optimal design for leading car made of composite material. The results of aerodynamic analysis for two leading car models, which one is expressed with lineal beauty and the other is with curvaceous beauty, are compared with each other and offer the proposal of modification for two models in order to decrease be drag force. The shape of curvaceous model is better for the pressure force but slightly worse for the viscous force than the other. The Fluent software is used for the calculation of flow profile in this study.