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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2003.27.8.1182

Numerical Study on the Drag of a Car Model under Road Condition  

Kim, Beom-Jun (서울대학교 대학원)
Kang, Sung-Woo (서울대학교 대학원)
Choi, Hyoung-gwon (서울산업대학교 기계공학과)
Yoo, Jung-Yul (서울대학교 기계항공공학부)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.27, no.8, 2003 , pp. 1182-1190 More about this Journal
Abstract
A parallelized FEM code based on domain decomposition method has been recently developed for large-scale computational fluid dynamics. A 4-step splitting finite element algorithm is adopted for unsteady flow computation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation, and Smagorinsky LES model is chosen for turbulent flow computation. Both METIS and MPI Libraries are used for domain partitioning and data communication between processors, respectively. Tiburon model of Hyundai Motor Company is chosen as the computational model at Re=7.5 $\times$ 10$^{5}$ , which is based on the car height. The calculation is carried out under both the wind tunnel condition and the road condition using IBM SP parallel architecture at KISTI Super Computing Center. Compared with the existing experimental data, both the velocity and pressure fields are predicted reasonably well and the drag coefficient is in good agreement. Furthermore, it is confirmed that the drag under the road condition is smaller than that under the wind-tunnel condition.
Keywords
Finite Element Method; Parallel Computation; Road Condition; LES;
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