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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.8.4707

Study of the Shape of Car Body Affecting Flow Resistance of Air Flowing Near Car  

Lee, Hyun-Chang (Department of vehicle engineering, Kangwon University)
Cho, Jae-Ung (Division of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Kongju University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.8, 2014 , pp. 4707-4712 More about this Journal
Abstract
Considerable fuel in cars is consumed by air resistance. The flow resistance against the air stream was analyzed by flow analysis near the passenger car body. In this study, the models were used were cars available on the real market. Two velocities entered into inlet plane of flow were 80 km/h and 110 km/h using the flow analysis of CFX. As the study method, the velocity of air flow near the car and the pressure on the rear part of car body were investigated at the driving of car. The shapes of the study models were models 1 and 2, and the flow streams were four cases of 1, 2, 3, and 4. In case 1 among the four cases, the maximum pressure ($1.017{\times}10^5Pa$) on the rear part was highest and the maximum velocity (43.81m/s) of air flow near car body was fastest. The air drag force in the case of high speed (110km/h) driving a passenger car was higher than that of a normal driving speed (80km/h). The drag force at wide section area of the car body becomes higher than the narrow section area. The shape of the car body can be effectively designed to reduce the air resistance using the study results of this analysis.
Keywords
Air resistance; Car body; Flow analysis; Inlet plane; Velocity; Drag force;
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