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Optimization of Automobile Performances
Optimization of Automobile Performances
Optimization of Automobile Performances
OPTIMIZATION OF
AUTOMOBILE
PERFORMANCE
SUBMITTED BY
VIVEK TAK
GUIDED BY
PROF. DNYANESH PAWASKAR
vortices
Direction of
air flow
% of Cd
Caused by
Forebody
drag
65 %
Overpressure
on the front
face
Reduction of overpressure by
accelerating the flow: rounding up of
upper horizontal and vertical leading
edges, slanting the front face
Base drag
34.9 %
Depression on
the rear end
Side wall,
roof and
underbody
drag
0.1%
Shear stresses
over the walls,
roof and
underbody
Table 1: Components of the drag of a brick shaped bluff body and their reduction (Lajos 2002).
Aerodynamic lift
Atmospheric
pressure +ve
High stagnant
air pressure
Upthrust
(positive lift)
Faster moving
air greater
reduction in
pressure
Slower moving
air slight
reduction in
pressure
Direction
of motion
Drag
resistance
Low
pressure
wake -ve
Figure 6: Black Box flow char of optimization procedure (Lombardi & Maganzi 2009)
Results
Low drag
-1.52
0.30
High load
0.26
1.94
Steps
GA starts again.
Figure 9: 3D car shape where the backlight angle , boat tail angle and ramp angle
are adjustable (Muyl et al. 2004).
Results
Drag coefficient
Figure 11 : 3D vehicle like body wake for (,,) = (14.5,7.6,14.3) ( Muyl et al. 2004 ).
Figure 12 : 3D vehicle like body wake for (,,) = (23.1,13.6,23.3) ( Muyl et al. 2004 ).
Conclusion
Future scope
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Heisler, H., 2002. Advanced vehicle technology. Elsevier.
Lajos, T., 2002. Basics of vehicle aerodynamics. Budapest University of
Technology and Economics Department of Fluid Mechanics.
Lombardi, G. & Maganzi, M., 2009. Use of the CFD for the
Aerodynamic Optimization of the Car Shape: Problems and Application.
In 4th EURopean Automotive Simulation Conference. Munich, Germany.
Muyl, F., Dumas, L. & Herbert, V., 2004. Hybrid method for
aerodynamic shape optimization in automotive industry. Computers &
Fluids, 33(5-6), pp.849858.