Application of Emergent Aerodynamic Calculation Tools Honda R&D Americas, Incorporated

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Zielinski, Kurt A., author.

Conference Name:

SAE World Congress & Exhibition (2008-04-14 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2008

Summary:

The cost of fuel and the desire for fuel efficiency continue to drive automobile manufacturers to invest in and to prioritize vehicle designs and performance. There has long been a fundamental understanding that aerodynamic efficiency (drag) has an effect on this phenomenon. The focus of this paper is to demonstrate how emergent aerodynamic performance calculation tools can be efficiently and effectively utilized for realizing improvements to vehicle performance, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and societal acceptance. These tools include Computational Fluid Dynamic analysis (CFD) which further includes visualization techniques, shape deformation, DOE, and optimization methods, among others. This paper describes an efficient method of leveraging the inherent strengths of these tools to develop a more complete understanding of the opportunities for improving the aerodynamic performance of a vehicle, as well as identifying potential concerns in degrading the aerodynamic efficiency

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Publisher Number:

2008-01-0096

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license