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Verification of the Impact of Coefficient of Drag Variation Due to Natural Wind on Fuel Consumption Based on Actual Driving Data Honda R&D Company, Limited
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Onishi, Yasuyuki, author.
- Conference Name:
- WCX SAE World Congress Experience (2025-04-08 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource cm
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, PA SAE International 2025
- Summary:
- The natural wind experienced on public roads can increase the yaw angle and therefore drag coefficient (CD), which may contribute to the discrepancy between catalog fuel economy and actual fuel economy. The impact of yaw characteristics alone on fuel economy during actual driving has not been verified or proven as it is difficult to obtain actual driving data under uniform conditions. For this reason, shape optimization is normally performed at zero-yaw through the aerodynamic development phases.In this paper, two vehicles with different yaw sensitivity characteristics are driven simultaneously, and fuel economy measurements are performed simultaneously with ambient airflow, environment, and vehicle conditions. The results where the conditions of the two vehicles match are extracted to clarify the impact of the differences of yaw characteristics on fuel economy.The obtained results matched the values predicted by theoretical calculations for the impact of yaw angle on fuel economy and estimated the ratio of the rate of change in fuel efficiency (FE) to the rate of change in drag coefficient (CD) to be +2.4%/-0.010. This is a numerical confirmation of the impact of yaw angle on fuel economy through verification based on actual driving data, and is an important indicator in optimizing aerodynamic characteristics.This research demonstrates the importance of the yaw angle in aerodynamic development and suggests a new direction for shape optimization
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Publisher Number:
- 2025-01-8778
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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