Underhood Airflow Simulation of a Passenger Car Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Viviam, author.

Conference Name:

International Mobility Technology Conference and Exhibit (2001-11-19 : Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2001

Summary:

This paper describes an analytical method developed to aid the project of vehicles, aiming to obtain a good performance of the engine cooling system, air-conditioning and thermal behavior of components that are exposed to severe operating conditions. A commercial code of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is used as the analysis tool to solve the flow through the underhood by the finite-volume method. The methodology is presented with an application for a passenger car, comparing the results obtained by the simulation with experimental data

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Publisher Number:

2001-01-3800

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