Experimental Techniques for the Aerodynamic Development of Convertible Cars

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Cogotti, Antonello, author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1992-02-24 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1992

Summary:

The aerodynamic development of a convertible passenger car requires the optimization of additional characteristics, when compared to those which are considered for normal passenger cars.To be more specific, this means that, in addition to the usual requirements of hard-top passenger cars, (i.e. low values of the aerodynamic coefficients Cd, Cl, Cmy, et cetera, optimization of the cooling flow and achievement of low aerodynamic noise), it is important to also check the following:To achieve this,in some cases,it has been necessary to set up new instrumentation for these measurements, id est, such as for measurement of soft-top ballooning.In other cases, the standard techniques (flow mapping with the 14-hole probe, acoustic dummies, et cetera) are used, although in a different way than for the development of normal passenger cars.This paper describes these techniques and the way they are employed for the aerodynamic development of convertible cars

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Publisher Number:

920347

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