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Numerical Investigation of Drag and Lift Forces on a Sedan Car using Computational Fluid Dynamics


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1 Dept. of Automobile Engg., Vel Tech University, Avadi, Chennai, India
2 Manufacturing Engg., Mookambigai College of Engg., Pudukkottai, India
 

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The purpose of this work is to cut back the drag, lift and aerodynamic in-stability of a sedan car at high speed levels. In early times, the cars accustomed have a flat faces, sharp edge, conjointly had higher mileage and potency. However later because of the emergence of fuel crisis, scientists improved the model of cars with regard to dynamics of the fluid around the body. Thus, it changes the structure of cars with respect to aeromechanics. Simulation of a vehicle had been done using computational fluid dynamics to obtain the coefficient of drag and coefficient of lift. Finally, these coefficients from computational fluid dynamics are compared wind tunnel simulation.

Keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Sedan Car, Drag, Lift, Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel, Simulation.
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  • Numerical Investigation of Drag and Lift Forces on a Sedan Car using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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Authors

M. F. Mohamed
Dept. of Automobile Engg., Vel Tech University, Avadi, Chennai, India
P. L. Madhavan
Manufacturing Engg., Mookambigai College of Engg., Pudukkottai, India
E. Manoj
Dept. of Automobile Engg., Vel Tech University, Avadi, Chennai, India
K. Sivakumar
Dept. of Automobile Engg., Vel Tech University, Avadi, Chennai, India

Abstract


The purpose of this work is to cut back the drag, lift and aerodynamic in-stability of a sedan car at high speed levels. In early times, the cars accustomed have a flat faces, sharp edge, conjointly had higher mileage and potency. However later because of the emergence of fuel crisis, scientists improved the model of cars with regard to dynamics of the fluid around the body. Thus, it changes the structure of cars with respect to aeromechanics. Simulation of a vehicle had been done using computational fluid dynamics to obtain the coefficient of drag and coefficient of lift. Finally, these coefficients from computational fluid dynamics are compared wind tunnel simulation.

Keywords


Computational Fluid Dynamics, Sedan Car, Drag, Lift, Aerodynamics, Wind Tunnel, Simulation.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.4273/ijvss.8.3.07