NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF FLOW IN AUTOMOBILE AERODYNAMICS DEVELOPMENT

Authors
HIMENO R FUJITANI K
Citation
R. Himeno et K. Fujitani, NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF FLOW IN AUTOMOBILE AERODYNAMICS DEVELOPMENT, Journal of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics, 46-7, 1993, pp. 785-790
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01676105
Volume
46-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
785 - 790
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-6105(1993)46-7:<785:NAVOFI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
DRAG4D system is developed to simulate airflows around or through a ca r model whose style is defined on a styling CAD system, STYLO. DRAG4D system consists of a grid generation subsystem, a flow solver and a fl ow visualization subsystem. DRAG4D and STYLO have made it possible to improve the aerodynamic characteristics and reduce the design cycle of developing a new car. We found that DRAG4D is very effective and even cost-effective in spite of a long computation time.