Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler

Performance, handling, safety, and comfort of a car are significantly affected by its aerodynamic properties. Getting high power under the hood is not enough to judge the performance of the car. Aerodynamic properties must be considered for the purpose of studying the drag and stability performance...

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Main Author: Ridhwan, Che Zake
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/1/Ridhwan_Che_Zake.pdf
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spelling ump-5812015-03-03T06:04:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/ Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler Ridhwan, Che Zake TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Performance, handling, safety, and comfort of a car are significantly affected by its aerodynamic properties. Getting high power under the hood is not enough to judge the performance of the car. Aerodynamic properties must be considered for the purpose of studying the drag and stability performance of a car. In order to improve car aerodynamic drag and its stability, an aerodynamic device is needed such as rear spoiler. Rear spoiler is an aerodynamic device that functions to slow down and collect air, causing it to stagnate. This rear placing device creates an area of high pressure to replace the usual low pressure over the trunk resulting increasing stability. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of aftermarket rear spoiler to car aerodynamics drag and stability. Several rear spoilers design is attached at rear part of base line model. Both BLM model and rear spoiler models are built in CAD software. The CAD data then, either with or without rear spoiler are analyze in CFD software to estimate the drag and lift force which is acting on the car. Force, drag and lift coefficient values will be determined in order to study their effect to drag and stability. Some limitations occurred due to the complexity of the design. From the result, rear spoiler can help to reduce drag, by creating high pressure at the back. 2008-11 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/1/Ridhwan_Che_Zake.pdf Ridhwan, Che Zake (2008) Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
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Ridhwan, Che Zake
Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
description Performance, handling, safety, and comfort of a car are significantly affected by its aerodynamic properties. Getting high power under the hood is not enough to judge the performance of the car. Aerodynamic properties must be considered for the purpose of studying the drag and stability performance of a car. In order to improve car aerodynamic drag and its stability, an aerodynamic device is needed such as rear spoiler. Rear spoiler is an aerodynamic device that functions to slow down and collect air, causing it to stagnate. This rear placing device creates an area of high pressure to replace the usual low pressure over the trunk resulting increasing stability. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of aftermarket rear spoiler to car aerodynamics drag and stability. Several rear spoilers design is attached at rear part of base line model. Both BLM model and rear spoiler models are built in CAD software. The CAD data then, either with or without rear spoiler are analyze in CFD software to estimate the drag and lift force which is acting on the car. Force, drag and lift coefficient values will be determined in order to study their effect to drag and stability. Some limitations occurred due to the complexity of the design. From the result, rear spoiler can help to reduce drag, by creating high pressure at the back.
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Ridhwan, Che Zake
author_facet Ridhwan, Che Zake
author_sort Ridhwan, Che Zake
title Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
title_short Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
title_full Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
title_fullStr Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
title_full_unstemmed Aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
title_sort aerodynamics of aftermarket rear spoiler
publishDate 2008
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/581/1/Ridhwan_Che_Zake.pdf
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