Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)

Designing the front grill with the focus on an improvement aspect is very important in the automotive industry. This study proposes are to increase performance of the front grille and study effect of aerodynamic flow through the front grill using Computational Fluid Dynamic CFD. The difference speed...

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Main Author: Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/
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spelling ump-65152015-03-03T09:30:49Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/ Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill) Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Designing the front grill with the focus on an improvement aspect is very important in the automotive industry. This study proposes are to increase performance of the front grille and study effect of aerodynamic flow through the front grill using Computational Fluid Dynamic CFD. The difference speed which is at 80km/h, 120km/h and 180km/h was applied to obtain the flow structure around a passenger car with three design consideration of front grill. In this paper, the CFD simulation of Ansys FLUENT flow was applied to measure the result in the wind tunnel of passenger car design. The numerical method required to solve the Nervier–Stokes equations for incompressible and three-dimensional fluid motion. Result from three different discretization are compared with the past experiment data. In general, the characteristic of velocity and pressure counters was compared with three different speeds by symmetrical plane. Validation of drag and pressure effected on front grill also discussed to optimize the best aerodynamic flow of passenger car to all three design. Finally, the aerodynamics of the best design of front grill are introduced and analyzed. 2012-06 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/1/CD6895.pdf Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid (2012) Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill). Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:77899&theme=UMP2
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topic TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
spellingShingle TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid
Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
description Designing the front grill with the focus on an improvement aspect is very important in the automotive industry. This study proposes are to increase performance of the front grille and study effect of aerodynamic flow through the front grill using Computational Fluid Dynamic CFD. The difference speed which is at 80km/h, 120km/h and 180km/h was applied to obtain the flow structure around a passenger car with three design consideration of front grill. In this paper, the CFD simulation of Ansys FLUENT flow was applied to measure the result in the wind tunnel of passenger car design. The numerical method required to solve the Nervier–Stokes equations for incompressible and three-dimensional fluid motion. Result from three different discretization are compared with the past experiment data. In general, the characteristic of velocity and pressure counters was compared with three different speeds by symmetrical plane. Validation of drag and pressure effected on front grill also discussed to optimize the best aerodynamic flow of passenger car to all three design. Finally, the aerodynamics of the best design of front grill are introduced and analyzed.
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid
author_facet Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid
author_sort Muhamad Khairul Hakimi , Hamid
title Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
title_short Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
title_full Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
title_fullStr Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
title_full_unstemmed Computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
title_sort computational analysis study of aerodynamic vehicle passenger car (front grill)
publishDate 2012
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6515/1/CD6895.pdf
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