Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles
From Fluid Mechanics to Vehicle Engineering
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1987
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Editor: Wolf-Heinrich Hucho
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 8 4 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 2 0 7 - 8
Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles details the aerodynamics of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, sports cars, and race cars; their external flow field; as well as their internal flow… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAerodynamics of Road Vehicles details the aerodynamics of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, sports cars, and race cars; their external flow field; as well as their internal flow field. The book, after giving an introduction to automobile aerodynamics and some fundamentals of fluid mechanics, covers topics such as the performance and aerodynamics of different kinds of vehicles, as well as test techniques for their aerodynamics. The book also covers other concepts related to automobiles such as cooling systems and ventilations for vehicles. The text is recommended for mechanical engineers and phycisists in the automobile industry who would like to understand more about aerodynamics of motor vehicles and its importance on the field of road safety and automobile production.
Contents
1 Introduction to Automobile Aerodynamics
1.1 Scope
1.2 Historical Development
1.3 Development Trends
1.4 Notation
2 Some Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
2.1 Properties of Incompressible Fluids
2.2 Flow Phenomena Related to Vehicles
2.3 External Flow Problems
2.4 Internal Flow Problems
2.5 Relationships Between External and Internal Flow On Vehicles
2.6 Notation
3 Performance of Cars and Light Vans
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Resistance to Vehicle Motion
3.3 Performance
3.4 The Estimation of Fuel Consumption
3.5 Fuel Consumption and Performance
3.6 Outlook
3.7 Notation
4 Aerodynamic Drag of Passenger Cars
4.1 The Passenger Car As A Bluff Body
4.2 Flow Field Around A Passenger Car
4.3 Analysis of Aerodynamic Drag
4.4 Strategies For Aerodynamic Development of Passenger Cars
4.5 Drag of Passenger Cars in Production
4.6 Research in The Field of Vehicle Aerodynamics
4.7 Notation
5 Driving Stability In Side Winds
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Origin of The Forces and Moments On A Vehicle
5.3 Real Side-Wind Problems
5.4 Vehicle Dynamics Under Side Wind
5.5 The Effect of Aerodynamic Forces On Lateral Deviation
5.6 Safety Limit
5.7 Outlook
5.8 Notation
6 Operation, Safety and Comfort
6.1 Definition of Themes
6.2 The Field of Flow Around A Vehicle
6.3 Forces Acting Upon Bodywork Components
6.4 Dirt Accumulation On the Vehicle
6.5 Wind Noise
6.6 Air Flow Around Individual Components
6.7 Future Prospects
6.8 Notation
7 High-Performance Vehicles
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Some Historical Milestones
7.3 The Influence of Aerodynamics On High-Performance Vehicles
7.4 Design Alternatives
7.5 Special Problems
7.6 Trends In Future High-Performance Vehicle Development
7.7 Notation
8 Commercial Vehicles
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Tractive Resistance and Fuel Consumption
8.3 Drag Reduction and Fuel Consumption
8.4 Aerodynamic Drag Coefficients of Different Commercial Vehicles
8.5 Reducing Aerodynamic Drag
8.6 Taking Advantage of Aerodynamic Effects
8.7 Vehicle Soiling
8.8 Notation
9 Engine Cooling System
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Cooling System Requirements
9.3 Elements of The Cooling System
9.4 Designing The Cooling System
9.5 Experimental Testing of The Cooling System
9.6 Evaluating The Cooling System
9.7 Notation
10 Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning of Motor Vehicles
10.1 Climate
10.2 Physical Aspects of Climate
10.3 How Climate Can Be Influenced
10.4 Components of A Heating and Ventilation System
10.5 Example of A Production Heating System
10.6 Summary
10.7 Notation
11 Wind Tunnels For Automobile Aerodynamics
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Principles of Wind Tunnel Technology
11.3 Limitations of Simulation
11.4 Tests With Scale Models
11.5 Existing Automobile Wind Tunnels
11.6 Comparative Measurements Between European and North American Automobile Wind Tunnels
11.7 Final Comments and Prospects
11.8 Notation
12 Measurement and Test Techniques
12.1 Objectives
12.2 Measuring Equipment and Transducers
12.3 Wind Tunnel Testing Methods
12.4 Road Testing Methods
12.5 Notation
13 Numerical Methods For Computation of Flow Around Road Vehicles
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Nature of Flow Around Road Vehicles
13.3 Some Difficulties of Numerical Simulation of The Road Vehicle Flow Field
13.4 Relative Magnitude of the Forces In A Flow Field
13.5 Criteria For Consideration of Viscous and Compressibility Effects In A Flow Field
13.6 Two Approximations For the Fluid Air
13.7 Inviscid Flow Methods
13.8 Coupled Inviscid Flow - Boundary Layer Methods
13.9 Methods Based On Solution of Navier-Stokes Equations
13.10 Concluding Remarks
13.11 Notation
References
Subject Index
Author Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1987
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 576
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483108414
- eBook ISBN: 9781483102078
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