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Optimization of a Vehicle Shape by CFD Code
Gabriele Virzi' MariottiCalogero D'ancaAntonio Mancusosubject
Engineeringbusiness.industryMechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringFluid mechanicsAerodynamicsComputational fluid dynamicsshape optimisationSoftwareDragaerodynamic resistanceAutomotive EngineeringCFD simulationFluid dynamicsVariable geometryMATLABbusinesscomputercomputer.programming_languagedescription
In this paper, fluid dynamics simulations have been executed using a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) commercial code, on a Maserati Biturbo mod. 222 - 1988. At first some surfaces are optimised, choosing the more important ones for the reduction of the resistance, by a manual variation of their geometry, hence a large surface is optimised in an automatic way, by means of an own software, developed in the MatLab environment, returning the optimised surface according to a specific objective function (the resistance in this paper). The aerodynamics resistance results are given under the form of aerodynamics penetration coefficient CD, taking into account the vehicle shape effect, the speed, the fluid properties and the orientation.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-01 |