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Underhood Airflow Simulation of a Passenger Car Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Technical Paper
2001-01-3800
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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This paper describes an analytical method developed to aid the project of vehicles, aiming to obtain a good performance of the engine cooling system, air-conditioning and thermal behavior of components that are exposed to severe operating conditions. A commercial code of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is used as the analysis tool to solve the flow through the underhood by the finite-volume method. The methodology is presented with an application for a passenger car, comparing the results obtained by the simulation with experimental data.
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Lawrence, V., "Underhood Airflow Simulation of a Passenger Car Using Computational Fluid Dynamics," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3800, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3800.Also In
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