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CFD Based Air-to-Boil Temperature Prediction for Sport Utility Vehicle Radiator
Technical Paper
2006-01-3266
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Front end cooling module which consists of condenser, intercooler, radiator and fan is an important part of vehicle design as it affects radiator thermal performance. The current study describes a CFD based method to predict air-to-boil (ATB) temperature of a sport utility vehicle radiator. The predicted ATB values were compared with experimental data obtained from outdoor cooling trials. The predicted and the experimental values agreed to within 3-5 °C for operating conditions ranging from low gear-low speed condition to high gear-high speed conditions. It is anticipated that such analyses will lead to reduction of design cycle time and prototyping costs.
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Shome, B. and Joshi, R., "CFD Based Air-to-Boil Temperature Prediction for Sport Utility Vehicle Radiator," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-3266, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-3266.Also In
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