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Simulation of Cooling Airflow under Different Driving Conditions
Technical Paper
2007-01-0766
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Presented are simulations of cooling airflow and external aerodynamics over Land Rover LR3 and Ford Mondeo cars under several driving conditions. The simulations include details of the external flow field together with the flow in the under-hood and underbody areas. Shown is the comparison between the predicted and measured coolant inlet temperature in the radiator, drag and lift coefficients, temperature distribution on the radiator front face, and wake total pressure distribution. Very good agreement is observed. In addition, shown is the complex evolution of the temperature field in the idle case with strong under-hood recirculation. It is shown that the presented Lattice-Boltzmann Method based approach can provide accurate predictions of both cooling airflow and external aerodynamics.
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Alajbegovic, A., Xu, B., Konstantinov, A., Amodeo, J. et al., "Simulation of Cooling Airflow under Different Driving Conditions," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-0766, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-0766.Also In
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