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Development of Full-Scale Wind Tunnel for Enhancement of Vehicle Aerodynamic and Aero-Acoustic Performance

Journal Article
2014-01-0598
ISSN: 1946-3995, e-ISSN: 1946-4002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0598
Published April 01, 2014 by SAE International in United States
Development of Full-Scale Wind Tunnel for Enhancement of Vehicle Aerodynamic and Aero-Acoustic Performance
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Citation: Tadakuma, K., Sugiyama, T., Maeda, K., Iyota, M. et al., "Development of Full-Scale Wind Tunnel for Enhancement of Vehicle Aerodynamic and Aero-Acoustic Performance," SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst. 7(2):603-616, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0598.
Language: English

Abstract:

A new wind tunnel was developed and adopted by Toyota Motor Corporation in March 2013. This wind tunnel is equipped with a 5-belt rolling road system with a platform balance that enables the flow simulation under the floor and around the tires in on-road conditions. It also minimizes the characteristic pulsation that occurs in wind tunnels to enable the evaluation of unsteady aerodynamic performance aspects. This paper describes the technology developed for this new wind tunnel and its performance verification results. In addition, after verifying the stand-alone performance of the wind tunnel, a vehicle was placed in the tunnel to verify the utility of the wind tunnel performance. Tests simulated flow fields around the vehicle in on-road conditions and confirmed that the wind tunnel is capable of evaluating unsteady flows.

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