Automatic Optimization Method for FSAE Racing Car Aerodynamic Kit Based on the Integration of CAD and CAE

2024-01-2079

04/09/2024

Features
Event
WCX SAE World Congress Experience
Authors Abstract
Content
In the process of designing the aerodynamic kit for Formula SAE racing cars, there is a lot of repetitive work and low efficiency in optimizing parameters such as wing angle of attack and chord length. Moreover, the optimization of these parameters in past designs heavily relied on design experience and it's difficult to achieve the optimal solution through theoretical calculations. By establishing a parametric model in CAD software and integrating it with CFD software, we can automatically modify model parameters, run a large number of simulations, and analyze the simulation results using statistical methods. After multiple iterations, we achieve fully automatic parameter optimization and obtain higher negative lift. At the same time, the simulation process is optimized, and simulations are run based on GPUs, resulting in a significant increase in simulation speed compared to the original. The results show that automated optimization saves a lot of manpower costs, and compared to manual optimization, the negative lift coefficient of the optimized components has increased by around 10%.
Meta TagsDetails
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-2079
Pages
9
Citation
Chen, Y., "Automatic Optimization Method for FSAE Racing Car Aerodynamic Kit Based on the Integration of CAD and CAE," SAE Technical Paper 2024-01-2079, 2024, https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-2079.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Apr 09
Product Code
2024-01-2079
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English