Transactions of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
Online ISSN : 1883-0811
Print ISSN : 0287-8321
ISSN-L : 0287-8321
A Study on Aerodynamic Drag Reduction of Two-Box Vehicle
Masaya TadatsuAkihiro NarazakiShiro YasuokaJun YamamuraTsuyoshi Yasuki
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2012 Volume 43 Issue 4 Pages 935-942

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This paper describes a relationship between aerodynamic drag on vehicle's backward face and the vortices behind the vehicle and a relationship between vehicle shape and vortices behind the vehicle was clarified by a stochastic analysis. The result shows that there is a vortex ring behind the vehicle and the distance between vortex ring and vehicle′s backward face have relation to aerodynamic drag on vehicle′s backward face. The result also shows the vortex tube transforms by vehicle shape and one of the vortex tube types reduces aerodynamic drag on vehicle′s backward face.
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