Increased Energy Efficiency on Passenger Cars through Optimized Cooling Flow

​Research Motivating Problem:
Aerodynamics plays an important role in road vehicle design since it offers a possibility of getting a reduction in fuel consumption and emission levels. One of the important areas is the wheel-houses, that can be responsible for up to 25-30% of total aerodynamic resistance of a vehicle.

Research question(s):

• How does one measure ventilation resistance moment in wind tunnel and in CFD?
• What are the design parameters that affect ventilation resistance?

Deliverable(s):

• Methods to measure and decrease ventilation resistance moment without affecting aerodynamic drag force of the vehicle.

• Alexey Vdovin

  Researcher at Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

  Alexey Vdovin is a researcher within the research group Road Vehicle Aerodynamics and Thermal Management at the Division of VEAS. Alexey received a Ph.D. degree from Chalmers in 2015 for...
• Lennart Löfdahl

  Full Professor at Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

  Lennart Löfdahl has been full Professor of Fluid Dynamics since 2000. His research areas include flow transition, turbulence, it´s modelling and the use of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)...
• Simone Sebben

  Professor at Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems Head of Division Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

  Simone Sebben is Professor in Aerodynamics and manager of the division VEAS. Her research interests are in the fields of Aerodynamics and Thermal Management with application to road vehicles. Her...