Review of automotive aerodynamics research based on physical models

LIU Jinsheng; XU Shengjin; WANG Qingyang; BAO Huanhuan; WANG Yong

doi:10.11729/syltlx20190081

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LIU Jinsheng, XU Shengjin, WANG Qingyang, et al. Review of automotive aerodynamics research based on physical models[J]. Journal of Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, 2020, 34(1): 38-48. doi: 10.11729/syltlx20190081

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Review of automotive aerodynamics research based on physical models

doi: 10.11729/syltlx20190081

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School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401122, China

Received Date: 2019-06-25
Rev Recd Date: 2019-08-04
Publish Date: 2020-02-25

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Automotive aerodynamics involves fundamental fluid dynamics problems such as turbulence flow past bluff bodies, flow instability, flow separation and control, fluid-structure interactions and noise, and so on. In this paper, we review the research progress of aerodynamics based on physical models at home and abroad, introduce the achievements of previous studies on aerodynamics, flow field research, flow control, calculation and experiment, multi-vehicle aerodynamics, pollution, wind noise, etc., and investigate the shortcomings of the present studies. Finally, we discuss the research directions of vehicle aerodynamics in the future.
- automotive aerodynamics,
- reference models,
- experimental fluid dynamics,
- computational fluid dynamics

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