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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 1653-1661.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.11.011

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Research on the Influences of Side-Wing Diffuser on Automotive Aerodynamic Characteristics

Hong Liao1,Yaohui Lu1,Qingyang Wang2(),Xiaochun Yin1,Xiaobo Shi1,Yanhui Tang1   

  1. 1.College of Mechanical Engineering,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu  610031
    2.Wind Tunnel Center,China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. ,Ltd. ,Chongqing  401122
  • Received:2021-04-30 Revised:2021-07-14 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-11-22
  • Contact: Qingyang Wang E-mail:wangqingyang@caeri.com.cn

Abstract:

In order to study the influences of the side-wing diffuser on the aerodynamic characteristics of a car, a side-wing diffuser is installed on the CAERI Aero Model, and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is used to simulate the aerodynamic drag and lift force of vehicle with diffuser installed at different angles, and compared with general plane diffuser, in which the simulation result of the plane diffuser with a certain installation angle has been verified by wind tunnel test to conform the reliability of the simulation. The results of simulation show that the side-wing diffuser can change the distribution of vortex structure at the bottom and tail of the vehicle. Compared with the plane diffuser, the side-wing diffuser can effectively reduce the aerodynamic lift of the vehicle at different installation angles of diffuser, with the maximum declining rate of aerodynamic lift force reaching 38.1% at an installation angle α = 10.5°. The side-wing diffuser can greatly reduce the aerodynamic lift with a trivial increase of aerodynamic drag, effectively enhancing the driving stability and safety of vehicle.

Key words: CAERI Aero Model, diffuser, aerodynamic drag, aerodynamic lift