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A numerical analysis of transient flow past road vehicles subjected to pitching oscillation
| Title: | A numerical analysis of transient flow past road vehicles subjected to pitching oscillation |
| Authors: | Cheng, S. Y. Browse this author | | Tsubokura, M. Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Nakashima, T. Browse this author | | Nouzawa, T. Browse this author | | Okada, Y. Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Vehicle | | Transient aerodynamics | | Pitching | | LES | | Stability | | Vortex |
| Issue Date: | May-2011 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics |
| Volume: | 99 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 511 |
| End Page: | 522 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.02.001 |
| Abstract: | Conventionally, the pitching instability of road vehicles has been controlled mechanically through the application of suspension systems. The present study demonstrates how unsteady aerodynamics can be exploited for such control by properly configuring vehicle body shapes. To discern the effect of unsteady aerodynamics on road vehicle stability, large eddy simulation has been conducted to simulate the flow past simplified vehicle models. Forced-sinusoidal-pitching oscillation was imposed on the models during the simulation to probe their dynamic responses. Numerical results were compared with wind tunnel measurements for validation, and good agreement is attained. Unsteady flow structures above the rear section of the vehicles were found to significantly affect their pitching stability. Depending on the vehicle body shape configurations, the induced aerodynamic force tended to either enhance or restrain the vehicles' pitching instability. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/49339 |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 坪倉 誠
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