Design and Aerodynamic Assessment of Diffuser with Longitudinal Separators for Underbody of Sedan

Abstract:

The aerodynamic characteristics have a great influence on the steering stability and the fuel economics of a high speed vehicle. The diffuser located at the aft part of a car underbody is one of the most important aerodynamic add-on devices. The parameters of the diffuser, including the diffuser angle, the number and the relative position of longitudinal separator (LS), the shape of the end plate and etc, will affect the underbody flow and the wake. Here, diffuser with longitudinal separator of different number and relative position was investigated. Numerical simulation was used to study the aerodynamic characteristics of a simplified sedan with different diffuser of longitudinal separator. The study found aerodynamic coefficient of the car changes little when we change the relative position of diffuser's longitudinal separator. Besides, we also found that increasing the number of the diffuser's longitudinal separator will increase the vehicle's aerodynamic drag coefficient and reduce the vehicle's lift coefficient.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 215-216)
• Pages: 1033-1037
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.215-216.1033
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Xing Jun Hu, Rui Zhang, Jian Ye, Xu Yan, Zhi Ming Zhao
• Keywords: Aerodynamic Assessment, Diffuser with Longitudinal Separators, Numerical Simulation, Sedan, Underbody

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