The effect of vehicle spacing on the aerodynamics of a representative car shape

被引:66
作者
Watkins, Simon [1 ]
Vino, Gioacchino [1 ]
机构
[1] RMIT Univ, Sch Aerosp Mech & Mfg Engn, Bundoora, Vic 3083, Australia
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
vehicle; aerodynamic; interaction; lift; drag; spacing; Ahmed body; convoy; platoon;
D O I
10.1016/j.jweia.2007.06.042
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
Inter-vehicle spacing on highways is considered and an analysis of spacing is presented, deduced from data from an instrumented highway. Vehicle drag reductions arising from close spacing are discussed and drag and lift data from wind-tunnel tests on two co-linear Ahmed bodies (representative vehicle shapes able to replicate typical car airflow, configured with 30 degrees slant back angles) are given. Inter-body, non-dimensional spacing was varied from 0.1 to 4.0, based on vehicle length. Surprisingly, significant drag increases were found for the rear Ahmed body for spacing of 0.1-1.0, when compared to the drag of the body in isolation. For greater spacing, the drag of the rear body fell below the value of the isolated case, up to the maximum spacing considered. The lift coefficient of the rear body was also found to be very sensitive to spacing. It was concluded that the effect of the strong vortex system arising from the slant back was the cause of the drag and lift changes of the rear vehicle. Since traffic spacing is likely to reduce with the increasing use of intelligent transport systems (ITS), it is argued that more attention should be paid to understanding these effects. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1232 / 1239
页数:8
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