A Numerical Analysis Of Transient Flow Past Road Vehicles Subjected To Pitching Oscillation

• Main Authors: Tsubokura, Makoto, Cheng, See Yuan, Nakashima, Takuji, Nouzawa, Takahide, Okada, Yoshihiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2011
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10291/1/Cheng-revised-final-20101112_With_FIGUREs.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10291/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167610511000365#!; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2011.02.001

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 u...