Vehicle Aerodynamics Tutorial
In this tutorial, a race car will get simulated. It contains new geometry compared to the first two tutorials. The user should have a good look. In the folder special_bc some interesting files can be found. Files in this folder can have keywords as prefix. Here inlets are used. When a *.txt file with a corresponding name is used, MantiumFlow will apply a boundary condition as defined in the text file. In this case this is used to simulate the air intake and exhaust system of the car. There is also a folder for porous media to simulate the heat exchangers. In the demo version MantiumFlow automatically applies the Darcy-Forchheimer coefficients. In the full version, the user can do so.
- 1. Open the case by locating the folder to where this tutorial was extracted to.
- 2. As the car template is the default option nothing has to be done here.
- 3. This tutorial features more geometry than the first two. Please have a good look and take notice of the monitoring surfaces, the porous zones and the special boundary conditions to model air flow in and out of the engine.
- 4. After potentially modifying some settings, it is time to build the case.
- 5. After building, the case can be run. This might take some time...
- 6. Afterwards the case can be post-processed. The html can be found in the postProcessing folder within the case and can be opened with a normal browser
If you are interested in joining a race car design competition, head over to the MVRC Challenge.