Airflow Analysis of the Bus Under Various Velocities Using CFD Simulation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58915/aset.v3i1.803Abstract
This project investigated the aerodynamic effects of various airflow velocities around a bus. Key parameters included airflow velocity and turbulence models, with dependent variables being the velocity and pressure on the bus body. The bus model, sourced from an existing GrabCAD file, was imported into SimFlow 4.0 for analysis. A steady-state simulation was employed, incorporating symmetry conditions, turbulence modeling, boundary conditions, and a baseline post-processing method to visualize the velocity and pressure distributions around the bus. Mesh refinement was carefully adjusted to accommodate the bus's large size and accurately capture the flow gradients. The simulation results were analyzed using Paraview post-processing to evaluate the final velocity and pressure contours. The results showed that the airflow velocities crucially affect the velocity and pressure distribution around the bus. This study yielded significant and insightful results by varying the independent parameters, advancing the understanding of bus aerodynamics under different airflow velocities.
Keywords:
Bus, SimFlow 4.0, Turbulent model, Steady-state simulation, Computational Fluid DynamicsReferences
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