A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features
In motorcycle competitions, aerodynamics plays a fundamental role. In order to improve the performance of racing motorbikes, various windshield designs have been studied experimentally. The objective of this study was to minimize the magnitude of skin-friction on a Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle’s w...
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| author | Muhammad Izzat Nor, Ma'arof Tang, Peng Rhu Rizal Effendy, Mohd Nasir Hazran, Husain Girma, Tadesse Chala |
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| description | In motorcycle competitions, aerodynamics plays a fundamental role. In order to improve the performance of racing motorbikes, various windshield designs have been studied experimentally. The objective of this study was to minimize the magnitude of skin-friction on a Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle’s windshield via the integration of slots. An alpha prototype in the motorcycle windshield was designed for the Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle, and validation was performed on the performance of the newly designed slot variation in the motorcycle windshield in term of aerodynamic features. The newly concept included a double layered windshield construction with the integration of slots, which was tested in a wind tunnel to compare its aerodynamics properties with a stock windshield design of the Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle. It was proven via the experiment that the Concept I has successfully improved the aerodynamic performance when the tilted angle of the slotted design was at 3.9472°. The particular windshield had the lowest coefficient of drag, lift and the drag and lift force when it travels at 20 m/s. For future studies, more variations of the slot and double layer designs could be further tested. |
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| spelling | intimal-12872024-04-16T02:35:30Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1287/ A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features Muhammad Izzat Nor, Ma'arof Tang, Peng Rhu Rizal Effendy, Mohd Nasir Hazran, Husain Girma, Tadesse Chala TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics In motorcycle competitions, aerodynamics plays a fundamental role. In order to improve the performance of racing motorbikes, various windshield designs have been studied experimentally. The objective of this study was to minimize the magnitude of skin-friction on a Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle’s windshield via the integration of slots. An alpha prototype in the motorcycle windshield was designed for the Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle, and validation was performed on the performance of the newly designed slot variation in the motorcycle windshield in term of aerodynamic features. The newly concept included a double layered windshield construction with the integration of slots, which was tested in a wind tunnel to compare its aerodynamics properties with a stock windshield design of the Ducati 1198SP track-motorcycle. It was proven via the experiment that the Concept I has successfully improved the aerodynamic performance when the tilted angle of the slotted design was at 3.9472°. The particular windshield had the lowest coefficient of drag, lift and the drag and lift force when it travels at 20 m/s. For future studies, more variations of the slot and double layer designs could be further tested. INTI International University 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1287/1/ij2019_16.pdf Muhammad Izzat Nor, Ma'arof and Tang, Peng Rhu and Rizal Effendy, Mohd Nasir and Hazran, Husain and Girma, Tadesse Chala (2019) A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features. INTI JOURNAL, 2019 (16). ISSN e2600-7320 http://intijournal.intimal.edu.my |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Muhammad Izzat Nor, Ma'arof Tang, Peng Rhu Rizal Effendy, Mohd Nasir Hazran, Husain Girma, Tadesse Chala A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title | A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title_full | A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title_fullStr | A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title_short | A Study on Slot Design of Motorcycle Windshield to Improve Aerodynamics Features |
| title_sort | study on slot design of motorcycle windshield to improve aerodynamics features |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| url | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1287/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1287/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1287/1/ij2019_16.pdf |