CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle
Vehicle's low drag force is critical to achieve higher speed and for efficient energy usage. Most solar vehicles that participated in the World Solar Challenge event adopted the 'cockroach' shape which has been considered as the best shape to achieve optimum speed and aerodynamics cha...
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| author | Zahari, Taha Rossi, Passarella Sugiyono, . Nasrudin, Abd Rahim Jamali, M. Sah Aznijar, Ahmad Yazid |
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| description | Vehicle's low drag force is critical to achieve higher speed and for efficient energy usage. Most solar vehicles that participated in the World Solar Challenge event adopted the 'cockroach' shape which has been considered as the best shape to achieve optimum speed and aerodynamics characteristics. However, the team from University of Malaya decided to design their entry vehicle based on the profile of a box fish, said to possess an even lower drag coefficient value. This paper describes the aerodynamics characteristics numerical study of the solar vehicle using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code called FLUENT. The numerical computation is based on the frontal area of the vehicle and the obtained results have shown reasonable values of drag and lift coefficients when compared to ordinary road vehicles. |
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| spelling | ump-258592020-02-24T09:02:57Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25859/ CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle Zahari, Taha Rossi, Passarella Sugiyono, . Nasrudin, Abd Rahim Jamali, M. Sah Aznijar, Ahmad Yazid TS Manufactures Vehicle's low drag force is critical to achieve higher speed and for efficient energy usage. Most solar vehicles that participated in the World Solar Challenge event adopted the 'cockroach' shape which has been considered as the best shape to achieve optimum speed and aerodynamics characteristics. However, the team from University of Malaya decided to design their entry vehicle based on the profile of a box fish, said to possess an even lower drag coefficient value. This paper describes the aerodynamics characteristics numerical study of the solar vehicle using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code called FLUENT. The numerical computation is based on the frontal area of the vehicle and the obtained results have shown reasonable values of drag and lift coefficients when compared to ordinary road vehicles. Publishing Technology 2011 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25859/1/CFD%20analysis%20for%20merdeka%202%20solar%20vehicle.pdf Zahari, Taha and Rossi, Passarella and Sugiyono, . and Nasrudin, Abd Rahim and Jamali, M. Sah and Aznijar, Ahmad Yazid (2011) CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle. Advanced Science Letters, 4 (8-10). pp. 2807-2811. ISSN 1936-6612. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2011.1632 https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2011.1632 |
| spellingShingle | TS Manufactures Zahari, Taha Rossi, Passarella Sugiyono, . Nasrudin, Abd Rahim Jamali, M. Sah Aznijar, Ahmad Yazid CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title | CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title_full | CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title_fullStr | CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title_full_unstemmed | CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title_short | CFD analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| title_sort | cfd analysis for merdeka 2 solar vehicle |
| topic | TS Manufactures |
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