IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v16y2023i24p8028-d1298807.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Vehicle Underhood Environment Investigations Using a Simplified Test Rig

Author

Listed:
  • Alexey Vdovin

    (Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems (VEAS), Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden)

  • Tarun Kadri Sathiyan

    (Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems (VEAS), Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden)

Abstract

Energy efficiency and thermal management continue to be critical areas in the vehicle development process. Independent of whether it is a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, hybrid, or fully electrical, engineers require proper and accurate tools to comprehend heat transfer in engine bays. However, developing such tools using a fully detailed production geometry can be challenging. This work presents a simplified and flexible test rig design of the vehicle underhood environment in two different variants: a passenger car and a commercial truck. The rig design in CAD and experimental data for the two rig configurations are made available upon request. These data will allow for the validation of different simulation approaches against the experimental dataset. An example of such a validation is presented in this paper. The load case scenario represented includes constant speed driving under heavy loads continued by a complete halt, which is followed by soaking for 100 min. The differences in experimental results for different rig variants are shown and analyzed. A good correlation between the experiments and CFD is obtained.

Suggested Citation

  • Alexey Vdovin & Tarun Kadri Sathiyan, 2023. "Vehicle Underhood Environment Investigations Using a Simplified Test Rig," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:24:p:8028-:d:1298807
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/24/8028/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/24/8028/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:24:p:8028-:d:1298807. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.