• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.35-46
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• 1997

In order to satisfy customer's requirements of ride comfort and high performance, it is necessary for designers to fully understand vehicle aerodynamics and wind noise of newly produced cars because characteristics of flow and wind noise are heavily dependent on each other. In this study numerical and experimental study have been carried out to analyse the effect of flow characteristics at around of rear view mirror on wind noise and soiling on the front S/W. As a result, it's found that the spiral flow mear the front pillar is weakened and spreaded because rear view mirror obstructs the flow. It is also shown that there is abrupt change of gradient of separa- tion line, separation area, intensity of spiral flow and turbulent kinetic energy with varying shape of neck and housing of rear view mirror.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.100-107
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• 2010

This paper gives new conceptual descriptions of drag reduction mechanism owing to rotating wheel and moving ground condition when dealing with automotive aerodynamics. Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), flow simulation of three dimensional automobile configuration made by Vehicle Modeling Function (VMF) is performed and the influence of wheel arch, wheels, rotating wheel & moving ground condition to the automotive aerodynamic performance is analyzed. Finally, it is shown that rotating wheel & moving ground condition decreases automotive aerodynamic drag owing to the reduction of the induced drag led by the decrease of COANDA flow intensity of the rear trunk flow.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.22-28
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• 2006

Computer simulation of the air flow over an automotive vehicle is now becoming a routine process in automotive industry to assess the aerodynamic characteristics of a medium-size vehicle such as $C_d\;and\;C_1$ and aslo to investigate the possibility of improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle as a preliminary design for the production line. Mainly due to its contribution in saving time and cost in the development of new cars, computer simulation of the air flow over a vehicle is usually done well before a production car is introduced to the market and in gaining more and more attention as powerful computer resources are getting readily available nowadays. To aerodynamically design a car is mainly related with reducing a drag coefficient of car. A well designed car usually has a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.4$. It is understandable that automotive industry is rushing to reduce a drag coefficient as reducing even a small fraction of the $C_d$ value can have an enormous overall impact on many areas. Actually, the present research model was able to achieve a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.36$ for flow velocities of $60km/h{\sim}100km/h$ by strategically removing the possible factor hazardous to lower $C_d$ value. Prediction of the medium-size vehicle aerodynamics using CFD was performed when an actual car model was in the development stage and three-dimensional modeling was also performed to optimize it as the best model in terms of the best aerodynamic performance.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.207-218
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• 2017

Improving fuel consumption, particularly that of commercial vehicles, has become a global concern. The reduction in logistics cost has been a key issue in efforts to improve fuel economy and efficiency of transportation equipment. Typical technologies for reducing reduce fuel usage include air resistance reduction technologies, tire rolling resistance technologies, and idle technologies among others. Air resistance technology is a highly effective method that can be easily applied in a short period. As with air resistance technology, several devices involving side skirt, boat tail and gap fairing have been developed based on an analytical 3-D modeling technique for reducing air resistance attributed to the vehicle configuration. The devices were on a 45 feet tractor-trailer and the emission test was done using PEMS equipment. Fuel economy was evaluated by introducing several devices to reduce outer air resistance. The test was conducted by changing the experimental method of SAE J1321 Joint TMC/SAE Fuel Consumption Test Procedure - Type II test. As a result, air resistance decreased by at least 15 % and fuel economy improved by at least 13 %. This study sought to reduce greenhouse gas and improve fuel economy by applying several devices to a test vehicle to lower air resistance.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.2750-2757
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• 2010

Recently, there have been a number of voices from industry that automotive education at the college is too theoretical and so college graduates are lack of practical ability to apply the automotive idea to actual systems. In order to educate engineering students design qualities in creative problem solving, this paper reports the results of employing engineering design projects in a Motor sports course of at A College. This paper presents design creterion and manufacture process of $CO_2$ model dragster, measures $CO_2$ model dragster speed and aerodynamic drag. In order to investigate the impact of engineering design on student's learning, a survey was conducted in 2008 spring semester. According to the results of survey analyses, student's key competencies and satisfaction reports high values on engineering design projects.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 1995

In the companion paper of the present paper, a coast down test method to determine the resistance forces on running vehicle based on the distance-time measurement was explained along with the suggestions to improve its accuracy and testing methodology. In the present paper some of the suggestions discussed previously are implemented and actually road tested to see the applicability of the improved method(short distance method) in the field. From the results. it is shown that the short distance method which requires only 600m long proving ground road gives at least comparable results on the accuracy compared to the original S-t method which requires 2000m. It is hoped that the present method be further refiend to give more accurate results.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.49-52
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• 2012

21세기인 지금 우리시대에 자동차는 필수적인 교통수단이다. 이런 자동차의 구동을 위해서는 연료가 필요하며, 아직까지 석유가 그 연료의 중심이다. 그러나 지구에서 나오는 석유자원은 매장량의 한계가 보이며, 치솟는 가격뿐만 아니라 세계적으로 고연비 고효율 차량을 선호하기 때문에 연료소비를 최소화하는 방법을 찾아야 한다. 본 연구에서는 차량의 후면 형상에 중점을 두어 주행 시 발생하는 공력특성 중 항력을 감소시키기 위해 EDISON 시뮬레이션 프로그램으로 자동차의 후면 형상 변화에 따른 공력특성 해석과 주행 시 가장 효율적인 최적의 후면 형상을 찾아보았다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.126-133
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• 2003

The aerodynamic characteristics of automobiles have received substantial interest recently. Detailed knowledge of the vehicle aerodynamics is essential to improve fuel efficiency and enhance stability at high-speed cruising. In this study, a numerical simulation has been carried out for three-dimensional turbulent flows around a commercial bus body. Also, the effect of rear-spoiler attached at rear end of bus body was investigated. The Wavier-Stokes equation is solved with SIMPLE method in general curvilinear coordinates system. RNG $k-\varepsilon$ turbulence model with the MARS scheme was used for the evaluating aerodynamic forces, velocity and pressure distribution. The results showed details of the three-dimensional wake flow in the immediate rear of bus body and the effect of rear-spoiler on the wake structure. A maximum of 14% reduction in drag coefficient was achieved for a model with a rear-spoiler.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.51-61
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• 1995

A coast down test mothod has been used to determine the resistance forces on running vehicle due to the aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance and driveline resistance. Most of the tests, however, are based on the Velocity-Time measurements, which require a sophisticated velocity measuring device and contain much error by nature. In the present study a coast down test method based on Distance-Time measurements is introduced, which contains the original idea of Russian scientist Prof. Petrushov along with the suggestions for improvement of the accuracy.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.46-54
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• 1987

자동차의 외형을 설계하는 과정에서 미적인 관점을 떠나 역학적으로 고려할 때에는 공기역학이 매우 중요하게 된다. 이 분야에서 연구하는 전문가에게는 잘 알려진 내용이 될지는 모르겠으나 자동차의 설계 및 개발에 종사하는 일반연구자에게는 공기역학에 관한 문헌 및 전문서적 또한 주 위에서 쉽게 얻을 수는 있으나 부담없이 인식되기에는 그리 쉬운 일은 아니다. 이와 관련하여 Car Stying Volume 50+1/2의 별책으로 간행된 특집호에 여러 가지 흥미있는 내용이 기술 설명 되어 있다. 이는 1985년 발행되었으며 일본자동차연구소에 재직중인 무능진리씨가 해설하였다. 이후 본 내용은 여기서 발췌함을 밝혀둔다. 자동차에 관한 공기역확은 주로 다음과 같은 성능 향상을 위하여 필요하다. (1) 주행연료비 절약 (2) 최고속도의 향상 (3) 고속주행시 조종안정성의 향상 (4) 횡풍에서 주행안전성 향상 (5) 엔진이나 제동장치 등의 냉각성능 향상 (6) 바람에 의한 소음의 감소 (7) 환기성능의 향상 (8) 제상성능의 향상 (9) 공기 조화성능의 향상 (10) 먼지 또는 오물의 부착방지 및 억제 (11) 창문 와이퍼의 작동 등이다.