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International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
ISSN: 2028-9324     CODEN: IJIABO     OCLC Number: 828807274     ZDB-ID: 2703985-7
 
 
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Review of research on cars wake flow control methods to reduce aerodynamic drag


Volume 25, Issue 3, February 2019, Pages 1069–1089

 Review of research on cars wake flow control methods to reduce aerodynamic drag

Mohamed Maine1, Mohamed El Oumami2, Otmane Bouksour3, and Abdeslam Tizliouine4

1 PhD Student, Higher National School of Electricity and Mechanics, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Production, Mechanics and Industrial Engineering, Higher School of Technology, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
3 Laboratory of Production, Mechanics and Industrial Engineering, Higher School of Technology, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
4 Laboratory of Production, Mechanics and Industrial Engineering, Higher School of Technology, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

Original language: English

Copyright © 2019 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract


The reduction of aerodynamic drag is a primordial element to reduce the energy consumption for ground vehicles, thus reducing greenhouse gases. This paper reviews on methods of controlling the wake flow of bluff body to reduce its aerodynamic drag. The study is limited to methods that allow a significant drag reduction greater than 3%, studied on generic cars, in the last eight years (2010-2018). There are two main methods of controlling the wake flow: passive control (vortex generator, underbody device, deflector, tail plate …) which is based on the installation of a device on the car to modify the vortices and active control (steady blowing, pulsed jets, suction, fluid oscillators…) witch modifies the wake of a car by setting up an additional energy. In addition, other methods allow coupling between different techniques. There is a wide variation in the drag reduction obtained for all these methods. Some of them can be industrialized and others are limited by design and habitability constraints.

Author Keywords: Aerodynamic, Drag reduction, Passive control, Active control, Generic car.


How to Cite this Article


Mohamed Maine, Mohamed El Oumami, Otmane Bouksour, and Abdeslam Tizliouine, “Review of research on cars wake flow control methods to reduce aerodynamic drag,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1069–1089, February 2019.