This paper presents a comprehensive investigation of RANS and DES models for the
Ahmed car body and a realistic automotive vehicle; the DrivAer model. A variety of RANS …

We present an experimental study on flow control over a classic 3D bluff-body used in
automotive aerodynamics (Ahmed 1983). Flow control is achieved through moving flaps …

The Ahmed reference body represents a simplified car geometry that can be used to
investigate the main flow features in the wake of vehicles. The present work presents …

In today's road vehicle design processes, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has
emerged as one of the major investigative tools for aerodynamics analyses. The age-old …

Ahmed body is a simplified vehicle model which retains important features of real ground
vehicles. Present study aims to investigate effects of rear slant angles (α= 25°, 30° and 35°) …

A passive flow control on a generic car model was experimentally studied. This control
consists of a deflector placed on the upper edge of the model rear window. The study was …

Recent experimental investigations in the wake of an idealised car model–the Ahmed body
showed the existence of two stable wake states: flow state I, where the flow is fully separated …

We evaluate the aerodynamic performance of several passive vortex generators (VGs)
placed on a standard Ahmed body, with a slant angle (α= 35º), subjected to different yawing …

Many studies have been carried out to optimize the aerodynamic performances of a single
car or a single vehicle. In present days the traffic increases and sophisticated technologies …

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is now one of the most important design tools for the
automotive industry. Reliable CFD simulations of the complex separated turbulent flow …