1.Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Agriculture & Forestry Equipment Technology of Guangxi Universities,Guangxi Normal University,Guilin 541006,China
2.Postdoctoral and External Expert Workstation,Guangxi Automobile Group Co. ,Ltd. ,Liuzhou 545027,China
3.State Key Laboratory of Automobile Simulation and Control,Jilin University,Changchun 130022,China
The practical drag reduction effect of negative-pressure surfaces on real vehicles was investigated, RANS simulations based on the DrivAer vehicle model were adopted to comparatively analyse the aerodynamic drag and flow field characteristics of the negative-pressure configuration model and the smooth configuration model, and the inner mechanism of drag reduction was analyzed based on the three-dimensional structures of recirculation zones and recirculating vortices. The results show that non-smooth surfaces might not be capable of producing drag reduction over the full Reynolds number range. At low Reynolds number, a drag reduction of 2.1% is achieved, but at high Reynolds number, the drag increase by non-smooth surface itself could not be compensated by the drag reduction through weakening recirculating vortices in the rear of the vehicle, resulting in an increase in the overall drag.
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