Ingegneria Meccanica | VEHICLES AERODYNAMICS

cod. 0622300015

VEHICLES AERODYNAMICS

	0622300015
	DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE
	EQF7
	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
	2020/2021

PERCORSO IN COMMON Cohort 2019/2020

	YEAR OF COURSE 2
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	ING-IND/06	6	60	LESSONS	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE PURPORTS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE BASICS OF AERODYNAMICS, TO EXPLAIN THE MECHANISMS BEHIND THE GENERATION OF AERODYNAMIC FORCES ON ROAD VEHICLES, AND TO DESCRIBE THE METHODOLOGIES FOR THEIR EVALUATION. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND GIVE USEFUL GUIDANCE TO THEIR DESIGN. DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF AERODYNAMICS FUNDAMENTALS AND UNDERSTANDING OF AERODYNAMIC FORCE GENERATION ON BOTH STREAMLINED AND BLUFF BODIES. • APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: EVALUATE THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND GIVE USEFUL GUIDANCE TO THEIR DESIGN. • MAKING JUDGMENTS: KNOW HOW TO SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR EVALUATING, PREDICTING AND MEASURING AERODYNAMIC FORCES. • COMMUNICATION SKILLS: KNOW HOW TO WORK IN A GROUP AND EXPOSE TOPICS RELATED TO THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE. • KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE AND PERFORM A MORE INDEPTH STUDY OF THE COURSE TOPICS USING MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED.

THE COURSE PURPORTS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE BASICS OF AERODYNAMICS, TO EXPLAIN THE MECHANISMS BEHIND THE GENERATION OF AERODYNAMIC FORCES ON ROAD VEHICLES, AND TO DESCRIBE THE METHODOLOGIES FOR THEIR EVALUATION. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL POSSESS THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO EVALUATE THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND GIVE USEFUL GUIDANCE TO THEIR DESIGN.

DURING THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE OF AERODYNAMICS FUNDAMENTALS AND UNDERSTANDING OF AERODYNAMIC FORCE GENERATION ON BOTH STREAMLINED AND BLUFF BODIES.

• APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
EVALUATE THE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND GIVE USEFUL GUIDANCE TO THEIR DESIGN.

• MAKING JUDGMENTS: KNOW HOW TO SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR EVALUATING, PREDICTING AND MEASURING AERODYNAMIC FORCES.

• COMMUNICATION SKILLS: KNOW HOW TO WORK IN A GROUP AND EXPOSE TOPICS RELATED TO THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE.

• KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE AND PERFORM A MORE INDEPTH STUDY OF THE COURSE TOPICS USING MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED.

	Prerequisites
	FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE STUDENT HAS ACQUIRED THE KNOWLEDGE OF FLUID MECHANICS AS TAUGHT IN THE THREE-YEAR DEGREE COURSE, THE COMMONEST NUMERICAL METHODS USED IN FLUID DYNAMICS AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE PHYSICO-MATHEMATICAL BASES COMMON TO A MASTER DEGREE IN ENGINEERING.

	Contents
	(EXERCISES: 40%) • INTRODUCTION TO VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS (5H): IMPORTANCE OF AERODYNAMICS IN AIRCRAFT AND LAND VEHICLES DESIGN. LIFT AND DRAG. BLUFF BODIES AND AERODYNAMIC BODIES. • FLUID MECHANICS (5H): VORTICITY AND ENERGY EQUATIONS. HISTORY OF AUTOMOTIVE AERODYNAMICS. • KUTTA-JOUKOWSKI'S FORMULA AND D'ALEMBERT'S PARADOX (10H): KUTTA CONDITION, CIRCULATION AND LIFT COMPUTATION. SOLUTIONS OF LAPLACE EQUATION. USE OF FOURIER TRANSFORM AND SERIES. FLOW AROUND A CYLINDER. • INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE AND THEIR USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS (10H): PROPERTIES OF INTEGRALS OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS. COMPLEX POTENTIAL. COMPLEX SPEED. CONFORMAL MAPPINGS AND THEIR USE. FLOW AROUND A FLAT PLATE. JOUKOWSKI AND KARMAN-TREFFTZ AIRFOILS. • METHOD OF IMAGES (10H): GREEN FORMULA. BOUNDARY-ELEMENT OR PANEL METHODS. • AERODYNAMICS OF TRAINS AND CROSS-WIND STABILITY, AERODYNAMICS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (10H) • THIN AIRFOIL ANALYSIS (5H): THICKNESS PROBLEM AND CAMBER-LINE PROBLEM. SOLUTION FORMULAS. EFFECTS OF THE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE. LIFT AND PITCH MOMENT EVALUATION. • QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL WING PROBLEM (5H): THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS AND LIFT AND DRAG CALCULATION. PRANDTL LIFTING-LINE THEORY. • EXERCISES AND PREPARATION TO THE FINAL EXAM (5H).

Contents

(EXERCISES: 40%)
• INTRODUCTION TO VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS (5H): IMPORTANCE OF AERODYNAMICS IN AIRCRAFT AND LAND VEHICLES DESIGN. LIFT AND DRAG. BLUFF BODIES AND AERODYNAMIC BODIES.

• FLUID MECHANICS (5H):
VORTICITY AND ENERGY EQUATIONS. HISTORY OF AUTOMOTIVE AERODYNAMICS.

• KUTTA-JOUKOWSKI'S FORMULA AND D'ALEMBERT'S PARADOX (10H): KUTTA CONDITION, CIRCULATION AND LIFT COMPUTATION. SOLUTIONS OF LAPLACE EQUATION. USE OF FOURIER TRANSFORM AND SERIES. FLOW AROUND A CYLINDER.

• INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE AND THEIR USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS (10H): PROPERTIES OF INTEGRALS OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS. COMPLEX POTENTIAL. COMPLEX SPEED. CONFORMAL MAPPINGS AND THEIR USE. FLOW AROUND A FLAT PLATE. JOUKOWSKI AND KARMAN-TREFFTZ AIRFOILS.

• METHOD OF IMAGES (10H): GREEN FORMULA. BOUNDARY-ELEMENT OR PANEL METHODS.

• AERODYNAMICS OF TRAINS AND CROSS-WIND STABILITY, AERODYNAMICS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (10H)

• THIN AIRFOIL ANALYSIS (5H): THICKNESS PROBLEM AND CAMBER-LINE PROBLEM. SOLUTION FORMULAS. EFFECTS OF THE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE. LIFT AND PITCH MOMENT EVALUATION.

• QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL WING PROBLEM (5H): THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECTS AND LIFT AND DRAG CALCULATION. PRANDTL LIFTING-LINE THEORY.

• EXERCISES AND PREPARATION TO THE FINAL EXAM (5H).

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF A TOTAL OF 60 TEACHING HOURS (6 CFU) DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: 36 HOURS OF LECTURES AND 24 HOURS OF PRACTICE. DURING THE CLASSES, PRACTICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND SOLVED. TOPICS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE HELP OF MOVIE PROJECTIONS AND WITH THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS.

	Verification of learning
	THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED THROUGH AN ORAL EXAM TENDING TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE GAINED ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENT OF THE COURSE. THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND THE USE OF THE APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY WILL BE PART OF THE EVALUATION. THE FINAL GRADE WILL BE EXPRESSED ON A SCALE OF THIRTY.

	Texts
	TEXTBOOKS: 1) R. H. BARNARD: ROAD VEHICLE AERODYNAMIC DESIGN, 2ND ED., MECHAERO PUBLISHING, 2001, ISBN 0-9540734-0-1. 2) J. KATZ: RACE CAR AERODYNAMICS, 2ND ED., BENTLEY PUBLISHERS, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8376-0142-7. 3) P.LUCHINI, M. QUADRIO: AERODINAMICA. (DISPENSE DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO AVAILABLE ON HTTP://PCQUADRIO.AERO.POLIMI.IT/IT/DIDATTICA/AERODINAMICA.HTML) SUGGESTED READING: 1) W.-H. HUCHO: AERODYNAMICS OF ROAD VEHICLES: FROM FLUID MECHANICS TO VEHICLE ENGINEERING, 4TH ED., SAE R-177, 1998, ISBN: 0-7680-0029-7.

Texts

TEXTBOOKS:
1) R. H. BARNARD: ROAD VEHICLE AERODYNAMIC DESIGN, 2ND ED., MECHAERO PUBLISHING, 2001, ISBN 0-9540734-0-1.

2) J. KATZ: RACE CAR AERODYNAMICS, 2ND ED., BENTLEY PUBLISHERS, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8376-0142-7.

3) P.LUCHINI, M. QUADRIO: AERODINAMICA. (DISPENSE DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO AVAILABLE ON HTTP://PCQUADRIO.AERO.POLIMI.IT/IT/DIDATTICA/AERODINAMICA.HTML)

SUGGESTED READING:
1) W.-H. HUCHO: AERODYNAMICS OF ROAD VEHICLES: FROM FLUID MECHANICS TO VEHICLE ENGINEERING, 4TH ED., SAE R-177, 1998, ISBN: 0-7680-0029-7.

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