The ground transportation industry faces important challenges associated with stringent environmental regulations related to vehicle emissions while continuously improving high standards for driveability, passenger security and comfort. Furthermore, manufacturers have to deal with a strong competitive environment and must constantly seek innovative and efficient ways to develop their vehicles and products.
In that perspective, the last decade has seen a growing interest related to the unsteady external and internal flows playing a central role in aerodynamics, thermal management, and flow induced noise issues. The understanding and control of the spatio-temporal properties of the related flows is now necessary to achieve the vehicle development targets. These challenges should be addressed by strong interaction between industry and academia.
This symposium is intended to provide a platform to exchange results, report on the latest methodologies, and identify research needs concerning advances in: physical modelling; numerical predictions; experimental approaches; and analysis of huge data fields. The main areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- External aerodynamics: mean forces and moments, yaw effects, pass-by situations
- Aerodynamic noise: source identification, structural transmission to interior
- HVAC system: flow rates, thermal behavior, noise
- Underhood thermal management
- Fan performance and induced noise
- Water management, soiling, and other multi-phase phenomena
| Lead Organizer: | Dr. Kenji Ono | RIKEN | |
| Location: | Wako | Saitama | Japan |
| Email: | keno@riken.jp | ||
| Lead Organizer: | Dr. Bahram Khalighi | General Motors R&D Center | |
| Location: | Warren | MI | USA |
| Email: | bahram.khalighi@gm.com | ||
| Lead Organizer: | Dr. Moo Sang KIM | Hyundai Motor Co. | |
| Location: | Hwasung | Gyeonggi-do | Korea |
| Email: | mooskim@hyundai-motor.com | ||
| Organizer: | Dr. David Halt | Thermal Fluids Consultant | |
| Location: | Milford | MI | USA |
| Email: | dwhalt@gmail.com | ||
| Organizer: | Jacques Boree | ENSMA | |
| Location: | Futuroscope Chasseneuil | France | |
| Email: | jacques.boree@lea.ensma.fr | ||
| Organizer: | Franck Perot | Exa Corporation | |
| Location: | BRISBANE | CA | USA |
| Email: | perot@exa.com | ||
| Organizer: | Professor Woo-Seung Kim | Hanyang University | |
| Location: | Seoul | Korea | |
| Email: | wskim@hanyang.ac.kr | ||