KFT12450 – Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles

Module

Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles
Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles

Module number

KFT12450
Version: 1

Faculty

Kraftfahrzeugtechnik

Level

Master/Diplom

Duration

1 Semester

Semester

Summer semester

Module supervisor

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Daniel Gaudlitz
Daniel.Gaudlitz(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles"

ECTS credits

4.00 credits

Workload

100 hours

Courses

3.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Vorlesung | 1.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

55.00 hours
30.00 hours Self-study - Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles
15.00 hours Vorbereitung Vortrag - Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles
10.00 hours Course preparation - Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles

Pre-examination(s)

Presentation
in "Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles"

Examination(s)

mündliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 20 min | Weighting: 66.67% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles"

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Präsentation / Vortrag
Module examination | Examination time: 15 min | Weighting: 33.33% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Bluff Body Aerodynamics for Vehicles"

Media type

No information

Instruction content/structure

In this course you will learn more about the following topics:

- Fundamentals of bluff-body flows

- Development tools for aerodynamics: road test, wind-tunnel testing, CFD

- Specifics of passenger car aerodynamics including issues related to e-mobility

- Aerodynamics of trucks and busses

- Selected topics on race-car aerodynamics

Qualification objectives

After successful accomplishment of this course you will be aware of major development objectives when designing aerodynamically
efficient vehicles as well as when designing performance-oriented vehicles. Your will gather professional knowledge on aerodynamic
engineering techniques and devices especially for passenger cars. Based on your expertise on aerodynamic development tools including
their respective advantages and shortcomings you are able to selected an appropriate method for a given engineering task.

Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites

Profound knowledge on the basics of fluid mechanics is desirable.

Continuation options

KFT02600 - Numerische Strömungsmechanik

Literature

Hucho, Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles, Society of American Engineers (EN)

Hucho, Aerodynamik des Automobils, Springer Verlag (DE)

Barnard, Road Vehicle Aerodynamic Design, MechAero Publishing(EN)

Hucho, Aerodynamik der stumpfen Körper, Vieweg+Teubner (DE)

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