An Integrated Process of CFD Analysis and Design Optimization with Underhood Thermal Application 2001-01-0637
With the revolutionary advances in computing power and software technology, the future trend of integrating design and CFD analysis software package to realize an automated design optimization has been explored in this study. The integrated process of UG, ICEMCFD, and FLUENT was accomplished using iSIGHT for vehicle Aero/Thermal applications. Process integration, CFD solution strategy, optimization algorithm and the practicality for real world problem of this process have been studied, and will be discussed in this paper. As an example of this application, the results of an underhood thermal design will be presented. The advantage of systematical and rapid design exploration is demonstrated by using this integrated process. It also shows the great potential of computer based design automation in vehicle Aero/Thermal development.
Citation: Qian, C. and Yuan, C., "An Integrated Process of CFD Analysis and Design Optimization with Underhood Thermal Application," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0637, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-0637. Download Citation
Author(s):
Cheng Qian, Charles Yuan
Affiliated:
General Motors Corporation, Engineous Software, Inc.
Pages: 9
Event:
SAE 2001 World Congress
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Computer Applications: Crashworthiness, Simulation, Hardware and Software-SP-1578, SAE 2001 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Electronic and Electrical Systems-V110-7
Related Topics:
Optimization
Computational fluid dynamics
Mathematical models
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