COMPARATIVE CFD STUDY OF OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR REMOVAL AND OUTSIDE REARVIEW CAMERAS PROPOSALS ON A CURRENT PRODUCTION CAR

Abstract

ABSTRACTThis study refers to the Computational Fluid Dynamics, demonstrating a comparative between the drag coefficient and the frontal area of a current production car with the same values obtained from a conceptual proposal of removing the outside rearview mirrors of this same vehicle. Both cases were simulated in a virtual wind tunnel with moving ground and rotating wheels condition at speed of 100 kph, aiming to represent the best way a car moving on a highway. The main objective of this paper is improvin…