
Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles
From Fluid Mechanics to Vehicle Engineering
- 576 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles details the aerodynamics of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, sports cars, and race cars; their external flow field; as well as their internal flow field. The book, after giving an introduction to automobile aerodynamics and some fundamentals of fluid mechanics, covers topics such as the performance and aerodynamics of different kinds of vehicles, as well as test techniques for their aerodynamics. The book also covers other concepts related to automobiles such as cooling systems and ventilations for vehicles. The text is recommended for mechanical engineers and phycisists in the automobile industry who would like to understand more about aerodynamics of motor vehicles and its importance on the field of road safety and automobile production.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles: From Fluid Mechanics to Vehicle Engineering
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction to automobile aerodynamics
- Chapter 2. Some fundamentals of fluid mechanics
- Chapter 3. Performance of cars and light vans
- Chapter 4. Aerodynamic drag of passenger cars
- Chapter 5. Driving stability in side winds
- Chapter 6. Operation, safety and comfort
- Chapter 7. High-performance vehicles
- Chapter 8. Commercial vehicles
- Chapter 9. Engine cooling system
- Chapter 10. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning of motor vehicles
- Chapter 11. Wind tunnels for automobile aerodynamics
- Chapter 12. Measurement and test techniques
- Chapter 13. Numerical methods for computation of flow around road vehicles
- References
- Subject index
- Author index