This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Application of an Integrated CFD Methodology for the Aerodynamic and Thermal Management Design of a Hi-Performance Motorcycle
Technical Paper
2013-24-0143
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
Though CFD methods have become very popular and widespread tools in the early as well as more advanced automotive design stages, they are still not so common in the motorcycle industry branch. The present work aims at the development of a comprehensive simulation environment, based on the open-source finite volume toolbox OpenFOAM®, for the aerodynamic and thermal fluxes optimization of a full motorcycle-and-rider geometry. The paper is divided in two parts: in the first one, the OpenFOAM® code is evaluated for a cold flow aerodynamic analysis, using a slightly simplified version of the Aprilia RSV4 motorbike geometry; in the second one, a mixed reduced scale-full scale methodology is proposed for the simultaneous assessment of aerodynamic forces and heat transfer performances of the engine cooling system. Results have been compared against other well established commercial CFD packages and, where available, with experimental measurements.
Recommended Content
Authors
Citation
Bella, G., Krastev, V., Testa, M., and Leggio, E., "Application of an Integrated CFD Methodology for the Aerodynamic and Thermal Management Design of a Hi-Performance Motorcycle," SAE Technical Paper 2013-24-0143, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-24-0143.Also In
References
- Angeletti , M. , Sclafani , L. , Bella , G. , and Ubertini , S. The Role of CFD on the Aerodynamic Investigation of Motorcycles SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0997 2003 10.4271/2003-01-0997
- Takahashi , Y. and Gokan , Y. CFD Analysis of Air Flow of Air-cooled Motorcycle Engines SAE Technical Paper 2006-32-0005 2006 10.4271/2006-32-0005
- Desai , S. , Leylek , E. , Lo , C. , Doddegowda , P. et al. Experimental and CFD Comparative Case Studies of Aerodynamics of Race Car Wings, Underbodies with Wheels, and Motorcycle Flows SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2997 2008 10.4271/2008-01-2997
- Takahashi , Y. , Kurakawa , Y. , Sugita , H. , Ishima , T. et al. CFD Analysis of Airflow around the Rider of a Motorcycle for Rider Comfort Improvement SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-1155 2009 10.4271/2009-01-1155
- Conti , P. , and Argento , M. CFD Integration Into Design Process of Motorcycles Proceedings of the 8th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Volume 2: Automotive Systems, Bioengineering and Biomedical Technology, Fluids Engineering, Maintenance Engineering and Non- Destructive Evaluation, and Nanotechnology 743 750 2006
- Shimizu , T. , Abe , T. , Sunayama , Y. , Watanabe , S. et al. Simultaneous Evaluation on Aerodynamics and Air- cooling Performances for Motorcycle using CFD Analysis 2009
- Buono , D. , Senatore , A. , Prati , M. , and Manganelli , M. Analysis of the Cooling Plant of a High Performance Motorbike Engine SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-0354 2012 10.4271/2012-01-0354
- Patankar , S. V Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Hemisphere Publishing Corporation New York 1980
- Menter , F. R. Two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence models for engineering applications AIAA Journal 32 8 1598 1605 1994
- Shih , T.-H. , Liou , W. W. , Shabbir , A. , Yang , Z. et al. A New k-ε Eddy Viscosity Model for High Reynolds Number Turbulent Flows Computers and Fluids 24 3 227 238 1995
- Launder , B. E. , and Spalding , D. B. The Numerical Computation of Turbulent Flows Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 3 269 289 1974