International Forum Automotive Aerodynamics & Thermal Management 2020

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International Forum Automotive Aerodynamics & Thermal Management 2020

Virtual Forum Day One / Thursday, 24 September 2020

(Note: The programme references UK time)

8:00 am - 8:10 am

Welcome & Opening Speech by the Organiser

Maria Nikolopoulou

CEO

Internect Forums Limited, Canada

8:10 am - 8:20 am

Keynote Speech

[Session Chaired by Alfred Jeckel]

Alfred Jeckel

Manager Thermal Validation Li Ion Batteries

Daimler AG, Germany

8:20 am - 8:50 am

Snow Ingress Prediction Method for Air Intake Duct

• Intake snow ingress causes engine power save

• Snow accumulation prediction method by LES and discrete phase model

• Flow pattern was measured by PIV

• Snow particle behavior is predicted by flow calculation, tracking property and on the wall behavior

Takashi Takiguchi

Head of Aerodynamics, Thermal Management & Acceleration Performance

Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan

8:50 am - 9:20 am

New 5-Belt Rolling Road Aero-Acoustics Wind Tunnel at Honda R&D Automobile Center in Tochigi, Japan

• Background of building yet another rolling road wind tunnel

• Basic features and specification

o Unique feature at Honda

• Final acceptance data

• Reference vehicles correlation between single belt wind tunnel

• On-going correlation between track coast down

Shinsuke Nakamura

Assistant Chief Engineer

Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan

9:20 am - 09:50 am

The Effect of Wind Speed and Direction on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Passenger Cars

• Basis aerodynamic characteristics

• Effect of wind and vehicle speed and direction

• Aerodynamic targets

• Are conventional metrics adequate?

Jeff Howell

Visiting Professor

Loughborough University, UK

09:50 am - 10:20 am

Break

10:20 am - 10:30 am

Keynote Speech

[Session Chaired by Adrian Gaylard]

Adrian Gaylard

Technical Specialist - Computational Aerodynamics

Jaguar Land Rover, UK

10:30 am - 11:00 am

2019/2020 F1 – The cars, the changes

· For 2019 the FiA introduced some changes aimed at improving racing with the expectation downgraded to holding back the tide of worsening aero impact on following cars

· Teams hit the tracks with aero packages already beyond 2018 performance levels despite the apparent restrictions – why and how?

· Two different aerodynamic philosophies were followed – was there a “best” way? A small evolution of rules for 2020 was unlikely to cause major performance ripples but the cars do show some convergence of thinking

· The 2020 rules will carry over into 2021 with the new generation of lower aero interaction cars delayed until at least 2022 – but budget caps do come in – how will that influence the teams?

Willem Toet

Professor & Senior Sales Manager

University of Bolton & Sauber Aerodynamics

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Battery Thermal Management: Retrospective and Futurespective Techniques

Battery thermal management market drivers
Technological constraints
Analysis of the improvement potential of battery performance
Future outlook

Dr. Kamel Azzouz

Head of Advanced Engineering

Valeo, France

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Panel Discussion: Integrating Physical and Numerical Simulation: Opportunities & Challenges

How should we balance the use of numerical and physical methods?
Reconciling differences: what happens when calculation and test disagree?
Coping with incommensurability: what happens when the same units of measure are not available in the physical and numerical worlds?

Adrian Gaylard