대형 차량 후류 속을 주행하는 Cube형 경차의 항력에 대한 연구

In this research, to analyze the slipstream effect of a compact car in the wake of a large vehicle, flow visualization for the reduced vehicle models in the wind tunnel and flow analysis by means of CFD are carried out. Both results of flow visualization experiment as well as CFD simulation are then analyzed and compared. As a result, the slipstream effect due to the decrease of relative pressure in the wake of a leading vehicle are experimentally verified at a cubic compact car behind a large vehicle in the operating condition of . Therefore it is expected the drag reduction can be achieved by means of slipstreaming technique between a large blunt vehicle and a cubic compact car in the highway transportation.