Aerodynamics
OpenFOAM® solvers ranging from steady-state and transient, turbulence LES-enabled, with incompressible and compressible numerics are specifically sponsored, openly released and finely tuned to deliver the accuracy required by international standards and efficiency required by production engineering.
Applying OpenFOAM to
- External aerodynamics, alignment with WLTP standards using CFD as a verified comparison to wind-tunnel measurements on baseline and design modification changes. Predictions are demonstrated to be within the required 15-drag counts (CDA=0.015) stated regulation
- In-situ correlated wind-tunnel or open-road configurations
- Optimisation based on the Continuous Adjoint methodology
- Rotating wheels
- Reduced Order Modelling (ROM) and Proper Generalised Decomposition (PGD)
- Electric vehicles in production
Using OpenFOAM features
- Compressible DES enabled turbulence
- Inflow turbulence decay control
- Shape function optimisation
- B-spline mesh morphing
- Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) dynamic loads leading to panel flutter
- Synthetic turbulence fluctuating inflow
Events
- Aerodynamics Training schedule
- Adjoint Optimisation training schedule
