Keywords aerodynamics, airfoil, canopy, drag, fairings. Around 70% of the resistance to a solar cars motion is aerodynamic. Aerodynamics is the science of how air flows around and inside objects. Comparison of computational and experimental aerodynamics. Aerodynamic design and development of the sunswift iv solar. Aerodynamic design and development of the sunswift iv solar racing car. Western michigan universitys wmu sunseeker solar racecars have participated in a series of. Race car performance depends on elements such as the engine, tires, suspension, road, aerodynamics, and of course the driver. Designing, building of solar race car for the world solar challenge. Solar car aerodynamic design for optimal cooling and high efficiency. Pdf aerodynamic optimization in light weight solar vehicle design. A solar panel is a packaged, connected assembly of solar cells, also called photovoltaic cells which are solid state devices that can convert solar energy directly into electrical energy through. As a result of development in aerodynamics a properly designed solar car requires 1015% of the driving force of a conventional car.
Solar car aerodynamic design for optimal cooling and high. Pdf aerodynamic design and development of the sunswift iv solar. Also explore the seminar topics paper on solar cars with abstract or synopsis, documentation on advantages and disadvantages, base paper presentation slides for ieee final year mechanical engineering me or production automobile students for the year 2019 2020. The results were critically analyzed in order to arrive at an aerodynamic design of body for a solar car.
In this episode i get to talk about the aerodynamic design of one of the coolest cars on the road, the solar car vehicle. Pdf aerodynamic design and development of the sunswift. The dominant factor of a solar car is running resistance, especially aerodynamic drag. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
If we could drive a solar powered car, that auto dream would come true. Solar car slipstream turquoise turbulent flow aerodynamics one goal for the teams who design solar cars, is to achieve extremely low aerodynamic drag while still maintaining a suitable surface for the solar cells and adequate space for the driver and the other components. A frontal projected area value is a crucial task to maximize the performance of a solar car. This paper describes in detail the computationallyled aerodynamic design and development of the. The coefficient of drag of a solar car is around 0. This paper will introduce the aerodynamic approach of the 96 honda solar car which participated in the world solar challenge, the worlds top solar car race. Dynamics cfd, automotive, drag coefficients, lift coefficients. Aerodynamics of a solar car hochschule fur technik.
Race car aerodynamics royal institute of technology. Solar cars would harness energy from the sun via solar panels. Tushar kiran third year mechanical aerodynamics in cars aerodynamics is itself a part of fluid dynamics, which is the study of the properties of a solid object. Race car aerodynamics may 21st, 2010 company logo aerodynamic and performance drag drag reduction is not commonly the main target of top race car aerodynamic optimisation drag reduction is still an important factor for low power vehicles f3, electric solar cars 100 110 120 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 0. More generally, it can be labeled fluid dynamics because air is. Aerodynamic design and development of the sunswift iv. Keywords solar car, aerodynamics, computational fluid. Solar cars seminar report, ppt, pdf for mechanical. The book speed of light 14dedicates one complete chapter to the solar car aerodynamics. The reader interested in history and evolution of solar car design concepts is directed towards tamais comprehensive the leading edge, although that reference mostly predates the present ubiquity of computational fluid dynamics cfd.