AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A BMW CAR BODY
Automobile body is the key component of the automobile the body is also the main bearing part besides the accommodating member for the bearing vehicle. So it is very important whether the body performance is excellent for the whole automobile performance. Numerical prediction of incompressible turbulent flow has been performed on a BMW car body. SOLIDWORKS 3D modeling tool is used for modeling of a car body. SOLIDWORKS FLOW SIMULATION which incorporates k EUR turbulence model and segregated implicit solver was used to perform computation .The aerodynamic analysis was performed to study the flow behavior of air over the car body. The analysis includes study of contour of pressures and velocity that impacts the car body followed by an evaluation of coefficient of lift and drag. KeywordsAerodynamics, Solid works, Flow simulation, lift and drag.