某三厢轿车的侧风敏感性仿真研究

Numerical simulation study on crosswind sensitivity of a sedan

  • 摘要: 强侧风对高速行驶汽车的行车安全构成严重威胁。本文以车辆侧向位移作为侧风敏感性的主要评价指标,采用空气动力学和多体动力学联合仿真方法,分析了某三厢轿车在侧风工况下的侧风敏感性。通过风洞试验和道路侧风试验验证了数值仿真方法的可靠性。在此基础上,分析了侧风工况下的整车气动特性、气动力参数与侧风敏感性的关联,以及不同侧风工况的影响。结果表明,质心前移有利于降低车辆的侧风敏感性,但其改善效果随质心前移量增大逐渐减弱;气动力参数中横摆力矩对侧向位移的影响最为显著,其次是侧向力和升力;且横摆力矩是影响侧向加速度、横摆角、横摆角速度的最主要因素;侧向位移对车速的敏感度显著高于对侧风风速的敏感度,其中侧风风速与侧向位移量呈二次关系,车速与侧向位移呈线性关系,当车速从100 km/h增加到160 km/h时,侧向位移增加了0.96 m。

     

    Abstract: Strong crosswinds pose a severe threat to the safety of vehicles driving at high speeds. In this study, the crosswind sensitivity of a three-box sedan is investigated using a coupled aerodynamics-multibody dynamics simulation approach, with the vehicle’s lateral displacement serving as the primary evaluation index. The reliability of the numerical simulation method is validated by wind tunnel tests and on-road crosswind tests. On this basis, the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle under crosswind, the correlation between aerodynamic parameters and crosswind sensitivity, and the influence of different crosswind conditions on vehicle crosswind sensitivity are analyzed. The results show that moving forward the vehicle’s center of mass is effective in mitigating its crosswind sensitivity; however, its effectiveness gradually diminishes as the center of mass moves further forward. Among the aerodynamic parameters, the yaw moment exerts the most prominent effect on the lateral displacement, followed by the lateral force and lift force. Moreover, the yaw moment is identified as the dominant factor governing the lateral displacement acceleration, yaw angle, and yaw angular velocity. Additionally, lateral displacement is found to be significantly more sensitive to vehicle speed than to crosswind speed. Specifically, the crosswind speed exhibits a quadratic correlation with the lateral displacement, whereas the lateral displacement is a linear function of the vehicle speed. For instance, when the vehicle speed increases from 100 km/h to 160 km/h, the lateral displacement increases by 0.96 m.

     

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