Day 1
08:00 - Full Day Programme
DAY 1
WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
08:00 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
EXHIBITION OPEN
09:00 CHAIR’S WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
09:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: AERODYNAMICS IN DES IGN
Peter Stevens, Peter Stevens Design
SESSION 1: AERODYNAMICS OF NEW CARS
10:10 THE AERODYNAMIC DEVELO PMENT OF THE MG GS
N. Sabrazat, P.Yi, Y.Kun, SAIC Motor Technical Centre, UK and China
10:35 THE AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF THE ASTON MARTIN DB 11
D. Coe, Aston Martin
11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 2: AERODYNAMICS BY DESIGN
11:30 AESTHETICS AND AERODYNAM ICS: A SENSE OF PROPORT ION
B. Clough, Coventry University; G. Le Good, Coventry University & G L Aerodynamics
11.55 PANEL DISCUSS ION: AERODYNAMICS BY DESIGN
Peter Stevens, Peter Stevens Design; Brian Clough, Coventry University; Chris Johnson,
Micawber Design; David Godsell, Nissan Design Europe
13:00 PRESENTAT ION OF EURO PEAN CAR AERODYNAM ICS RESEAR CH (ECARA ) AWARD 2016
13:20 NETWORK ING LUNCH
SESSION 3: AEROACOUSTICS
14:25 LOCAL ISATION OF EXTERIOR SOUND SOURCES GENERATED BY TURBULENT FLOW AROUND THE VOLVO V70
O. Roditcheva, P. Harling, Volvo Cars; S. Sebben, L. Löfdahl, Chalmers University
of Technology
14:50 AEROACOUSTICS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: A COST-EFFICIENT APPROACH TO FLOW-INDUCED NOISE SIMULATION
R. Rizzuto, N. Paola, L. M. Lorefice, FCA; E. M. Ribaldone, A, Barella, CRF S.C.p.A.
15:15 NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR UNSTEADY WIND NOISE MEASUREMENTS IN AN AEROACOUSTIC FULL -SCALE WIND TUNNEL
M. Riegel, R. Blumrich, M. Helfer, FKFS
15:40 NETWORK ING REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSIO N 4: I NFLUENCE OF GEOMETRY
16:10 FLOW STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION OVER A NOTCHBACK VEHICLE
S. Bonitz, L. Larsson, L. Löfdahl, Chalmers University of Technology; A. Broniewicz,
Volvo Cars
SESSION 5: COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS
16.40 THE AERODYNAM ICS OF BLUFF BODY STOWED IN A TRAILER UNDERBODY
R. Stephens, I. Vallina-Garcia, H. Babinsky, University of Cambridge
17.05 DES IGN OF A REAR -END AERODYNAM IC DRAG REDUCTION DEVICE FOR SEMI-TRAILERS
G. M. R. Van Raemdonck, R. Veldhuizen, J. van der Krieke, WABCO
17.30 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS FOR DAY 1
17:35 TOP TIPS FOR AERO AUTHORS
An opportunity to hear ideas and tips for those interested in writing aerodynamics technical papers
A. Gaylard, Jaguar Land Rover and D. Sims-Williams, Durham University
18.15 NETWORKING DR INKS RECEPTION AND DINNER,
COVENTRY TRANS PORT MUSEUM
Delegates must register in advance and additional charges will apply.
Day 2
08:00 - Full Day Programme
08:00 REG ISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
EXHIBITION OPEN
09:00 CHAIR’S WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
SESSIO N 6: GROUND EFFECTS
09:15 SPECIAL DISCUSSION : 40 years of “ground effects” in motor raci ng
Peter Wright, FIA Consultant; John Iley, John Iley Design
and Dr. Mark Handford, Multimatic
SESSION 7: MOTOR RACING AERODYNAMICS
09:45 PANEL DISCUSSION
Peter Wright, FIA Consultant; John Iley, John Iley Design; Dr. Mark Handford, Multimatic;
Peter Stevens, Peter Stevens Design; David Lapworth, Prodrive; Mike Brown, McLaren F1
Panel comprising leading motor racing engineers discussing creativity in aerodynamics
design and development including questions from delegates
11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 8: CFD TECHNIQUES
11:30 APPLICATION OF POD TECHNIQUES IN CFD OPTIMISATION ON VEHICLE AERODYNAM ICS
L. Miretti, E. Ribaldone, N. Tobia, CRF; N. Paola, FCA
11.55 LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF AERODYNAMIC EFFECT OF TYRE SHAPE WITH
MOVING GROUND USING DETAILED FULL-SCALE VEHICLE MODEL
T. Kawamura, N. Kuratani, Honda R&D; A. Koybayakawa, Y. Osawa, Bridgestone
Corporation; K. Takeuchi, Hokkaido University; M. Tsubokura, Kobe University and Riken
Advanced Institute for Computational Science
12:20 WALL-RESOLVED LES TO PRED ICT THE BOUNDARY LAYER SEPARAT ION
AROUND THE SIDE-MIRROR OF A FULL SCALE VEHICLE AT THE CRITICAL
REYNOLDS NUMBER
K. Ambo, T. Yoshino, M. Teramura, Honda R&D
12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION 9: POTENTIAL AERODYNAMIC APPLICATIONS
13:45 A PROPOSED DRAG COEFFICIENT RELEVANT FOR DR IVE CYCLE APPLICATION
J. Howell, M. Passmore, Loughborough University
14:10 FLOW STRUCTURE AROUND AN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING VEHICLE
R. Lewis, D. Ludlow, F. Lendrum, TotalSim
SESSION 10: REAL WORLD FLOW EFFECTS
14:40 EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGAT ION OF AERODYNAM IC DRAG IN TURBULENT FLOW CONDITIONS
D. Stoll, T. Kuthada, J. Wiedemann, FKFS
15:05 THE EFFECTS OF TRANSIENT FLOW CONDITIONS ON THE AERODYNAMICS
ON A LCV CONCEPT USING CFD AND WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS
A. Kremheller, M. Moore, Nissan Motor UK; G. Le Good, G L Aerodynamics; D. Sims-
Williams, J. Newbon, Durham University; R. Lewis, TotalSim
15:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 11: DRIV’A’ER REFERENCE MODEL
16:00 FLOW PAST A DR IV’A’ER BODY IN A SCALE MODEL WIND TUNNEL:
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY BY REFERENCE TO A COMPLEMENTARY
EXPERIMENT
J. Jungmann, T. Schütz, BMW Group; C. Tropea, S. Jakirlic, Technische Universität
Darmstadt
16:25 THE DES IGN OF SYSTEMATIC ADD-ON CONFIGURATION CHANGES FOR THE
DRIV'A’ER BODY AND THEIR AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
G. Le Good, G L Aerodynamics; I. Annetts, S. Quilter, M. Cross, R. Lewis, TotalSim
17:00 CLOSING REMARKS
17:15 END OF CONFERENCE