International Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics 2022

Conference Aston, Aston University, Birmingham

06 December 2022

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Overview

Driven by the need for energy efficiency and legislative requirements for the reduction in carbon dioxide and other emissions, aerodynamics has never been more fundamental in vehicle design. Efficient and well-planned aerodynamics can make huge savings in terms of fuel and energy-use, therefore aerodynamics is a key part in meeting upcoming Net-Zero targets in 2030.

Taking place every two years and now in its 14th iteration, the Institution's prestigious International Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics will once more showcase the latest developments and technologies in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics and aerothermal design, test and development.

In this 175th Anniversary year of the IMechE, the focus for this year's conference will focus on aerodynamics within the context of new propulsion systems and new technologies.

As aerodynamic design is critical to vehicle efficiency, don't miss this opportunity to meet and learn from engineers from across the entire vehicle spectrum, covering passenger vehicles, motorsport, road bikes, supercars and more.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Jiri Novak, Aerodynamics Engineer, Skoda Auto A.S.
Chin-Wei Chang, Industry Process Expert Specialist, T&M Propulsion and Performance Group, Dassault Systemes, SIMULIA
Arun Kumar, Industrial PhD student, Volvo Cars and Chalmers University, Sweden
Olivier Cadot, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool
Adrian Gaylard, Technical Specialist, Computational Aerodynamics & WDM, Thermal Aerodynamic Systems Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover

GROUP DISCOUNTS - BRING YOUR TEAM:

with generous discounts for groups, there's never been a better time to bring your aerodynamics team members to benefit from the knowledge share and networking at the conference:

For groups of 2 attendees or more, save 20% per place
For groups of 4 attendees or more, save 40% per place

If you would like to book your team, simply contact the Event Enquiries team to start the process.

WHY YOU NEED TO ATTEND:

Gain insights into the latest tools, techniques and fundamental flow structures for reducing drag and efficiency across multiple vehicle types Learn how engineers are developing more detailed and accurate models for aerodynamic enhancements
Understanding of the aerodynamics implications of autonomy and platooning to ensure your vehicles are most efficient
Hear latest approaches in vehicle aerodynamic development from those pioneering innovative applications
Benchmark your company against those in industry and academia and take back fresh insights and ensure your organisation stays competitive
Meet with senior engineers and aerodynamicists and make valuable new connections with like-minded peers in industry and academia.

DISCOUNT FOR END USERS AND TIER 1 SUPPLIERS:

Save a further 20% on a single place or 40% per place on a group of three or more places to benefit from this conference - ends 7 October 2022.

Contact Eventenquiries@imeche.org with details and assistance with your booking.

PAST DELEGATES INCLUDE:

Aston Martin Bentley Motors Ltd Honda R&D Co. Ltd Fiat Chrysler Automobiles SAIC Motor Technical Centre CD-Adapco Porsche Toyota Motor Europe Wirth Research	MAGNA Steyr Engineering HORIBA MIRA CRF Ford Total Sim Volvo Cars Audi Jaguar Land Rover

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:

All engineers, service providers, suppliers and academics involved in vehicle aerodynamics analysis, development and optimisation are strongly encouraged to join and benefit from this event, including those with the following responsibilities

Vehicle design engineering
Aerodynamicist
Aerodynamics Engineering and Analysis
Aeroelasticity Specialist

SUPPORT YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT:

Attending this event supports your Professional Development; if you're an IMechE Member, this can be tracked in the Career Developer section of your online account.

FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES:

"A relaxed conference with a mix of industrial and academic representatives. I would highly recommend for anyone interested in Vehicle Aerodynamics."
Head of Aero and Auto Engineering, Loughborough University

"An informative and relevant event again, with new research and good industry presence to make attendance more than worthwhile"
Senior Sales Manager / Professor, Sauber Aerodynamics Ltd / University of Bolton

"Another very technically interesting edition of a series dating back to 1994. Good opportunity to learn about and discuss industrial and academic research and development in the field of automotive aerodynamics which extends to aeroacoustics, cooling airflows, soiling and comfort."
Director, G L Aerodynamics Limited

"Overall an excellent conference, I learned something new and made some great contacts in the industry."
Principal Engineer, Vehicle Certification Agency

"The high quality of the presentations and the small number of participants provide the best networking and brainstorming experience. I will definitely attend in 2020!"
CFD Engineer, Honda R&D Co. Ltd.

"Very good organisation and selection. Please continue!"
Head of Numerical Simulation, Powersys/CS

"Well organised and of broad interest"
Ronald Ayers, Bloodhound co-designer, Bloodhound

"A great conference with interesting presentations, knowledgeable people, a nice atmosphere and beautiful location"
R&D Engineer - Aerodynamics, WABCO - OptiFlow

"A well organized event that offered plenty of opportunity for networking and learn the latest on vehicle aerodynamics. The panel discussions were refreshing and encouraged lively discussions."
Senior Engineer , Nissan Technical Centre Europe

"Good insight into current aerodynamics issues."
Director Research & Operations , Mazda Motor Europe R&D

"Great event to hear some of the latest research and development in automotive aerodynamics and aeroacoustics."
Senior Development Engineer, Magna Steyr Engineering

"Great to see new ideas as they emerge."
Technical Specialist- Computational Aerodyamics, Jaguar Land Rover

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Day 1

08:30 - Agenda

Tuesday 6^th December
09:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks Chair:
09:05 Keynote	A comparison of aerodynamic considerations between ICE and BEV powertrains Andreas Schmitt Lead Engineer – Aerodynamics, Lotus
09:30	Question and Answer Session
	Unsteady Aerodynamics and Stability Chair: Olivier Cadot
09:35	Predictive model of driver’s stability perception under aerodynamic excitation Arun Kumar, Industrial PhD student, Volvo Cars and Chalmers University, Sweden
10:00	Question and Answer Session
10:05	The Aerodynamic Effects of a 3D Streamlined Tail on the Windsor Body Jeff Howell, Visiting Professor, Loughborough University
10:30	Question and Answer Session
10:35	Networking Refreshment Break
11:05	F1 Ground Effect Instability: Porpoising Revisited Robert Dominy, Professor Emeritus, Northumbria University
11:30	Question and Answer Session
11:35	Instantaneous and time averaged spray topology in the wake of an automotive body Conor Crickmore, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough
12:00	Question and Answer Session
12:05	Networking Lunch Break
	Aerodynamic Development Chair: Martin Passmore
13:05	Aerodynamic development of the new Skoda Enyaq Coupe Jiri Novak, Aerodynamics Engineer, Skoda Auto A.S.
13:30	Question and Answer Session
13:35	Accurate Prediction of Electric Vehicle Real-World Range and Comfort Using High Fidelity Digital Development Process Giovanni Fiore Chris Shaw Dassault Systemes, SIMULIA
14:00	Question and Answer Session
14:05	Aerodynamic impact of underbody roughness surfaces of passenger and race car DrivAer configurations Renan Soares, Specialist Technical Officer at the School of Engineering, University of Southampton
14:30	Question and Answer Session
14:35	Networking Refreshment Break
	Drag Reduction Chair: Simone Sebben
15:05	Using crosswinds on passive thrust devices to reduce drag of a simplified car model Olivier Cadot, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool
15:30	Question and Answer Session
15:35	Towards adaptive drag reduction of a flat-backed Ahmed body in variable pitch and cross-wind configurations with trailing edge spoilers Yajun Fan, PhD Student, University of Liverpool
16:00	Question and Answer Session
	Special Topics Chair: Robert Dominy
16:05	The aerodynamic interaction of platooning and overtaking vehicles Samuel Marshall, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
16:30	Question and Answer Session
16:35	Outcomes of the 3rd Automotive CFD Prediction Workshop: Case 1 Windsor Body at Yaw Gary Page, Professor of Computational Aerodynamics, Loughborough University
17:00	Question and Answer Session
17:05	Chair’s Closing Remarks
17:15	End of Seminar

Chin-Wei Chang: Industry Process Expert Specialist, T&M Propulsion and Performance Group, Dassault Systemes SIMULIA

Chin-Wei Chang is an Industry Process Expert Specialist in the T&M Propulsion and Performance Group, Dassault Systemes SIMULIA. He has 9 years of experience in electrified powertrain system modeling and controls, and 6 years of experience in battery cooling and thermal management analysis. He has strong experience in vehicle energy management and battery thermoelectrical behavior modeling and controls. He is currently focusing on vehicle integrated performance and multidisciplinary design and analysis.

Andreas Schmitt: Lead Engineer – Aerodynamics, Lotus

Andreas is Lead Engineer Aerodynamics at Lotus Cars at Hethel UK, where he is managing aerodynamic attribute development with focus on balancing lift and drag. He is also involved in HVAC air flow optimisation and dynamic water management. Previously, he was working in the field of adaptive aerodynamics and wind tunnel testing for more than 12 years. He is also supporting research activities for the wholescale transition from ICE to BEV architectures, and, helping to mentor students and graduates during their early careers

Gary Page: Professor of Computational Aerodynamics, Loughborough University

Professor Page completed his PhD at Imperial College and then undertook postdoctoral research at UMIST (Manchester) prior to a permanent academic appointment in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering at Loughborough University. He holds the Chair of Computational Aerodynamics. He has more than 35 years experience in the development and application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to aerospace and automotive problems. In aerospace this includes impinging jets for vertical landing aircraft and jet noise prediction for installed turbofan engines as well as combustion system research within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre at Loughborough. In automotive problems he has worked with Jaguar Land-Rover, McLaren Automotive and Ford, and is one of the organisers of the Automotive CFD Prediction Workshops.

Samuel Marshall: Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

Samuel David Marshall is a researcher into multiple aspects of fluid dynamics, with a focus on experimental studies. He completed his DPhil in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Oxford before moving to Singapore for a Research Fellow position at the National University of Singapore. During that time, he studied heat transfer and topology optimisation in microfluidics. In 2021 he moved back to the UK to start a Research Fellow position in vehicle aerodynamics at the University of Birmingham, utilising the moving-model TRAIN Rig facility for investigations into lorry platoon interactions.

Conor Crickmore: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University

Conor Crickmore is a PhD research student studying in the Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering department of Loughborough University. Supervised by Dr Andrew Garmory and Dr Daniel Butcher, his work focuses on the aerodynamics of automotive surface contamination and airborne spray. A field of research that is increasingly relevant to automotive design due to the advent of advanced driver assistance systems. The work outlined in his presentation was conducted throughout the third year of his PhD and details both experimental and numerical investigations of the downstream transport of tyre spray.

Jiri Novak: Aerodynamics Engineer, Skoda Auto A.S.

? Jiri Novak is an aerodynamics engineer at Skoda Auto. He studied general chemistry at ICT Prague on the topic of mathematical modelling of the glass melting process. He started working as a R&D consultant and support engineer dealing with increasing the efficiency in turbomachinery and industrial flow systems. In 2008, he joined Skoda Auto, where he participated in the development of aerodynamics for the Octavia, Superb, Rapid/Toledo and Citigo projects. With the start of electric car development in 2016, he took over responsibility for the new Enyaq iV family.

Renan Soares: Specialist Technical Officer at the School of Engineering, University of Southampton

Interested in R&D research projects in Applied Aerodynamics, Renan Soares has a degree in Mechanical Engineering (UTFPR, 2013), a Master's in Fluid Mechanics (UFU, 2015), and a PhD in Aerospace (Cranfield University, 2020). Accumulating both CFD and Experimental backgrounds, mostly applied to automotive aerodynamics, had entered the University of Southampton as a postdoc fellow to work on the development of state-of-art metrology in experimental aeroelasticity ('Homer' H2020 consortium). Currently at RJ Mitchell Wind Tunnel as a specialist in R&D projects and image-based, non-intrusive experimental techniques (PIV, PTV ‘Shake-the-box’).

Simone Sebben: Professor/Head of Division VEAS, Chalmers University of Technology

Robert Dominy: Professor Emeritus, Northumbria University

Adrian Gaylard: Technical Specialist, Computational Aerodynamics & WDM, Thermal Aerodynamic Systems Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover

Yajun Fan: PhD Student, University of Liverpool

Arun Kumar: Industrial PhD student , Volvo Cars

Jeff Howell: Visiting Professor, Loughborough University

Olivier Cadot: Professor, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool

Adriaan Booysen: MSc Candidate, University of Alberta

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