Flow Simulation and Investigation Around a Estate Vehicle Using Hybrid Methods

Abstract In this work hybrid RANS/LES methods are adapted in order to simulate the flow around a realistic car geometry (estate vehicle). Numerical results are compared to in-house experiments. In order to achieve an accurate understanding of the flow behavior around the car geometry, a wide range of experiments are performed measuring forces, pressure coefficients and tomography for 3D description of the flow in the wake of the body.