The underhood aerothermal management of leakage zones: Temperature measurements

M. Khaled*, M. Ramadan, A. Elmarakbi, F. Harambat, H. Peerhossaini

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Abstract

The leakage areas of the engine compartment are located essentially at the junctions between the hood and the front end, the sides, the lights, and the windshield. The present study concerns the impact of these leakage zones on the engine compartment temperatures. The study synthesizes thermal measurements carried out on a real vehicle in the wind tunnel S4 of Saint-Cyr l’Ecole France. The engine compartment is instrumented with 80 surface and air thermocouples. Measurements are carried out for three different thermal functioning points with the front wheels of the vehicle positioned on a dynamometer and driven by the engine of the car. Five configurations of leakages closing are tested.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences
PublisherWIT Press
Pages303-311
Number of pages9
Volume83
ISBN (Print)9781845647940
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat and Mass Transfer, HT 2014 - A Coruna, Spain
Duration: 2 Jul 20144 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences
Volume83

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat and Mass Transfer, HT 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityA Coruna
Period2/07/144/07/14

Keywords

  • Aerothermal management
  • Leakages
  • Measurement
  • Temperature
  • Underhood

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