The Turbulence Generation System designed and built in Pininfarina in the years 1999-2002, has been in operation since the beginning of 2003. The purpose of this device is to reproduce in the wind tunnel a flow condition more similar to that found by the cars on the road, in terms of velocity profile and turbulence intensity/length scale.The paper reports an updated description of its mechanical and aerodynamic characteristics.Then it reports examples of results measured on some cars, in the condition of turbulent flow, regarding: The differences between these results and those measured in standard low-turbulence conditions are presented.In addition a description of some techniques that are used for these time-dependent measurements is reported.


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    Title :

    Update on the Pininfarina “Turbulence Generation System” and its effects on the Car Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Cogotti, A. (author)

    Conference:

    SAE 2004 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2004



    Publication date :

    2004-03-08




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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