@inproceedings{afe654c952864eb09445178fff6ad7cd,
title = "On the aerodynamic loading and deformation of convertible car roofs",
abstract = "Convertible vehicle hoods are known to deform away from their designated showroom shape as a result of aerodynamic loading. The ultimate aim of the work is to produce a computer-based methodology to model the fluid-structure interaction over a convertible vehicle hood. To develop an appropriate flow-structure coupling methodology, steady-state computations have been carried out for a two-dimensional model geometry. A commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package is used to calculate the pressure on the model roof. This CFD package is coupled to an in-house structural code that models the structural mechanics of the flexible roof. Furthermore, a very rapid hybrid means of generating the aerodynamic loading is developed because the multiple solutions required in a complete wall-flow iteration procedure can be computationally very expensive. Solutions generated using the modelling concepts have been compared with wind-tunnel testing on a physical model.",
author = "Knight, {J. J.} and Lucey, {A. D.} and Shaw, {C. T.}",
year = "2001",
month = mar,
day = "5",
doi = "10.4271/2001-01-1269",
language = "English",
volume = "2001",
series = "SAE Technical Papers",
publisher = "SAE International",
booktitle = "SAE Technical Papers",
address = "United States",
note = "SAE 2001 World Congress ; Conference date: 05-03-2001 Through 08-03-2001",
}