Numerical Investigation of Water Flow in Narrow Gaps of Vehicle Interior Components

If one unintentionally spills beverages or keeps the sunroof open during a rainy day, several electronic and mechatronic components may be exposed to water. Hence, monitoring water in vehicle interior is part of a growing body of research on water management. This study bridges the physical insights to its virtual representation using a novel Lagrangian 3D-CFD solver. Despite its flexible nature, the computational time for simulation on complex geometries still seeks great optimization. This is to be conducted by means of a mathematical modeling of flows in narrow gaps, whereas the models are obtained empirically using Design of Experiment (DoE).     «

If one unintentionally spills beverages or keeps the sunroof open during a rainy day, several electronic and mechatronic components may be exposed to water. Hence, monitoring water in vehicle interior is part of a growing body of research on water management. This study bridges the physical insights to its virtual representation using a novel Lagrangian 3D-CFD solver. Despite its flexible nature, the computational time for simulation on complex geometries still seeks great optimization. This is...     »