Inlet & Outlet Boundary: ...................................................................................................................

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3.3.7 COMPUTING SETUP .......................................................................................................... 55
3.3.8 CONVERGENCE ................................................................................................................. 56
3.3.9 ERRORS................................................................................................................................ 56
Physical Errors: ................................................................................................................................. 56
Discretization Error: .......................................................................................................................... 57
Programming Errors: ......................................................................................................................... 57
Computer-round off Errors: ............................................................................................................... 57
Iterative Convergence Error: ............................................................................................................. 57
CHAPTER 4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 58
NUMERICAL SETUP .................................................................................................................................. 58
4.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 59
4.2 DEVELOPING THE DIGITAL BASE LINE MODEL .......................................................... 60
4.2.1 GEOMETRY ......................................................................................................................... 60
4.3 MODELING IN THE INVENTOR 2014...................................................................................... 61
4.4 DESIGNING THE BLM ............................................................................................................... 61
Original Specifications: ......................................................................................................................... 61
Inventor Steps: ....................................................................................................................................... 62
Step 1: Initial Setup ........................................................................................................................... 62
Step 2: Selecting the design sketch.................................................................................................... 62
Step 3: Selecting the work plane ....................................................................................................... 63
Step 4: Importing Image based design .............................................................................................. 63
Step 5: Designing using points .......................................................................................................... 64
Step 6: Finalising the sketch and dimensioning ................................................................................ 64
Step 7: Creating the boundary walls .................................................................................................. 65
Step 8: Generating the Boundary surface .......................................................................................... 65
4.4.1. BLM PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................ 67
4.5 MODEL WITH BUILT-IN SPOILER BY MANUFACTURER ............................................ 68
4.6 MODEL WITH DECKLID SPOILER...................................................................................... 69
4.7 MODEL WITH OPEN TYPE SPOILER ................................................................................. 71
4.8 ANSYS WORKBENCH SETUP ................................................................................................ 72
Step 1: Extracting the CAD file ......................................................................................................... 72
Step 2: Updating the boundary condition for the FLUENT .............................................................. 73
Step 3: Setting the Meshing ........................................................................................................... 76
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4.9 POST PROCESSING SET UP ................................................................................................... 80
4.10 RESIDUALS & ERRORS ......................................................................................................... 86
CHAPTER 5 ...................................................................................................................................................... 87
ANSYS FLUENT RESULTS & ANALYSIS............................................................................................... 87
5.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 88
5.2 ANALYSIS FOR BLM ............................................................................................................... 88
Velocity Contours:............................................................................................................................. 88
Pressure Contours: ............................................................................................................................. 89
Static pressure.................................................................................................................................... 90
Turbulence Contours: ........................................................................................................................ 90
5.3 ANALYSIS FOR MANUFACTURER MODEL ...................................................................... 91
Velocity Contours:............................................................................................................................. 91
Pressure Contours: ............................................................................................................................. 92
Turbulence Contours: ........................................................................................................................ 94
5.4 ANALYSIS FOR DECK LID SPOILER .................................................................................. 96
Velocity Contours:............................................................................................................................. 96
Pressure Contours: ............................................................................................................................. 97
Turbulence Contours: ........................................................................................................................ 98
5.5 ANALYSIS FOR OPEN STYLE SPOILER ............................................................................. 99
Velocity Contours:............................................................................................................................. 99
Pressure Contours: ........................................................................................................................... 100
Turbulence Contours: ...................................................................................................................... 101
5.6 VELOCITY MAGNITUDE COMPARISION TABLE: ....................................................... 102
5.7 PRESSURE COMPARISION: ................................................................................................. 104
5.8 TURBULENCE COMPARISION ........................................................................................... 107
5.9 RESULTANT FORCES............................................................................................................ 109
CHAPTER 6 .................................................................................................................................................... 111
CONCLUSION & FUTURE SCOPE ......................................................................................................... 111
Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................ 112
Future Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 113
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................ 114
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................. 118
APPENDIX 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 118
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