TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - A predictive capability for the aerodynamic deformation of convertible car roofs
JO  - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of automobile engineering
A1  - Knight, J. J.
A1  - Lucey, A. D.
A1  - Shaw, C. T.
SP  - 1013
EP  - 1020
VL  - 224
IS  - 8
N2  - The flow-induced deformation of a membrane in a flow is studied using experimental and computational approaches in a configuration that represents the effect of the aerodynamic load on a convertible car roof. The computational method couples a commercial computational fluid dynamics code with an in-house structural code to predict membrane deformation. A converged statically deformed state, within 1 per cent difference in the displacement variable, is reached after three iterations between the fluid and structural codes. The predictions of membrane deformation are shown to agree well with the experimental results. The key outcome is the demonstration of a methodology that will be useful in the engineering design of convertible car roofs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-4070
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544070JAUTO1408
ID  - ref1
ER  -