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2025 FKFS Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics

and Thermal Management

15 - 16 October 2025 | Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Welcome

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome

Keynote

09:15 - 09:50

The Secrets of China's Automotive Industry Competitiveness

09:50 - 10:15 Break + Networking

Transient Aero

Session Chair: Nicholas Oettle

10:15 - 10:45

Progress Towards On-Road Aerodynamic-State Estimation in Traffic

10:45 - 11:15

Relationship between the Effect of Natural Wind Specifications on Aerodynamic Drag

11:15 - 11:45

On the Origin of Low Frequency Pressure Fluctuations in Passenger Compartments of Vehicles

Climate Comfort

Session Chair: Andreas Wagner

10:15 - 10:45

Comparative Analysis and Integration of MPC and RL-Control for Cabin Comfort in Heavy-Duty BEVs

10:45 - 11:15

Optimized Cabin Heating Strategy for Battery Electric CEP Vehicles

11:15 - 11:45

User-Centric Comfort Optimization with AI-Supported Methods

11:45 - 13:00 Lunch Break

CFD Methods

Session Chair: Burkhard Hupertz

13:00 - 13:30

Use of Low-Order Simulations to Predict Proximity Interactions in Traffic

13:30 - 14:00

Transformer-Based Prediction of Vehicle Aerodynamics

Thermal Systems

Session Chair: Jochen Wiedemann

14:00 - 14:30 Break + Networking

Acoustics

Session Chair: Domenic Staron

14:30 - 15:00

Numerical Investigation of Whistling Noise from Vehicle Side Mirrors'

15:00 - 15:30

Modulated Aeroacoustics Cabin Noise Under Controlled Unsteady Flow Conditions for Different Vehicle Geometries

Thermal Modelling I

Session Chair: Paul Cromback

14:30 - 15:00

How do Thermal Optimisations on the CCS Charging Inlet Affect the Charging Time?

15:00 - 15:30

Advances in Multiphase HVB Modelling: Coupling of Particle Depositions and Channel Blocking

Demonstrations

15:30 - 15:50

Introduction to Demonstrations

15:50 - 16:30

Bus Transfer to FKFS Center for Climate Comfort, Arthur-B.-Modine-Straße 5, 70794 Filderstadt-Bonlanden

16:30 - 18:00

Demonstrations at the FKFS Center for Climate Comfort

  • Climatic Wind Tunnel: Brake Testing Options@FKFS
  • Climatic Chamber: Comfort and Defrost Assessments During Cabin Heat-Up
  • Workshop 1: Particle Image Velocimetry for Cabin Flows
  • Workshop 2: Comfort Seat Evaluation
  • Tour to the Technical Floors

18:15 - 19:00

Bus Transfer to Motorworld Village Metzingen, Alte Schmiede 1 – 12, 72555 Metzingen

19:00 Networking Evening Event at Motorworld Village Metzingen