FKFS Events

2025 FKFS Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics
and Thermal Management

15 -  16 October 2025

Program of the FKFS Conference

Here you can find the program of the latest FKFS Conference in 2023.

The program for the upcoming Conference will be published here in spring 2025.

Welcome

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome

Keynote

09:15 - 09:50

To Efficiency… and Beyond!

09:50 - 10:15 Break + Networking

Aero Acoustics

Session Chair: Nicholas Oettle

10:15 - 10:45

The Identification of Roof Bar Noise Sources using Acoustic Beamforming in a Full-scale Automotive Wind Tunnel

10:45 - 11:15

The Effects of LiDAR Sensors on Wind Noise

11:15 - 11:45

Towards High Fidelity Aeroacoustics Interior Noise Prediction

Battery

SESSION CHAIR: TIMO KUTHADA

10:15 - 10:45

Physical & Virtual Assessment Methods for Simulating Thermal Propagation at Cell and Battery Pack level

10:45 - 11:15

External Thermal Management Concept for BEV Fast Charging

11:45 - 13:00 Lunch Break

Flow Physics

Session Chair: Sébastien Chaligné

13:00 - 13:30

Stochastic Noise Sources for Broadband CAA at geometrical Variations of a Vehicle

13:30 - 14:00

Low Frequency Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustics Phenomena of Vehicles with Flat Underbody

14:00 - 14:30

Automotive on-road Flow Quantification with a large scale Stereo-PIV Set-up

Cabin Comfort I

Session Chair: Dirk Neumeister

13:00 - 13:30

A Hybrid Approach to the Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Passenger Vehicles

13:30 - 14:00

A 1D Model for Zonal Comfort Estimation and Control in a Passenger Car Cabin

14:00 - 14:30

ModSim in Cabin Comfort: Leveraging Automated Model Build and GPU Computation to improve Turnaround Time for Optimizations

14:30 - 15:00 Break + Networking

Wheels & Tyres

Session Chair: Christoph Lietmeyer

15:00 - 15:30

Generating Tyre Geometries Incorporating Real Tyre Deformation for Aerodynamic CFD Analysis

15:30 - 16:00

An Overview of Unsteady Flow Effects on Drag Measurements

Components

Session Chair: Michael Mandl

15:00 - 15:30

Transient Thermal Simulations of Cabin-Electronic Components

15:30 - 16:00

Empowering Engineering Organizations with Deep Learning: Inverter Cold Plate Optimization for an Automotive Supplier

Demonstrations

16:00 - 16:20

Introduction to Demonstrations

16:20 - 17:00

Transfer to FKFS

17:00 - 18:45

Demonstrations at FKFS Wind Tunnels and Laboratories

  • Combined Methods for Roof Bar Noise
  • The Effect of On-Road Turbulence
  • Draughtiness Investigations for Convertibles
  • Tyre Deformation Measurements
  • Sound Source Localisation HVAC
  • Cabin Flow Field Measurement
19:00 Networking Evening Event at FKFS and ECARA Award Ceremony