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2025 FKFS Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics

and Thermal Management

15 - 16 October 2025 | Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Keynote II

9:00 - 9:40

The New Mercedes-Benz CLA – Aerodynamics Tailored for the Customer

09:40 - 10:00 Break + Networking

Wind Tunnel Technologies

Session Chair: Brian McAuliffe

10:00 - 10:30

Efficient Pulsation Mitigation Modeling for Low-Speed Open-Jet Wind Tunnels with Helmholtz Resonator

10:30 - 11:00

Numerical Study on a Boundary Layer Control System and Vortex Generator to Alleviate a Static Pressure Gradient

11:00 - 11:30

How Software Keeps your Wind Tunnel Up to Date for Efficiency and New Use Case

11:30 - 12:00

The New BMW Acoustic Wind Tunnel Centre

Thermal Modelling II

Session Chair: Burkhard Hupertz

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break

Tire and Wheel Aerodynamics

Session Chair: Felix Wittmeier

13:00 - 13:30

Experimental Aerodynamic Investigation of Tire Geometries

13:30 - 14:00

Measuring Unsteady Surface Pressures on Rotating Car Wheels Using Fast-Response PSP

14:00 14:30

tbd

Environmental Testing

Session Chair: Timo Kuthada

13:00 - 13:30

Efficient Hybrid Approach for Vehicle Soiling Simulations

13:30 - 14:00

Advancing Wind Tunnel Vehicle Soiling Studies with a Realistic Dynamic Rain Simulation System

14:00 14:30

CFD Simulations of Vehicle Self-Soiling

14:30 - 15:00 Break + Networking

Aero Development

Session Chair: Jochen Wiedemann

15:00 - 15:30

Reconstruction of Road Vehicle Wake by Physics Informed Neural Networks

15:30 - 16:00

Developments in Road Testing Methods for Novel Drag Reduction Devices

16:00 - 16:30

Development of Aerodynamics of the Facelifted Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe Models

Thermal Test & Validation

Session Chair: Daniel Gehringer

Farewell

16:30 - 16:45

Farewell