FKFS Veranstaltungen

2025 FKFS Conference on Vehicle Aerodynamics

and Thermal Management

15 - 16 October 2025 | Leinfelden-Echterdingen

Session: Transient Aero | | 10:45 - 11:15

Relationship between the Effect of Natural Wind Specifications on Aerodynamic Drag

Yasuyuki Onishi, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

Focusing on the effect of TI/TL, that represents the characteristics of natural wind, the degree of influence was examined on aerodynamic drag. CD in natural wind was defined as the difference between CD weighted under quasi-steady and CD under low turbulence conditions, and the relationship was verified in the 25% and 100% FKFS SWING wind tunnel and Honda wind tunnel. The physical phenomenon difference between the weighted CD and fluctuating components of CD under natural wind was elucidated, and the concept of CD reduction under natural wind turbulence was clarified.