Internal and external vehicle aerodynamics

• Performance measurement of heating and airconditionig  systems, measurement of individual components characteristics

• Airflow distribution measurements, airflow velocity field measurements

  • provision of inputs to computational models / validation of computational models

  • verification of the properties of the system and individual components - heating, air conditioning, heat pump

Contact:

Ing. Jan Vančura, Ph.D.

Projects:

1. Božek Vehicle Engineering National Center of Competence

2. Reducing energy consumption in transport by active low-energy manipulation of the current field in the hatch of vehicles

3. Research and development of a 4X4 off-road electric racing vehicle platform with range extender

Main Results

1. Prototype of a Truck Model Chassis

2. 3D flow field traversing system for passenger car interior

Dissertation topics:

• ZOHLEDNĚNÍ TURBULENCE REÁLNÉHO PROSTŘEDÍ VE VÝPOČTECH AERODYNAMIKY VOZIDEL 

Publications:

• BULEJKO, P.; BARTULI, E.; KŮDELOVÁ, T.; VANČURA, J. Temperature-dependent burst failure of polymeric hollow fibers used in heat exchangers. ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, 2022, roč. 131, č. 105895, s. 1-16. ISSN: 1350-6307.

• MRÁZ, K.; BARTULI, E.; KROULÍKOVÁ, T.; ASTROUSKI, I.; RESL, O.; VANČURA, J.; KŮDELOVÁ, T. Case study of liquid cooling of automotive headlights with hollow fiber heat exchanger. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021, roč. 28, č. 12, s. 101689-101689. ISSN: 2214-157X. 

Industrial cooperation:

MEASUREMENT OF THE AIR VELOCITY FIELD 

Velocity field measurement behind the center blowers in the vehicle 

Use of an omnidirectional probe and a precise positioning system 🡪 measurement of the air velocity field in individual planes,

determination of total speed and individual speed components – Vtot, Vx, Vy, Vz [m/s].