A numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-scale automobile wind tunnel

Through the numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on the full-scale automobile wind tunnel, a simulation calculation model consistent with the physical wind tunnel is constructed, which solves the problem of large deviation between CFD simulation results and test results in the existing technology, and improves the simulation accuracy and correlation. Meets the needs of automotive aerodynamic development.

CN118036508BActive Publication Date: 2025-01-21CHINA AUTOMOTIVE ENG RES INST
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CN202410377212.5
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CN · China
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Patents(China)
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Filing Date
2024-03-29
Publication Date
2025-01-21
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2044-03-29

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Technical Problem

In the existing automotive aerodynamic simulation, there is a large deviation between the CFD simulation results and the simulation accuracy is poor, which cannot meet the needs of automotive aerodynamic development.

Method used

Using a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel, a numerical wind tunnel geometric model is constructed by obtaining the geometric parameters of key components of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and meshing and boundary condition settings are performed to establish the same model as the physical wind tunnel. Consistent simulation computational model.

Benefits of technology

It effectively improves the CFD simulation accuracy of the entire vehicle, reduces the deviation between simulation results and test results, meets the needs of automotive aerodynamics development, and provides an important reference for industry development.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of automobile simulation test technology, specifically a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel, comprising: constructing a numerical wind tunnel geometric model according to the geometric parameters of key components of a full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and dividing the boundaries, and then matching the numerical wind tunnel empty wind tunnel with the whole vehicle model in combination with the relative position relationship between the numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the whole vehicle model, obtaining the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model, and performing mesh division, and performing mesh encryption settings on the surface and space of key components according to the complexity of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model and the importance of the flow area; finally, setting the attributes and parameters of each boundary of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model, setting the physical conditions, and setting the solution parameters, and then automatically post-processing. This solution can effectively improve the CFD simulation accuracy of the whole vehicle and the correlation between the simulation results and the test results, so that the simulation results can meet the needs of automobile aerodynamics development.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of automobile simulation testing, and in particular to a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel. Background Art

[0002] Automobile aerodynamic tests include wind tunnel tests and road tests. Among them, wind tunnel tests are an important means of automobile aerodynamic research because of their controllable conditions and good repeatability. The purpose of wind tunnel tests is to obtain aerodynamic characteristic data that accurately reflects the driving state of the car. It mainly studies the aerodynamic characteristics of the car, the flow field characteristics of various parts of the car, the intake and exhaust characteristics of the engine cooling airflow, and the ventilation, heating and noise characteristics in the cab. However, wind tunnel tests require real vehicles (or physical models) for testing. The cost and cycle of making physical models / complete vehicles are high, which is not conducive to the evaluation and optimization of early vehicle data. To a certain extent, it hinders the agile aerodynamic development of automobile companies and reduces development efficiency.

[0003] In order to improve development efficiency, researchers use automobile aerodynamics simulation to conduct wind tunnel simulation for simulated wind tunnel testing; automobile aerodynamics simulation is an application method using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology, which can be used for automobile styling design and aerodynamic performance optimization guidance, and is of great significance in achieving reduced automobile energy consumption, improved energy utilization, energy conservation and environmental protection.

[0004] At present, the simulation of automobile aerodynamics has the problem that the calculation domain of the simulation model, boundary condition settings, etc. are inconsistent with the physical data of the full-size vehicle wind tunnel, resulting in a large deviation between the CFD simulation results and the test results, poor simulation accuracy, and the simulation results cannot meet the needs of automobile aerodynamics development.

[0005] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automotive wind tunnel, which can effectively improve the CFD simulation accuracy of the entire vehicle and the correlation between the simulation results and the test results, so that the simulation results can meet the needs of automotive aerodynamics development and provide an important reference for the development of automotive aerodynamics in the industry. Summary of the invention

[0006] The present invention aims to provide a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel, which can effectively improve the CFD simulation accuracy of the whole vehicle and the correlation between the simulation results and the test results, so that the simulation results can meet the needs of automobile aerodynamics development and provide an important reference for the development of automobile aerodynamics in the industry.

[0007] The present invention provides the following basic solution: a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel, comprising the following contents:

[0008] S1. Obtain the geometric parameters of key components of a full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and construct a numerical wind tunnel geometry model based on the geometric size characteristics of the physical wind tunnel according to the geometric parameters;

[0009] S2. Based on the key components of the full-scale physical automobile wind tunnel, the boundary of the numerical wind tunnel geometric model is divided;

[0010] S3, according to the numerical wind tunnel geometric model after boundary division, combined with the relative position relationship between the numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the whole vehicle model, matching the numerical wind tunnel empty wind tunnel with the whole vehicle model is performed to obtain the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model;

[0011] S4. Meshing the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle, and setting mesh encryption for the surface and space of key components according to the complexity of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle and the importance of the flow area;

[0012] S5. According to the actual functions and operating parameters of each component of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, set the attributes and parameters of each boundary of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle;

[0013] S6. Setting the physical conditions of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model according to the geometric characteristics of the vehicle model to be tested;

[0014] S7, setting the solution parameters of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model;

[0015] S8. Automatic post-processing of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model.

[0016] Furthermore, the methods of obtaining geometric parameters include, but are not limited to: on-site measurement in a physical wind tunnel and measurement of physical wind tunnel design drawings;

[0017] The key components of a full-size solid automobile wind tunnel include: the contraction section, nozzle, test section, collection port and diffusion section of the solid wind tunnel.

[0018] Furthermore, the boundaries of the boundary division include: a calculation domain inlet boundary, a contraction section boundary, a nozzle boundary, a test section boundary, a breathing valve boundary, a suction plate boundary, a tangential blowing boundary, a central moving belt boundary, a wheel drive unit boundary, a balance turntable boundary, a collecting port boundary, a diffusion section boundary and a calculation domain outlet boundary.

[0019] Further, the S3 includes:

[0020] S301, obtaining a whole vehicle model, wherein the whole vehicle model is a whole vehicle calculation model that has completed geometric cleaning, correct division, and named boundaries;

[0021] S302, calculating the geometric centers of the four wheels of the whole vehicle model by automatic recognition technology, and moving the whole vehicle model so that the geometric centers of the four wheels coincide with the center point of the turntable of the numerical wind tunnel balance;

[0022] S303, moving the boundary of the wheel drive unit of the numerical wind tunnel so that the center normal of each wheel drive unit boundary passes through the center of each wheel, and completing the stamping operation of the wheel drive unit boundary and the balance turntable boundary;

[0023] S304, automatically identifying the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model, moving the whole vehicle model along the normal direction of the balance turntable plane, so that the lowest point of the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model is located 5 mm below the boundary plane of the wheel drive unit, and completing the Boolean operation of the wheel drive unit boundary and the four-wheel boundary of the whole vehicle model.

[0024] Furthermore, the grid division of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model includes:

[0025] The surface meshing of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation model is performed; in the surface meshing of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel boundary, the mesh encryption processing is performed on the key area boundaries; the key area boundaries include: model inlet boundary, nozzle boundary, suction plate boundary, tangential blowing boundary, central moving belt boundary and wheel drive unit boundary;

[0026] The whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model is meshed. In the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel boundary volume meshing, spatial densification areas of various size gradients are set for key areas. The key areas include: nozzle jet area, flow field shear layer area, ground attachment layer area, vehicle bottom area, vehicle wake area and flow area around the vehicle.

[0027] Further, the vehicle model, radiator area and condenser area boundary conditions in S5 are set according to preset standards;

[0028] The inlet boundary of the fluid domain of the numerical wind tunnel is set as the velocity inlet boundary, the outlet boundary of the fluid domain is set as the pressure outlet boundary, and the contraction section boundary, nozzle boundary, suction plate boundary, tangential blowing boundary, central moving belt boundary and other wind tunnel boundaries are set according to the actual boundary conditions of the physical wind tunnel.

[0029] Further, the S6 includes: when performing steady-state calculations, the turbulence model is specifically set to the "K-Epsilon model" or the "K-Omega model" according to the type of the vehicle to be tested; when performing transient calculations, the turbulence model is set to the "Spalart-Allmaras detached vortex model".

[0030] Further, the S7 includes: when performing steady-state calculation, checking the residual curve to determine whether the calculation has converged, and setting the maximum number of solution steps so that the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model stops calculating after the calculation converges;

[0031] When performing transient calculations, first perform steady-state calculations, and then perform transient calculations after the steady-state calculations converge. Set the solution time step and the number of internal iteration steps according to the calculation requirements to solve the total physical time, and the total physical time must be no less than twice the distance the airflow flows through the vehicle.

[0032] Further, the S8 includes: automatically post-processing the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle, and performing automatic post-processing operations through the execution file, including: calculation result report, whole vehicle surface cloud map, space section cloud map, space isosurface map, space streamline map.

[0033] The beneficial effects of this scheme are as follows: First, this scheme obtains the geometric parameters of the key components of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and according to the geometric parameters, constructs a numerical wind tunnel geometric model based on the geometric size characteristics of the physical wind tunnel, thereby ensuring the consistency between the constructed numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the key components of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel;

[0034] Then, the boundary of the numerical wind tunnel geometric model is divided according to the key components of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel. According to the numerical wind tunnel geometric model after boundary division and the relative position relationship between the numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the whole vehicle model, the numerical wind tunnel empty wind tunnel and the whole vehicle model are matched to obtain the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model; the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model is meshed, and according to the complexity of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model and the importance of the flow area, the mesh encryption setting is performed on the surface and space of the key components;

[0035] Finally, the attributes and parameter settings of each boundary of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation model, physical condition settings, solution parameter settings and automatic post-processing settings are performed to obtain the simulation results.

[0036] Through the above steps, a fluid calculation domain consistent with the geometric size conditions of the full-size solid automobile wind tunnel is established and the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation of the whole vehicle is completed. This can effectively improve the CFD simulation accuracy of the whole vehicle and the correlation between the simulation results and the test results, providing an important reference for the development of automobile aerodynamics in the industry and practical engineering applications. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of an embodiment of a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to the present invention;

[0038] Figure 2 The figure is a structural schematic diagram of a numerical wind tunnel geometric model in an embodiment of a numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] The following is further described in detail through specific implementation methods:

[0040] The figure marks in the drawings of the specification include: calculation domain inlet 1, contraction section 2, breathing valve 3, test section 4, collection port 5, diffusion section 6, nozzle 7, suction plate 8, tangential blowing 9, central moving belt 10, wheel drive unit 11, balance turntable 12, calculation domain outlet 13.

[0041] The embodiment is basically as shown in the attached Figure 1 As shown: A numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-scale automobile wind tunnel includes the following contents:

[0042] S1. Obtain the geometric parameters of key components of a full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and construct a numerical wind tunnel geometry model based on the geometric size characteristics of the physical wind tunnel according to the geometric parameters;

[0043] Specifically, the geometric parameters of key components of a full-scale physical automobile wind tunnel are obtained, and according to the geometric parameters, computational fluid dynamics software, such as STAR CCM+, is used to construct a numerical wind tunnel geometry model based on the geometric size characteristics of the physical wind tunnel;

[0044] The methods of obtaining geometric parameters include but are not limited to: on-site measurement in a physical wind tunnel, measurement of physical wind tunnel design drawings, etc.;

[0045] The key components of a full-size solid automobile wind tunnel include: a contraction section 2, a nozzle 7, a test section 4, a collecting port 5 and a diffusion section 6 of the solid wind tunnel.

[0046] S2. Based on the key components of the full-scale physical automobile wind tunnel, the boundary of the numerical wind tunnel geometric model is divided;

[0047] Specifically, the boundary division of the numerical wind tunnel geometric model is carried out according to the key components of the full-scale solid automobile wind tunnel, such as Figure 2 As shown; wherein, the boundaries of the boundary division include: the boundary of the calculation domain inlet 1, the boundary of the contraction section 2, the boundary of the nozzle 7, the boundary of the test section 4, the boundary of the breathing valve 3, the boundary of the suction plate 8, the boundary of the tangential blowing 9, the boundary of the central moving belt 10, the boundary of the wheel drive unit 11, the boundary of the balance turntable 12, the boundary of the collection port 5, the boundary of the diffusion section 6 and the boundary of the calculation domain outlet 13;

[0048] S3, according to the numerical wind tunnel geometric model after boundary division, combined with the relative position relationship between the numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the whole vehicle model, matching the numerical wind tunnel empty wind tunnel with the whole vehicle model is performed to obtain the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model;

[0049] Specifically, the S103 includes:

[0050] S301, obtaining a whole vehicle model, wherein the whole vehicle model is a whole vehicle calculation model that has completed geometric cleaning, correct division, and named boundaries;

[0051] The acquisition of the whole vehicle model is to directly import the whole vehicle calculation model that has completed the geometric cleaning, correct division and naming of the boundaries as required. The various areas and boundaries of the whole vehicle model are divided and named in accordance with the group standard of the Society of Automotive Engineers "CSAE 112-2019 Passenger Car Aerodynamic Simulation Technical Specifications". In particular, the names of the grille parts, rearview mirror parts, and wheel parts of the whole vehicle model are required to end with "_GRILLE", "_MIRROR", "_WHEELFL", "_WHEELFR", "_WHEELRL", and "_WHEELRR" respectively. The radiator and condenser boundaries in the mainstream domain are required to be named with "6_COOLER_" + "RADIATOR" / "CONDENSER" + "_UpStream" / "_Side" / "_DownStream", and the radiator and condenser boundaries in the porous medium domain are named with "RADIATOR" / "CONDENSER" + "_UpStream" / "_Side" / "_DownStream".

[0052] S302, calculating the geometric centers of the four wheels of the whole vehicle model by automatic recognition technology, and moving the whole vehicle model so that the geometric centers of the four wheels coincide with the center point of the numerical wind tunnel balance turntable 12;

[0053] S303, moving the boundary of the wheel drive unit 11 of the numerical wind tunnel so that the center normal of each boundary of the wheel drive unit 11 passes through the center of each wheel, and completing the stamping operation of the boundary of the wheel drive unit 11 and the boundary of the balance turntable 12;

[0054] S304, automatically identify the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model, move the whole vehicle model along the normal direction of the plane of the balance turntable 12, so that the lowest point of the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model is located 5 mm below the boundary plane of the wheel drive unit 11, and complete the Boolean operation of the boundary of the wheel drive unit 11 and the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model, so that the whole vehicle model is integrated with the numerical wind tunnel boundary, ensuring that the overall model has no free edges and intersecting surfaces.

[0055] S4. Meshing the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle, and setting mesh encryption for the surface and space of key components according to the complexity of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle and the importance of the flow area;

[0056] The grid division of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model includes:

[0057] The surface mesh of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model is divided; the surface mesh size of the whole vehicle model is divided according to the group standard of the Society of Automotive Engineers "CSAE 112-2019 Passenger Car Aerodynamic Simulation Technical Specifications"; in the numerical wind tunnel boundary surface mesh division, the mesh of key area boundaries such as the model inlet boundary, nozzle 7 boundary, suction plate 8 boundary, tangential blowing 9 boundary, central moving belt 10 boundary, and wheel drive unit 11 boundary are encrypted;

[0058] The whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model is divided into volume grids; in particular, it is necessary to set spatial densification areas of various size gradients in key flow field areas such as the nozzle 7 jet area, the flow field shear layer area, the ground attachment layer area, the vehicle bottom area, the vehicle wake area, and the flow area around the vehicle.

[0059] S5. According to the actual functions and operating parameters of each component of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, set the attributes and parameters of each boundary of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle;

[0060] Among them, the vehicle model, radiator area and condenser area boundary conditions are set according to the Society of Automotive Engineers group standard "CSAE 112-2019 Passenger Car Aerodynamics Simulation Technical Specifications";

[0061] The inlet boundary of the fluid domain of the numerical wind tunnel is set as the velocity inlet boundary, the outlet boundary of the fluid domain is set as the pressure outlet boundary, the boundary of the contraction section 2, the boundary of the nozzle 7, the boundary of the suction plate 8 and the boundary of the tangential blowing 9 are set as the no-slip wall boundary (the boundary layer suction system is not enabled), the boundary of the central moving belt 10 is set as the no-slip wall boundary (the central moving belt 10 system is not enabled), and the remaining numerical wind tunnel boundaries are set as no-slip boundaries.

[0062] S6. Setting the physical conditions of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model according to the geometric characteristics of the vehicle model to be tested;

[0063] Specifically, when performing steady-state calculations, the turbulence model is set to the "K-Epsilon model" or "K-Omega model" according to the type of vehicle to be tested; when performing transient calculations, the turbulence model is set to the "Spalart-Allmaras detached vortex model".

[0064] S7, setting the solution parameters of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model;

[0065] Specifically, when performing steady-state calculations, check the residual curve to determine whether the calculation has converged, and set the maximum number of solution steps so that the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model stops calculating after the calculation converges;

[0066] When performing transient calculations, steady-state calculations are performed first, and then transient calculations are performed after the steady-state calculations converge. The solution time step and the number of internal iteration steps are set according to the calculation requirements to solve the total physical time, and the total physical time is not less than the distance that the airflow flows through twice the length of the vehicle. In this embodiment, when performing steady-state calculations, the maximum number of solution steps is set to 5000 steps; when performing transient calculations, the solution time step is set to 0.0005s, the number of internal iteration steps is set to 5 steps, and the total physical time for solving is set to 3s.

[0067] S8. Automatic post-processing of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model.

[0068] Specifically, automatic post-processing operations are performed through the set execution file, including the automatic generation, output and preservation of calculation result reports, vehicle surface cloud maps, space section cloud maps, space isosurface maps, space streamline maps and other post-processing operations.

[0069] The above is only an embodiment of the present invention. The common sense such as the known specific structure and characteristics in the scheme is not described in detail here. The ordinary technicians in the relevant field know all the common technical knowledge in the technical field of the invention before the application date or priority date, can obtain all the existing technologies in the field, and have the ability to apply the conventional experimental means before that date. The ordinary technicians in the relevant field can improve and implement this scheme in combination with their own abilities under the enlightenment given by this application. Some typical known structures or known methods should not become obstacles for ordinary technicians in the relevant field to implement this application. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the structure of the present invention, several deformations and improvements can be made, which should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention, which will not affect the effect of the implementation of the present invention and the practicality of the patent. The protection scope required by this application shall be based on the content of its claims, and the specific implementation methods and other records in the specification can be used to interpret the content of the claims.

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1. A numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-scale automobile wind tunnel, characterized in that: It includes the following: S1. Obtain the geometric parameters of key components of a full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, and construct a numerical wind tunnel geometry model based on the geometric size characteristics of the physical wind tunnel according to the geometric parameters; S2. Delineate the boundary of the numerical wind tunnel geometry model based on the key components of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel; S3, according to the numerical wind tunnel geometric model after boundary division, combined with the relative position relationship between the numerical wind tunnel geometric model and the whole vehicle model, matching the numerical wind tunnel empty wind tunnel with the whole vehicle model is performed to obtain the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model; S4. Meshing the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle, and setting mesh encryption for the surface and space of key components according to the complexity of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle and the importance of the flow area; S5. According to the actual functions and operating parameters of each component of the full-size physical automobile wind tunnel, set the attributes and parameters of each boundary of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle; S6. Setting the physical conditions of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model according to the geometric characteristics of the vehicle model to be tested; S7, setting the solution parameters of the vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model; S8, automatic post-processing of vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model; The S3 includes: S301, obtaining a whole vehicle model, wherein the whole vehicle model is a whole vehicle calculation model that has completed geometric cleaning, correct division, and named boundaries; S302, calculating the geometric centers of the four wheels of the whole vehicle model by automatic recognition technology, and moving the whole vehicle model so that the geometric centers of the four wheels coincide with the center point of the turntable of the numerical wind tunnel balance; S303, moving the boundary of the wheel drive unit of the numerical wind tunnel so that the center normal of each wheel drive unit boundary passes through the center of each wheel, and completing the stamping operation of the wheel drive unit boundary and the balance turntable boundary; S304, automatically identifying the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model, moving the whole vehicle model along the normal direction of the balance turntable plane, so that the lowest point of the four-wheel boundaries of the whole vehicle model is located 5 mm below the boundary plane of the wheel drive unit, and completing the Boolean operation of the wheel drive unit boundary and the four-wheel boundary of the whole vehicle model.

2. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The methods of obtaining geometric parameters include: on-site measurement in a physical wind tunnel and measurement of physical wind tunnel design drawings; The key components of a full-size solid automobile wind tunnel include: the contraction section, nozzle, test section, collection port and diffusion section of the solid wind tunnel.

3. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The boundaries of the boundary division include: a calculation domain inlet boundary, a contraction section boundary, a nozzle boundary, a test section boundary, a breathing valve boundary, a suction plate boundary, a tangential blowing boundary, a central moving belt boundary, a wheel drive unit boundary, a balance turntable boundary, a collecting port boundary, a diffusion section boundary and a calculation domain outlet boundary.

4. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The grid division of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model includes: The surface meshing of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation model is performed; in the surface meshing of the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel boundary, the mesh encryption processing is performed on the key area boundaries; the key area boundaries include: model inlet boundary, nozzle boundary, suction plate boundary, tangential blowing boundary, central moving belt boundary and wheel drive unit boundary; The whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model is meshed. In the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel boundary volume meshing, spatial densification areas of various size gradients are set for key areas. The key areas include: nozzle jet area, flow field shear layer area, ground attachment layer area, vehicle bottom area, vehicle wake area and flow area around the vehicle.

5. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The vehicle model, radiator area and condenser area boundary conditions in S5 are set according to preset standards; The inlet boundary of the fluid domain of the numerical wind tunnel is set as the velocity inlet boundary, the outlet boundary of the fluid domain is set as the pressure outlet boundary, and the contraction section boundary, nozzle boundary, suction plate boundary, tangential blowing boundary, central moving belt boundary and other wind tunnel boundaries are set according to the actual boundary conditions of the physical wind tunnel.

6. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-scale automobile wind tunnel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The S6 includes: when performing steady-state calculations, the turbulence model is specifically set to the "K-Epsilon model" or the "K-Omega model" according to the type of the vehicle to be tested; when performing transient calculations, the turbulence model is set to the "Spalart-Allmaras detached vortex model".

7. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The S7 includes: when performing steady-state calculation, checking the residual curve to determine whether the calculation has converged, and setting the maximum number of solution steps so that the whole vehicle numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model stops calculating after the calculation converges; When performing transient calculations, first perform steady-state calculations, and then perform transient calculations after the steady-state calculations converge. Set the solution time step and the number of internal iteration steps according to the calculation requirements to solve the total physical time, and the total physical time must be no less than twice the distance the airflow flows through the vehicle.

8. The numerical wind tunnel simulation method based on a full-size automobile wind tunnel according to claim 1, characterized in that: The S8 includes: performing automatic post-processing of the numerical wind tunnel simulation calculation model of the whole vehicle, and performing automatic post-processing operations through the execution file, including: calculation result report, whole vehicle surface cloud map, space section cloud map, space isosurface map, space streamline map.

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