Simulações numérica e experimental de sistemas de arrefecimento veicular: uma referência bibliográfica

Abstract

At the present moment in the automobile industry, several researches are carried out in order to develop safer vehicles for its passengers, less aggressive to the environment, among other fronts. With all the recent advances in propulsion, hybrid and electric systems, the cooling system of these automobiles must be able to perform its function in the best possible way. This work aimed to gather the most advanced methodologies for experimental and numerical simulations of the cooling systems of motor vehicles, aiming to identify the best practices. In order to achieve the mentioned objectives, the main references already released in the studied research area are presented, filtered by date of publication so that the selected works present the most up-to-date techniques in the case of cooling systems. The selected publications were initially separated into two macro groups: numerical simulation and experimental simulation. Regarding the first group, uni, bi and tri-dimensional numerical simulations are approached and explained, their main characteristics and the discussion on the results obtained. In relation to the experimental simulations, several studies, characteristics, methodologies used and results obtained related to vehicle cooling systems are presented. Finally, a series of good practices is presented involving both simulations, based on the references found. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]