Online Seminar on Fundamentals of Automotive Aerodynamics and Experimental Applications

Abstract

As a result of increasing demand of energy efficiency in ground transportation, the aerodynamic aspects gain priority with respect to previous decades. Important attributes as greenhouse gas emissions, limited oil resources and recent competitive electric cars with rechargeable batteries keep the energy and fuel consumption still in focus. The drag, crosswind stability, cooling of propulsion and transmission, lift distribution, wind noise and surface soiling… etc. are some significant aerodynamic features which directly interact with the exterior design elements of ground vehicles. Within this seminar it is aimed at giving a general overview on the historical development and practical applications of aerodynamics on ground vehicles.

Biography

Dr. Öngüner received his diploma in mechanical engineering at University of Stuttgart in 2012 with a graduation thesis at Daimler AG – Department of Aerodynamics, his research master degree at VKI in 2013 and his doctoral degree in experimental fluid mechanics at Brandenburg University of Technology in 2017. During the doctoral phase he has been at Princeton (2016) and Bologna University (2016) as guest researcher. He worked several years as research scientist at German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, Göttingen. Currently he is sales representative & application expert at Dantec Dynamics and in charge of supervising the customers in North-Germany and the Netherlands.

Notice: This event is open to public in respect with the VKI eligibility criteria.