Challenges in Military Ground Vehicle Cooling System Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Notional Ground Vehicle Cooling System

Abstract

The operating environment, vehicle mobility requirements, and survivability requirements imposed on military ground vehicles present significant challenges in cooling system design. At high ambient temperatures, vehicle mobility can be degraded due to the power required to provide cooling power to the fans. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can be used to determine cooling power requirements for a given design and provide insight into areas for improvement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 2018
Accession Number
AD1065242

Entities

People

  • Scott Shurin

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Air Temperature
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Cooling
  • Cooling Fans
  • Dynamics
  • Efficiency
  • Electric Power
  • Electronics
  • Exhaust Systems
  • Fans
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fuel Efficiency
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Heat Exchangers
  • High Temperature
  • Power
  • Steady State
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.