Vehicle Thermal Management Simulation at TARDEC

Abstract

Vehicle thermal analysis plays an important role at TARDEC * There are two major areas of interest * Interior cooling * Predicting potential failure of electronic components * Sizing HVAC capacity * Determining Crew effectiveness/comfort * Underhood/Engine thermal analysis * Predicting vehicle performance at high ambient temperatures * Determining fan/cooling system size * There are challenges * Obtaining reasonable performance data for system components * Obtaining CAD Data * CAD Cleanup for thermal model vs. CFD model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 07, 2010
Accession Number
ADA527739

Entities

People

  • Scott Shurin

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advection
  • Coefficients
  • Commerce
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Cooling
  • Cooling Towers
  • Creep
  • Electronic Components
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Geometry
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Simulations
  • Temperature Control
  • Thermal Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems