Automobile defrosting system analysis through a full-scale model

SJ Kang, MF Kader, YD Jun, KB Lee - International Journal of Automotive …, 2011 - Springer
Adequate visibility through the automobile windshield is of paramount practical significance,
most often at very low temperatures when ice tends to form on the windshield screen. But the …

Novel air duct designs to estimate the windshield demisting issue for a commercial vehicle

S Akgunlu, O Özcan, A Bacak, A Gonul… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study is about the fog on the windshields of passenger buses because it makes it hard
for drivers to see, which is dangerous. The goal of the research is to come up with an …

Study of thermal phenomena in the cabin of a passenger vehicle using finite element analysis: human comfort and system performance

HS Ji, YK Kim, JS Yang, KC Kim - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
A numerical simulation is performed to evaluate the thermal comfort of passengers and the
performance of a defroster. In this study, a grid system based on a real vehicle and a finite …

Numerical analysis on the initial cool-down performance inside an automobile for the evaluation of passenger's thermal comfort

YK Kim, JS Yang, JH Baek, KC Kim… - Transactions of the …, 2010 - koreascience.kr
Cool-down performance after soaking is important because it affects passenger's thermal
comfort. The cooling capacity of HVAC system determines initial cool down performance in …

Utilizing CFD approach for preeminent assessment of defroster air flow distribution and predicting windscreen deicing behavior

K Jahani, S Beigmoradi - 2014 - sae.org
Adequate visibility through the automobile windscreen is a critical aspect of driving, most
often at very low temperatures when ice tends to be formed on the windscreen. The …

Impact of underhood leakage zones on the aerothermal situation–Experimental simulations and physical analysis

M Khaled, J Faraj, E Harika, F Harambat… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present manuscript deals with experimental investigations on thermal effects of air
leakage zones at the boundaries of the vehicle hood. Measurements are carried out on a …

Numerical simulation of airflow distribution on the automobile windshield in defrost mode

I Goldasteh, SI Chang, S Maaita, G Mathur - 2015 - sae.org
Proper flow distribution on the windshield and side windows is critical for adequate visibility
while driving. Fog or ice which forms on the windshield is the main reason of invisibility and …

Leakage effects in car underhood aerothermal management: temperature and heat flux analysis

M Khaled, C Habchi, F Harambat, A Elmarakbi… - Heat and Mass …, 2014 - Springer
Air leakage from the engine compartment of a vehicle comes mainly from the junctions of the
vehicle hood and the front end grill, the vehicle wings, the optical and the windshield. The …

Experimental study of the flow characteristics in an automotive HVAC system using a PIV technique

HS Ji, SJ Lee - International journal of automotive technology, 2009 - Springer
Air flow inside an automotive HVAC module was visualized using a high-resolution PIV
technique with varying temperature control modes. The PIV (particle image velocimetry) …

Numerical optimization of the defrosting performance of the vehicle based on discrete adjoint approach

S Cao, Z Zhang, Y Huang, Q Zhang, Z Xu - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
In this study, the discrete adjoint approach with the grid deformation technique based on
radial basis function was presented to solve the tough problem that the complex shape of …