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AERODYNAMIC EXPERT SYSTEM

OBS! ANSÖKNINGSTIDEN FÖR DETTA EXJOBB HAR LÖPT UT.
Diploma Thesis Proposal for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering or Physics, 1 student. Start March 2007, end September 2007.
Last application date: 2007-02-28.

Volvo Car Corporation
18 January 2007
Göteborg, Sweden


BACKGROUND

Optimizing the shape of a passenger vehicle is crucial to obtain a low drag which is an important step towards low fuel consumption. Additionally, there is a current trend (e.g. from future legal requirements) to reduce CO2 emissions. Influencing the shape of a vehicle in its earliest phases is one way to obtain both lower CO2 emissions and lower fuel consumption. In this case, shape optimization means large changes in the proportions of a vehicle, in contrary to detail optimization. Examples are: Front and rear overhang, width, height, length, front and rear screen inclination, tumble home, etc. One way to predict the effect of proportional changes is to use a so-called expert system.

The goal is to be able to give fast feedback to design in early phases when the proportions of the vehicle are decided.


DIPLOMA WORK PLAN

1.
Investigate current expert systems. Do they need improvements (updates, simplifications, user friendliness) based on earlier experience?
2.
Choose system or method based on selected criteria
3.
Test the system on known vehicles to investigate its precision
4.
Investigate a particular area where the expert system shows weaknesses (using CFD or 1:5 model scale?)
5.
Try the system on an unknown vehicle and confirm with a more accurate method.


SUITABLE STUDENT BACKGROUND

Good knowledge in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics is required. Knowledge of CFD codes and mesh generation software is not required, but it will be considered as an asset. Knowledge of experimental wind tunnel techniques is not required, but it will be considered as an asset.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia:

An expert system also known as a knowledge based system, is a computer program that contains some of the subject-specific knowledge of one or more human experts. This class of program was first developed by researchers in artificial intelligence during the 1960s and 1970s and applied commercially throughout the 1980s. The most common form of expert systems is a program made up of a set of rules that analyze information (usually supplied by the user of the system) about a specific class of problems, as well as providing mathematical analysis of the problem(s), and, depending upon their design, recommend a course of user action in order to implement corrections. It is a system that utilizes what appear to be reasoning capabilities to reach conclusions


CONTACT PERSONS:

John Bergström
Volvo Car Corporation Aerodynamics
Dept. 91760, PV T3
405 31 Göteborg
Sweden
Telephone: +46 31 3256078
E-mail: [email protected]
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Theodor Hadzianagnostakis
Volvo Car Corporation Aerodynamics
Dept. 91760, PV T3
405 31 Göteborg
Sweden
Telephone: ++46 31 32 55821
E-mail: [email protected]


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