Recent Advances in Vehicle Aerodynamics

Dear Colleagues,

Vehicle aerodynamics will play a decisive role in advancing energy-efficient and safe vehicles for future requirements of a climate-friendly environment. The interaction between aerodynamics and thermal management will undoubtedly constitute one essential aspect in the paradigm shift into fully electric vehicles. Furthermore, the functioning of sensors for safety issues and autonoumus driving is fundamental and places high demands on the requirements of the soiling areas on vehicles. Hence, the search for energy-efficient and safe vehicles will be fundamental in twenty-first century transport research.

The objective of this Special Issue is to contribute to the development and optimization of vehicle aerodynamics. This will be done through enhanced scientific and multi-disciplinary knowledge transfer, in which an interaction among different areas within the subject will be encouraged. The focus will be on improved energy-efficiency and safety by taking into account the shifting landscape of electrical propulsion and autonoumus driving.

We therefore invite papers on fundamental and innovative technical developments; reviews; case studies; and numerical, analytical, as well as assessment papers from different disciplines in the subject, that are relevant to the development of sustainable vehicles.

Prof. Lennart Löfdahl
Guest Editor

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