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Reference Number EP/Y036476/1
Title NWTF+ Full Proposal: Experimental Database and Wheel Spray Facility
Status Started
Energy Categories Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research 50%;
Not Energy Related 50%;
Research Types Equipment 100%
Science and Technology Fields PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Applied Mathematics) 20%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 80%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Dr GJ Page
No email address given
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Loughborough University
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 July 2024
End Date 31 December 2028
Duration 54 months
Total Grant Value £2,386,174
Industrial Sectors No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Region East Midlands
Programme National Wind Tunnel Facility
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr GJ Page , Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University (99.998%)
  Other Investigator Dr D Butcher , Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University (0.001%)
Dr A Garmory , Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University (0.001%)
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Abstract This research comprises two strands: the creation of a unique tire spray rig and a world leading experimental database of NWTF aerodynamic research data.The first strand will allow real sensors from road vehicle Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to be tested in water sprays from rotating car wheels. In wet conditions there can be a significant reduction in visibility caused by the spray from other vehicles. Whilst this is dangerous to the human driver, it can become critical for ADAS systems and could constrain the future operational use of full Autonomous Driving Systems. It is not only obscuration that is problematic, an ADAS sensor that 'imagines' a vehicle due to the density of spray and initiates emergency breaking could also cause unnecessary accidents. Understanding the limits of such systems in adverse weather conditions is vital in the development process so that appropriate mitigation actions can be taken.The Experimental Database strand creates a digital infrastructure to ensure that expensive and time-consuming aerodynamic tests can be fully exploited by the user community. It builds upon and complements the existing EPSRC NWTF network grant with the ambition of creating a world leading portal to access high quality aerodynamics data. It will also create two reference models and test across a number of UK low speed wind tunnels to assess their strengths and weaknesses.
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