Optimum nose shape of a front-rear symmetric train for the reduction of the total aerodynamic drag

摘要

For a high-speed train, the same power car is used as the first car and as the last car in a reverse direction simultaneously. Therefore, the previously optimized nose shape, considering only the first car position, is not well adopted in the last car position of a front-rear symmetric train in view of the aerodynamic drag. The three-dimensional nose shape optimization of a front-rear symmetric train is conducted to minimize the total aerodynamic drag of the entire train using CFD. The 3-D nose model is constructed by the vehicle modeling function with the optimized area distribution to minimize the micro-pressure wave. It is revealed that the total aerodynamic drag of the optimum shape for the entire train is reduced by 23.0% when compared to that of the conventionally optimized shape only for the first car of the symmetric train.