Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Vehicle Active Aerodynamic Safety

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:19.43em"/><col style="width:7.65em"/><col style="width:7.03em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Drag coefficient</td><td class="align_center">Lift coefficient</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Base model</td><td class="align_center">0.506</td><td class="align_center">−0.101</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Model with an active airbag</td><td class="align_center">0.557</td><td class="align_center">−0.212</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Model with an active airbag and side curtains</td><td class="align_center">0.572</td><td class="align_center">−0.312</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>A comparison of the aerodynamic coefficient values for different variants of the tested car model.</div>

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