Research Article

Investigation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Platoon Vehicles Based on Ahmed Body

Table 2

Comparison of drag coefficients simulated by three turbulence models with experimental values.

Turbulence modelCD (CFD)CD (EXP)Relative error (%)

Standard k-ε0.348128.93
RNG k-ε0.26630.271.37
Realizable k-ε0.27281.03