Car eco design expert system for sustainable automobile society

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23611050
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Kurume Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: AZUMA DAISUKE 久留米工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (20461543)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ISHII Akira 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 教授 (80325571)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自動車デザイン / 自動車空力 / デザイン開発 / エキスパートシステム / デザイン工学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To reduce air resistance and to improve fuel consumption are the important issues of the automotive design development．As both styling and aerodynamics must be considered, automotive design developments require considerable time. In order to solve this problem, we studied the car eco design expert system for achieving a good fusion between aerodynamics performance and styling. And we tried to develop this system.
Set out below are the concrete results. 1. We reseach and analyze the effect of the aerodynamic shape on the car design impression. 2. We verified the aerodynamic simulation software to incorporate into the system. 3. We summarized an opinion to the system from the domestic and international car designer. 4. We developed a prototype system for iPhone application.

Free Research Field

自動車空力デザイン