During the development of high-performance engines attention must be paid to the cooling system design. In fact this plant design, on one hand, should guarantee the thermal power transferred from the engine while, on the other hand, should minimize the car aerodynamic resistance with no excessive crossing sections.
In this paper are shown the results of thermo-fluid-dynamic model of an 8-cylinder, high-performance engine cooling system, validated by both thermal and hydraulic experimental data.
In particular, this study has been carried out on a simulation of a standard test, called "Punto di Fiorano" where the expansion tank temperature and pressure behavior have been simulated together with other cooling circuit parameters during an engine heatstroke test.
Solution: Engine cooling system
