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Final Year Project 2020/2021

Design and Analysis The Effect on

Shape of Side View Mirror

Student’s Name: Alifah Zahirah Binti Ramli
Supervisor’s Name: Mohd Suyerdi Bin Omar

Supervisor’s Email: msuyerdi@unikl.edu.my

Abstract Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is important today. It is the duty of the
automotive industry to reduce fuel consumption and thereby reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
How to go about this is one of the biggest issues in the automotive industry. Changing the
propulsion system is one possibility. Reducing the aerodynamic drag of the car is another
option; the subject of this thesis. When it comes to speeds above 60 km/h, the drag is of great
significance. Many parts of the vehicle lead to drag. The side-view mirrors are one such
element. The mirrors raise the amount of drag by 2-7 percent in total. The mirror plays a major
role for the entire vehicle in the drag contribution, so optimising the mirror is considered very
critical. Due to uncertainties in CFD simulations of a few drag counts, mirror optimization is
not a simple job that makes it difficult to trust all results. A combination of wind tunnel testing
on a full scale and CFD simulations is required in order to find a good mirror design.
Optimization of mirror design displays great potential. The research focuses on incorporating
three hand sketching concept design, drawing design into SolidWork, analysis the airflow using
Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) and generating the prototype.

Keywords Side View Mirror, Drag Coefficient, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD), Rapid
Prototyping Machine, automobile, Aerodynamic

Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechanical (Automotive) 30
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechatronics (Automotive)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Hons) in Mechanical Design