Author:
Alonso Liliana,Saavedra Oscar
Abstract
<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Currently the automotive industry has been under extremely important technological changes. Part of these changes are related to the way that users interact with the vehicle and fundamental components are the new digital cluster and screens. These devices have created a disruption in the way information is transmitted to the user, being essential for vehicle operation, including safety.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph">Due to new operating conditions, multiple evaluations need to be performed, one of them is the solar temperature Load to ensure correct operation without compromising user safety. This test is required to identify the thermal performance on the screens mounted on the instrument panel. The performance identification is performed on both sides, analytical and physical. In regards finite element simulation it represents the solar chamber as the main source of heat and being the main mechanism of transmission the radiation.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph">To model this boundary conditions, Taitherm® Software [<span class="xref">1</span>] is used, and it allows to evaluate several load cases such as thermal load variation, several exterior colors of the car because it has been identified a strong relationship between the colors and the thermal energy captured, finally incident angle determined by the windshield inclination/slope because the present assessment it is restricted to the clusters/screens mounted on the instrument panel</div><div class="htmlview paragraph">To identify the validity of the study, a correlation has been achieved, that means that a physical test was assessed by the use thermocouples instrumented and the temperature captured on the screen was correlated with the robustness of the CAE simulation (Computer-Aided Engineering) to apply this method on vehicle programs that are under design phase.</div></div>