5 results for "aerodynamics"

To understand the Aerodynamics of the Undertray and Diffuser you need to be familiar with two physicists: Bernoulli and Venturi. Essentially, when a fluid is forced through a reduced cross-sectional area, to comply with the principle of mass continuity, its…

Despite the rear wing playing a major role in limiting Aero balance, the front wing remains the most important aero device on the car. It is the first thing the air hits and therefore determines the efficiency of the flow…

The starting point when designing a wing is to quickly understand the characteristics of a range of different aerofoils and their interactions with eachother. For this, Teams often use 2D CFD simulations and simplified meshes to minimise simulation running time…

With Formula Student cars less sensitive to drag, generating wings with large amounts of downforce is relatively easy. However, the trick is to design both the front and rear wings with equal amounts of downforce to achieve an Aerodynamic balance,…

A Formula Student car is a different beast to any other category of Motorsport. With some designs achieving power to weight ratios of 1hp/kg, these carsextract phenomenal performance out of their Motorbike engines, or electric motors. The freedom of the…