Saturday, May 21, 2011

Virtual Wind Tunnel: No Rear Wing

These are the results of a CFD "virtual wind tunnel" simulation of a Kyosho Mini-Z MR03 Mazda 787b 3D model with no rear wing.

The drag force recorded by the simulation while the car was "racing" at 10 m/s (36 km/h) was 6.2 gf. The down force recorded by the simulation at this speed was -7.8 gf (that is, 7.8 gf of lift).

The pictures below show the pressure coefficient (Cp) indicating high (red) and low (blue) pressure areas.









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