variante wrote: ↑21 Aug 2017, 03:34Yeah but that´s just an approximation. The wing interacts with the body of the car, so the Cd and Cl that you have gained have been produced by the wing AND the rest of the bodywork together. The actual values of the wing itself would be different. But I think that, for your purposes, that calculation is good enough.etsmc wrote: ↑21 Aug 2017, 03:15Had to make a quick last minute resubmission as I forgot to include a file in my original submission.
Quick question here.
If I have run a simulation with a basic body with no wings and have the results if I then add a rear wing can I simply take the new results and subtract the original results to find out how much the rear wing has added or removed from the car?
say the original no wing simulation had a
cd=0.4
cl=0.7
simulation with a rear wing had
cd=0.5
cl=1.2
could it be assumed that the rear wing values would be
cd=0.1
cl=0.5
giving the rear wing a cd/cl of 5?
Thanks for the clarification.
Yes, I understand there is an interaction, I guess the most influential interaction would be that of the rear wing and the exit of the diffuser? Improving the efficiency of the floor?