Heatsinks maybe?

[mike]

i find this on the net, it uses 2 aluminium coolers above the engine to cool and hence no inlet was needed

now imagine if it were to be put on the engine covers of f1 cars, there will be significantly more area, and if it is incorporate with fluids, cars could actually have a near zero drag cooling

http://www.time-compression.com/x/guide ... ml?id=8300
don understand much of that,but lets have the graduated engineers to have a read

[riff_raff]

The only question I have about that photo is whether the "uni-tard" being worn by the pit crew member in the background meets the fire safety rating required by the FIA?

[xpensive]

Lord, thank you for the digital world. This one goes to my key-ring usb-whatever-it- iz.

Somebody obviously had a head for useful purposes though, see those wheel-coverings?

[PlatinumZealot]

n smikle,

Nice model. But from an aero perspective, I don't know about your ducting. The inlet duct looks like it would be very turbulent, due to the extreme divergence of the lower portion.

With a heat exchanger duct, you first want to ensure a flow condition where you have higher pressure ahead of the core than behind it. With compressible flow, this is normally accomplished by creating a diffuser (divergent) duct ahead of the core, and a convergent duct aft of the core. In the diffuser, you are trading velocity for pressure. And in the exit duct, you are converting pressure to velocity.

You also want to size the exit duct so that the discharge velocity is at least as high as the passing ambient airflow velocity.

Finally, the duct inlet should be in an area on the chassis that is free from turbulent flows and has relatively high dynamic pressure. And the exit duct should be located in an area that has low dynamic pressure.

Good luck,
Terry

Yeah i will modify it somewhat.. Now that I saw this picture..
hmm.It is unclear If it just the side pod that covers all of this.. I will modify it.

[PlatinumZealot]

I was trying to run the simulation, But i kept getting the error that the boundary condition surfaces are not in the fluid.. It was so annoying.. I tried everything then I just had to draw over a VERY BOXY LOOKING model... Far from a Proper F1 sidepod. This new model resolved properly though.. The problem now is that the radiator fins carry a small gap size, so i had to "fine tune" the calculation mesh. I am just learning how to do it properly.
The result is that the number of cells in the mesh is still to many and the simulation is straining my computer and the Test was unable to complete.

It is going to take a while to try different configurations..

I will learn how to refine the mesh properly and try it again.

I will post a picture later.. (It's a very ugly model but it has to do)