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I heavily considered a 'eggplant' nose, just couldn't bring myself to do itTalnoRacing wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 10:46Finally got a car together and submitted an entry. Could not get CFD done, so I am hoping I didn't get it too wrong.
https://i.ibb.co/qgVDd9V/TR22.jpg
Do all of your parts intersect fully with the mandatory parts? ie. No face to face surfaces, very acute angles, etc. that might cause a meshing issue.yinlad wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 10:16Yeah everything is there. As I say I've run 2 separate cases (mandatory parts and my parts) that both generate the full VTK suite, but when combined break for some reason.LVDH wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 08:22When you load a case which contains all files, do you see everything in MFlow? You might face an issue once mentioned here, that the files might not be in the same scale (some km long, others only mm?).yinlad wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 00:06Done a bit more testing and I'm very confused now. If I run the wheels and mandatory parts separately, I get all samples in post. Same for my cars files. But once I combine them and do a run, the post processing stuff that generates the VTKs crashes and fails.
Not expecting miracles but if anyone has any idea on things to try I'm all ears. I'm going to try a run with mflow 'd' version as a hail mary in case some config change in 'e' is interfering with openfoam some how but it's a wild stab in the dark
It outputs the all numbers correctly, but something about visualisation seems to be broken.
My plan is to start with the mandatory files and add my bodywork in piece by piece until it stops generating everything. From there I should hopefully be able to fix it
The ol' Caterham nose. Nice.TalnoRacing wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 10:46Finally got a car together and submitted an entry. Could not get CFD done, so I am hoping I didn't get it too wrong.
https://i.ibb.co/qgVDd9V/TR22.jpg
Your modelling skills have come on leaps and bounds since you first joined the challengeThank you for the compliment.
My cooling is based on the previous generation cars, similar sized inlet, outlet, and radiator size, so I hope that will be enough.variante wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 11:53Looking sexy! And that's my favorite sidepod configuration.TalnoRacing wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 10:46Finally got a car together and submitted an entry. Could not get CFD done, so I am hoping I didn't get it too wrong.
https://i.ibb.co/qgVDd9V/TR22.jpg
But, since you haven't run CFDs, i'm concerned about your:
- Cooling. Your cooling exhaust might be way too small. I had big issues myself with that.
- Balance. That's a very small rear wing compared to the front wing...
- Wheel deflectors effectiveness. They created more harm than good in my simulations (7.5% downforce drop). I think they need a lot of optimization to work (or a lot of luck getting them right the first time).
Oh, I totally missed out on the fact that it is a Talno design. That explains the creativity. I guess we cannot expect it to look like this for the next race, independent if I change the rules...
Yes!!! As always, cool render. Good work!
Kind of related, my RW planes were mirrored down the centre and that was causing it all to break!spacehead3 wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 15:02Do all of your parts intersect fully with the mandatory parts? ie. No face to face surfaces, very acute angles, etc. that might cause a meshing issue.
Good that you figured it out.yinlad wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 23:26Kind of related, my RW planes were mirrored down the centre and that was causing it all to break!spacehead3 wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 15:02Do all of your parts intersect fully with the mandatory parts? ie. No face to face surfaces, very acute angles, etc. that might cause a meshing issue.
Nope no gap, but the stl mesh was a bit funky around where it mirrored in the centre. That's all I can imagine it was. But it doesn't make much sense. Especially considering most of the car is made up of mirrored parts
Another sexy car!Ft5fTL wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 19:15This is the car im submitting for the first round:
https://i.imgur.com/0urxZDe.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vayXJ7I.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dc0WNsj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KjYPPlr.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/yIyxc5x.jpg
), which is one of my all-time favorite.F1.08 is also one of my all time favorites, just behind Williams BMW Fw25. Its just 2 extra holes on sidepods nothing special
