I suspect that Computer modeling of aerodynamics could be much better if the
teams had super-computers with proper software. But that in itself would be
at least as expensive as wind tunnels and maybe not as predictable.
Joe C.
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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Babcock
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 6:16 PM
To: Shane Ingate
Cc: Friends of Triumph
Subject: Re: [Fot] State of F1
They model the bejessus out of F1 cars, but flow is always chaotic at
the macro level. You can't even really precisely model water flow
through a pipe except as an ideal pipe. You can be very predictive
about components and even interactions between components to a degree,
but its not enough to really know what's going to happen. For that you
can't beat a tunnel. And the tunnel has to have a lot of special
characteristics. I know that even half-size models are viewed as a
gross approximation. Only a full size model will do, and it needs to
have steerable wheels, dynamic height front and back, and a rolling
road before the data is considered truly useful.
They also model (and wind-tunnel test) car to car interaction
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