Computational study of the flow around the Ahmed vehicle model
The Ahmed vehicle model was introduced in 1984 by Ahmed et al. [1] to investigate the flow structure on the drag in the automotive industry. […]
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Arduino data-logger: first test
Last Wednesday was holiday here, so I spent the day with an old friend of mine at the Marlon Kart circuit.
Continue reading »Lap times for the 2014 F1 Australian Grand Prix
I’ve been playing this weekend with NumPy and I’ve put to the test my abilities using this extension to Python by creating the following plots.
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The Answer is 27 with FANSI Motorsport
I’m really proud to be part of this amateur racing team. A couple of weeks ago, the car raced the 24 hours of Braga, a […]
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Rear view mirror
The best way to see a race is in the rear view mirror The one in the picture is Javier Morcillo, a Britcar champion and […]
Continue reading »Design of a roll cage for a BMW E30 318i
A rear roll cage is the minimum safety requirement imposed by the organization for the 24h of Braga 2014, a low cost endurance race. The […]
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Drag Reduction System (DRS)
Wanting to get some in depth knowledge about competition car aerodynamics, the performance of a Drag Reduction System DRS should not pass unnoticed. In the […]
Continue reading »Physic models in STAR-CCM+ (Part IV: turbulence models)
We can find turbulence every day in almost every daily situation, whether it be smoke from a cigarette, water in a river or waterfall, the […]
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The #27 in NASCAR
Well-known and charismatic Russell William “Rusty” Wallace, Jr. is the driver with the most races under Car #27 —a total of 145—. Driving the #27 Kodiak Pontiac, Wallace won his first […]
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A GitHub repository for my STAR-CCM+ macros
Although I am not an expert programmer I do like to play with code, and sometimes I get some quite interesting stuff done which might […]
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