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Alfa Romeo P2 CFD analysis (pt. 1)

You can’t be a true petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. Jeremy Clarkson And what best Alfa Romeo than an evolution of the first […]

CFD, OpenFOAM

Shelby GT350R Mustang CFD simulations

It’s been a really long time since my last post as I got a new job and didn’t find time to post anything interesting. Until […]

OpenFOAM

The #F1SimStar submission explained

On the occasion of their three-week F1 workshops, SimScale and Nic Perrinn are launching a competition to look for the most creative visualization of airflow […]

OpenFOAM

SimScale F1 Workshop, a step further

SimScale started, a couple of weeks ago, a series of workshops on F1 aerodynamics in collaboration with Nic Perrinn, creator of the open source LM P1 […]

CFD, F1, OpenFOAM

Drag coefficients for two Ahmed models at different vehicle spacing

This is an interesting academic exercise proposed in the book by Tu et al. [1] to analyse the aerodynamic drag and lift of two drafting […]

STAR-CCM+

The effect of different aerodynamic elements on the efficiency of the McLaren MP4-29 front wing

This is by no means representative of the actual performance of McLaren’s aerodynamic packages. The CAD geometry was generated based on high quality pictures, but from […]

STAR-CCM+

Aerodynamics: McLaren MP4-29 front wing forces

In this post I am trying to investigate the influence of velocity in aerodynamic drag and downforce. A case like this is quite easily set up in […]

Java, STAR-CCM+

I hereby declare you guilty

The judicial presumption of innocence does not hold in CFD. CFD results are wrong, until proven otherwise —Bert Blocken.

CFD

Grid sensitivity analysis on the front wing of the McLaren MP4-29 F1 race car

An important aspect to take into account when pushing for a good Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation is the process of verification and validation. Validation is usually carried […]

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