CFD
CFD modelling, also known as Colourful Fluid Dynamics, is much hyped as being able to produce pretty and colourful images, but lacking in substance —Anonymous.
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I hereby declare you guilty
The judicial presumption of innocence does not hold in CFD. CFD results are wrong, until proven otherwise —Bert Blocken.
Continue reading »Knowledge and practice
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it —Thomas Fuller.
Continue reading »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 »Actually, think, feel
Having quantitated what is actually happening as opposed to what engineers think should happen and what the driver feels is happening, it should then be possible to study […]
Continue reading »To be the best
It’s not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance —Jackie Stewart.
Continue reading »Aeronautics
I chose Aeronautics because I figured racing cars were more similar to aircraft than any other engineering discipline so it was the obvious thing to […]
Continue reading »Full rotation
Nothing good has ever been reported about the full rotation of a race car about either its pitch or roll axis. —Carroll Smith, “Tune to […]
Continue reading »A smart engineer…
A smart engineer can intuitively design something that will work well, but a good engineer will always back up his design with analysis and testing. […]
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