Aerodynamic development of Formula Student race car

This thesis describes the process of developing the aerodynamics package of a Formula Student race car with computational  uid dynamics. It investigates the eects of aerodynamics on the vehicle's behaviour and performance with regard to the Formula Student competition format. The methods used d...

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Main Author: Dahlberg, Henrik
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: KTH, Mekanik 2014
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-148799
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-kth-1487992014-08-13T07:49:10ZAerodynamic development of Formula Student race carengDahlberg, HenrikKTH, Mekanik2014This thesis describes the process of developing the aerodynamics package of a Formula Student race car with computational  uid dynamics. It investigates the eects of aerodynamics on the vehicle's behaviour and performance with regard to the Formula Student competition format. The methods used during the development are evaluated and put into context by investigating the correlation between a wind-tunnel experiment of a wing in ground proximity, and its simulated counterpart. The aerodynamics package consists of an undertray, a front wing and a rear wing and the report details the stages involved in optimising these components to achieve the desired results. Denna avhandling beskriver processen att utveckla ett aerodynamikpaket för en Formula Student-bil med strömningsmekaniska beräkningar. Den unders öker eekterna av aerodynamik på fordonets beteende och prestanda med avseende på tävlingsformatet. De metoder som används under utvecklingen utvärderas och sätts i sitt sammanhang genom att undersöka hur väl ett vindtunnelexperiment av en vinge nära marken korrelerar med dess simulerade motsvarighet. Aerodynamikpaketet består av ett golv, en främre vinge och en bakre vinge och rapporten detaljerar de steg som är involverade i att optimera dessa komponenter för att uppnå önskat resultat. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-148799application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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description This thesis describes the process of developing the aerodynamics package of a Formula Student race car with computational  uid dynamics. It investigates the eects of aerodynamics on the vehicle's behaviour and performance with regard to the Formula Student competition format. The methods used during the development are evaluated and put into context by investigating the correlation between a wind-tunnel experiment of a wing in ground proximity, and its simulated counterpart. The aerodynamics package consists of an undertray, a front wing and a rear wing and the report details the stages involved in optimising these components to achieve the desired results. === Denna avhandling beskriver processen att utveckla ett aerodynamikpaket för en Formula Student-bil med strömningsmekaniska beräkningar. Den unders öker eekterna av aerodynamik på fordonets beteende och prestanda med avseende på tävlingsformatet. De metoder som används under utvecklingen utvärderas och sätts i sitt sammanhang genom att undersöka hur väl ett vindtunnelexperiment av en vinge nära marken korrelerar med dess simulerade motsvarighet. Aerodynamikpaketet består av ett golv, en främre vinge och en bakre vinge och rapporten detaljerar de steg som är involverade i att optimera dessa komponenter för att uppnå önskat resultat.
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