INVESTIGATION OF AERODYNAMICS INTERACTIONS IN CAR RACING IN OVERTAKING PHASE
Aerodynamics plays a vital role in racing, making it one of the primary investigations done by the racing team and researchers to investigate how the aerodynamic phenomenon may occur around the car during maneuvers to make it an advantage. This research describes the aerodynamic phenomenon around...
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| Format: | Final Project |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Online Access: | https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/49172 |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Aerodynamics plays a vital role in racing, making it one of the primary
investigations done by the racing team and researchers to investigate how the
aerodynamic phenomenon may occur around the car during maneuvers to make it
an advantage. This research describes the aerodynamic phenomenon around racing
conditions using steady CFD simulation for a simplified racing car without any
interaction with another car, followed by aerodynamic simulation on the interaction
between two cars, including approaching and passing conditions. The turbulent
phenomenon is modeled by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes with Kepsilon
turbulence model to describe the outer portion of the boundary layer as well
as the wake regions of the boundary layer. The value of drag of the rear car and the
downforce are reduced as the consequence of the wake while the front car
experiences an increase of drag value as the rear car is approaching closer. The
research is targeted to obtain the best possible scenario for the less advantaged
following car. |
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