Aerodynamic Effect of the Gurney Flap on the Front Wing of a F1 Car and Flow Interactions with Car Components

被引:21
|
作者
Basso, Mattia [1 ]
Cravero, Carlo [1 ]
Marsano, Davide [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Genoa, Dipartimento Ingn Meccan Energet Gest & Trasporti, Via Montallegro 1, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
关键词
racing car; front wing; gurney flap; CFD; TRAILING-EDGE; HIGH-LIFT; AIRFOIL; REGION; DESIGN; WAKE; CFD;
D O I
10.3390/en14082059
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The design of a racing car needs several aerodynamic design steps in order to achieve high performance. Each component has an aerodynamic interaction with the others and high performance requires a good match between them. The front wing is undoubtedly one of the main components to determine car performance with a strong interaction with the downstream components. The Gurney Flap (GF) is a small appendix perpendicular to the pressure side of the front wing at the trailing edge that can dramatically improve the front wing performance. In the literature, the performance of a GF on a single profile is well documented, while in this paper the GF mounted on the front wing of a racing car has been investigated and the interactions through the 3D flow structures are discussed. The global drag and downforce performance on the main components of the vehicle have been examined by comparing the cases with and without a GF. The GF increases the downforce by about 24% compared to a limited increase in the drag force. A fluid dynamic analysis has been carried out to understand the physical mechanisms of the flow interaction induced to the other components. The GF, in fact, enhances the ground effect, by redistributing the flow that interacts differently with the other components i.e., the wheel zone.
引用
收藏
页数:15
相关论文
共 40 条
  • [21] The effect of bogie side components on the aerodynamic noise generation of the leading car of a high-speed train
    He, Yuan
    Thompson, David
    Hu, Zhiwei
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, 2025, 239 (02) : 187 - 196
  • [22] Multimedia Concepts on Object Detection and Recognition with F1 Car Simulation Using Convolutional Layers
    Balakrishnan, Amutha
    Ramana, Kadiyala
    Dhiman, Gaurav
    Ashok, Gokul
    Bhaskar, Vidhyacharan
    Sharma, Ashutosh
    Gaba, Gurjot Singh
    Masud, Mehedi
    Al-Amri, Jehad F.
    WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS & MOBILE COMPUTING, 2021, 2021
  • [23] A study of the time-resolved structure of the vortices shed into the wake of an isolated F1 car wheel
    A. Parfett
    H. Babinsky
    J. K. Harvey
    Experiments in Fluids, 2022, 63
  • [24] F1 style MGU-H applied to the turbocharger of a gasoline hybrid electric passenger car
    Boretti A.
    Boretti, Albert (a.a.boretti@gmail.com), 2017, Walter de Gruyter GmbH (06) : 293 - 300
  • [25] A study of the time-resolved structure of the vortices shed into the wake of an isolated F1 car wheel
    Parfett, A.
    Babinsky, H.
    Harvey, J. K.
    EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS, 2022, 63 (07)
  • [26] Numerical Study of the Effect of the Trailing-Edge Devices (Gurney Flap and Divergent Trailing-Edge Flap) on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Airfoil in Transonic Flow for Drone Applications
    Kmiotek, Malgorzata
    Kordos, Adrian
    Piszczatowski, Adam
    Zaremba, Adam
    ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2023, 17 (05) : 248 - 259
  • [27] 3D CFD simulation of the interaction between front wheels&brake ducts and optimised five-element F1 race car front wings under regulations
    Granados-Ortiz, F. -j.
    Morales-Higueras, P.
    Ortega-Casanova, J.
    ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2023, 69 : 677 - 698
  • [28] GENETICS OF CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS .2. PAPILLOMA INDUCTION AND MALIGNANT CONVERSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE (CAR-S) AND RESISTANT (CAR-R) LINES OF MICE PRODUCED BY BIDIRECTIONAL SELECTIVE BREEDING AND IN THEIR (CAR-S X CAR-R) F1 HYBRIDS
    PIOLI, C
    SARAN, A
    MOUTON, D
    TROIANI, C
    DORIA, G
    COVELLI, V
    NEVEU, T
    BIOZZI, G
    CARCINOGENESIS, 1994, 15 (11) : 2629 - 2635
  • [29] Involvement of electrostatic interactions between the components of toluene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas putida F1
    Lee, K
    JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 1998, 8 (04) : 416 - 421
  • [30] Effect of car acceleration on traffic flow in 1D stochastic CA model
    Nagatani, T
    PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 1996, 223 (1-2) : 137 - 148