Race Car Aerodynamics Foil Splitter New Haynes Manual

Competition Car Aerodynamics follows the down-to-earth philosophy of its well-received predecessor, Competition Car Down force, but incorporates major updates and additional information to cover all aspects of aerodynamics. Aerodynamic theory is tackled in a comprehensive yet comprehensible way by author Simon McBeath, who has been granted unprecedented access to state-of-the-art fluid-flow simulation techniques, known as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

Photographs, graphs and CFD-generated images — many seen in the successful ‘Aerobytes’ series published in Racecar Engineering magazine — are used to explain with unrivalled clarity how aerodynamic performance benefits are obtained in practice. With case studies from Formula One, ChampCar, sports prototypes, GT and saloon cars, this book will appeal to anyone wishing to gain an understanding of how a knowledge of aerodynamics can benefit the performance of all types of competition cars.

• Historical background
• Out of thin air
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
• Airdams, splitters and spoilers
• Wings
• Underbody aerodynamics
• Miscellaneous devices
• Removing (some of) the guesswork
• A few case studies
• Final thoughts
• Some wing profile suggestions
• References and recommended reading