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Monday, January 30, 2012

The connection between Formula 1 and Dark Energy

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Perhaps to the surprise of many aerodynamicists, one of the concepts deeply familiar to them, may actually explain the existence of dark ene...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Wastegate-blown diffusers

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Whilst the FIA have made extensive efforts to prohibit the use of exhaust-blown diffusers in Formula 1 from 2012 onwards, there appears to b...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

McLaren's floor tiles

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The BBC recently broadcast a documentary on McLaren's new supercar, the MP4-12C. In the opening minutes of the programme, we follow Ron ...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Autocourse 2011-2012

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This year's Autocourse is printed on golf-leaf infused paper, using inks derived from the pituitary gland of the Himalayan gazelle. At ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Red Bull and Immersed Boundary Methods

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Autosport 's recent 2011 Formula 1 review pointed out that whilst Red Bull were the first team to appear with exhausts blowing the outer...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Unleashing radiation in a wind-tunnel

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There are currently two primary methods of wind-tunnel flow visualisation: Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Doppler Anemometry (L...
Saturday, December 03, 2011

How Red Bull create streamwise vorticity

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Red Bull arrived in Singapore this year with interesting little mini-arches in their front-wing, where the inner end of each main plane meet...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Linking Red Bull's fuel loads to McLaren's rear-wing

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One of the oddities of the 2011 Formula 1 season has been the contrast between the alacrity with which McLaren responded to the failure of t...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Airbox spillage and fluidics

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A couple of weeks ago, the FIA issued a Technical Directive to the Formula One teams, announcing that off-throttle blowing of the exhausts ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Exhaust-blown diffusers in 2012?

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The 2012 Formula One regulations are intended to prohibit the use of exhaust-blown diffusers: stringent requirements have been placed on the...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Turbulence in Singapore

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The fourth Grand Prix of Singapore will take place this weekend, and whilst the city-state forms an impressive backdrop for a race, overtaki...
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