
Does more downforce affect the acceleration and top speed?
Sep 7, 2021 · Does a car make more downforce the faster it goes? For example, a Lola B12/60 can go from 0-60 mph in 2.8 seconds and reach a speed of 206 mph with 725 hp, while the …
Aerodynamical forces - downforce - Engineering Stack Exchange
Mar 7, 2016 · The common principal aerodynamic elements of a car are a front wing, rear wing and diffuser (which creates downforce under the car by ground effect). Ride height both overall …
How air dam reduce drag and lift? - Engineering Stack Exchange
Aug 23, 2022 · What is main purpose of air dam in car industry, reduce drag or reduce lift (increase downforce)? How dam reduce drag if : a)increase frontal area, b)increase stagnation …
How do I properly scale down a force for scale-down model testing?
Oct 5, 2021 · For stress analysis only - if the load is uniformly distributed,, scale down the actual uniform load by 8. For concentrated load, scale the concentrated force by 64.
mechanical engineering - How do drag and downforce in a rear …
Mar 22, 2019 · I ran an two aerodynamic simulations, one for a spoiler angle of 0 deg and the other for the same spoiler declined at 30 deg. The results showed a considerable increase in …
pressure - Increasing air velocity through F1 car diffuser ...
Jan 27, 2022 · I understand that because of Bernoulli's law, when the velocity increases, the pressure decreases, which is good for F1 cars if we want to generate downforce (by having a …
How is lift related to airspeed? - Engineering Stack Exchange
Jun 3, 2015 · Lift produced by an airplane wing is related to airspeed - this much is clear; a plane moving too slowly will stall. But what is that relation? Linear? Quadratic? Exponential? I don't …
aerodynamics - What is the area when calculating the drag …
Apr 2, 2016 · For a race car wing (which is simply an airplane wing upside down to generate downforce), what should we consider as the area? The cross-sectional area perpendicular to …
structural engineering - Calculate whether a polycarbonate plate …
Apr 8, 2020 · I need to calculate whether a polycarbonate sheet can withstand a certain maximum force. The force is an impact force on any one point of the sheet at any given time. All I have …
Tug of war robot w/ max torque - Engineering Stack Exchange
May 15, 2017 · The downward force of the cable would actually add downforce to your wheels if they are close enough. You need to draw a tri-angle from the tie off point to the 2 wheels, then …