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Spectral/hp element simulation of flow past a Formula One front wing: Validation against experiments
Imperial Coll London, Dept Aeronaut, London SW7 2AZ, England.;McLaren Racing, CFD Methodol Grp, Woking, Surrey, England.;Univ Sao Paulo, Nucleo Dinam & Fluidos Res Grp, Sao Paulo, Brazil..
McLaren Racing, CFD Methodol Grp, Woking, Surrey, England..
Kings Coll London, Dept Engn, London, England..
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SGI, Reading, Berks, England..
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2022 (English)In: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, ISSN 0167-6105, E-ISSN 1872-8197, Vol. 221, article id 104832Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Emerging commercial and academic tools are regularly being applied to the design of road and race cars, but there currently are no well-established benchmark cases to study the aerodynamics of race car wings in ground effect. In this paper we propose a new test case, with a relatively complex geometry, supported by the availability of CAD model and experimental results. We refer to the test case as the Imperial Front Wing, originally based on the front wing and endplate design of the McLaren 17D race car. A comparison of different resolutions of a high fidelity spectral/hp element simulation using under-resolved DNS/implicit LES approach with fourth and fifth polynomial order is presented. The results demonstrate good correlation to both the wall-bounded streaklines obtained by oil flow visualization and experimental PIV results, correctly predicting key characteristics of the time-averaged flow structures, namely intensity, contours and locations. This study highlights the resolution requirements in capturing salient flow features arising from this type of challenging geometry, providing an interesting test case for both traditional and emerging high-fidelity simulations.

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Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 221, article id 104832
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Aerodynamics, Computational fluid dynamics, High-fidelity spectral, hp elements method, Continuous Galerkin method, Implicit large eddy simulation
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Fluid Mechanics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-312217DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104832ISI: 000789169500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122729019OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-312217DiVA, id: diva2:1658294
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Available from: 2022-05-16 Created: 2022-05-16 Last updated: 2025-02-09Bibliographically approved

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