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NASCAR Sprint Series

Project Overview

With NASCAR having just recently switched vehicle designs for the Sprint series, BMI has been exploring the aerodynamic characteristics of this new car. With the Sprint Series car only in its infant stage, there is a great deal of knowledge to explore to gain a full aerodynamic understanding.

To provide an accurate solution BMI has been developing a complete 3D model of the car though both laser scanning and available cad data. This includes modeling the:

With the aerodynamic analysis BMI will be able to establish an overall aerodynamic map of the vehicle including wing positions, splitter heights, airduct designs, drafting positions, weather conditions and more.

Additional Project Details

BMI performed full Viscous Navier Stokes analysis:

Project Results

A great deal has been learned about the Sprint Series car. This project is on-going and continues to increase in detail as well as the variety of simulations

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At A Glance

Project Goal

Use computational fluid dynamics to create an aerodynamic profile map of the Sprint Series car.

The Techniques

  • High order surface modeling techniques (Boeing code)
  • Moving floor and rotating wheels
  • Complete Flow Visualization
  • Navier Stokes Analysis (NASA code)

The Results

Project is still underway