Description:

Ground effect is an essential aspect of the performance of several components of the aerodynamics package of an FSAE car. Validating these effects is difficult to do since wind tunnels often create thick boundary layers on the floors which are not representative of what the real wing goes through. One way to mitigate this is with a rolling road. The objective of this project is to investigate rolling road wind tunnel validation techniques for a ground effect producing wing, focusing on the front wing of a Formula SAE vehicle.

Type:

Undergraduate

Outcome:

1. Map of the boundary layer on the rolling road section of the WT 
2. CFD model that replicates the conditions of the rolling road with front wing
3. Jig that holds the front wing on top of rolling road while measuring forces
4. Testing data of front wing on rolling road 
5. Comparison between CFD and Wind tunnel  

Prerequisites

This is a student-initiated project by Mikayel Dobrovolski (mdob353) and Brendan Cooper (bcoo844)

MECHENG 712: Aerohydrodynamics

Specialisations

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering

Categories

• Aero-Fluid-Hydrodynamics

Supervisor

• Daniel De Mel

Team

• Brendan Cooper
• Mikayel Dobrovolski

Lab

Aerodynamics Lab (Newmarket 901 Lvl5, Lab)