Computational Fluid Flow Analysis of Formula One Racing Car

A modern Formula One (F1) Racing Car has almost as much in common with an aircraft as it does with an ordinary road car. Aerodynamics has become a key to success in the sport and teams spend millions of dollars on research and development in the field each year for improving performance. The aerodynamic designer has two primary concerns: 1) the creation of down force, to help push the car’s tyres onto the track and improve cornering forces, 2) to minimise the drag that occurs due to turbulence and acts to slow down the car. In this project, various features of the car will be enhanced to make the whole car more aerodynamically efficient, by designing and modifying and the different parts of the car-body chassis, and analysing the corresponding flow-field at different velocities and Angle of Attacks (AOA) using Ansys CFX software. The enhanced model will be made aerodynamically efficient by considering the contours of velocity, pressure, and streamlines.