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Comparative Study of Aero and Non-aero Formula Student Type Race Car Using Optimum Lap

2022; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-981-19-0836-1_14

2190-3026

Shulabh Yadav, Tirth Lodhiya, Rajan Swami, Shivam Prajapati,

Wind and Air Flow Studies

Theoretically, there are numerous pros and cons of having or not having the aero package in the car, but by only knowing all the ups and downs, one can’t decide if they should start designing an aero car or a non-aero car to get an overall minimum lap time. The design should be mathematically concise. The current paper presents a statistical analysis of both types of vehicles. The Lap Time Simulations (LTS) must be performed with some appropriate assumptions in the initial phases. Among the various methods to perform LTS the easiest and most absolute method is used here. Optimum Lap (OL) is used to perform iterations. Starting with understanding the backend of the software, a Mathematical analogy is explained. After that, some limitations of OL are explained so that after designing one should not rely on this data blindly and perform actual tests on track. Further, the vehicle and track modeling are explained along with the case study presenting a comparative study of lap times of aero and non-aero cars on two different tracks Suzuka Inter-national Racing Course (SIRC) and Autódromo Concepción del Uruguay (ACDU) using OL. In the end, the results are compared on the basis of their lap time and several conclusions are made on the basis of the event to be participated in.