The Role of the Moving Ground for Automotive Wind Tunnel Testing on Race Cars 1999-01-0647
The paper describes the most important items in the aerodynamic research related to the development of a racing car. The methodologies of scale model wind tunnel testing and track testing are analyzed. In detail these are applied to the development of the Alfa Romeo 156 ST. The wind tunnel used is described as well as the car instrumentation in the track tests. A comparative analysis is performed between model and full scale aerodynamic results. Finally the influence of the moving belt in the lift measurements of the scale model is considered and the use of the aerodynamic load distribution in the development of the Alfa Romeo 156 ST is described.
Citation: Borello, G., Beccio, S., Limone, S., Ferro, G. et al., "The Role of the Moving Ground for Automotive Wind Tunnel Testing on Race Cars," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-0647, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-0647. Download Citation
Author(s):
G. Borello, S. Beccio, S. Limone, G. Ferro, P. Bergamini, F. B. Quagliotti
Affiliated:
A.R.T. Engineering S.r.l., Torino, Italy, FIAT AUTO Corse S.p.A., Torino, Italy, FIAT AUTO S.p.A. Scale Model Wind Tunnel, Orbassano, Italy, Aerospace Engineering Dept., Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Pages: 10
Event:
International Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle Aerodynamics and Wind Noise-SP-1441
Related Topics:
Wind tunnel tests
Scale models
Racing vehicles
Aerodynamics
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