Streamlines coloured by velocity passing over the front wing, sidepods and rear tyre of a 2017 F1 car

Ronan
Mateer

CFD student working on motorsport aerodynamics.

About

CFD student focused on motorsport external aerodynamics. ELS scholar, with an industrial CFD placement at Williams F1.

Projects

PERRINN 2017 F1, component study

Front wing in ground effect

Isolated study of the PERRINN 2017 F1 front wing in ground effect: where the load comes from and how its vortex system forms.

Front wing seen from below with vortex isosurfaces coloured by velocity

Car geometry: PERRINN 2017 F1 model, © PERRINN, the open-access engineering community founded by Nicolas Perrin. Used with thanks; the simulations and analysis are my own.

PERRINN 2017 F1, full vehicle

The complete car

Half-car simulation of the PERRINN 2017 F1, showing how the wake from one part feeds the next.

Q-criterion

Car geometry: PERRINN 2017 F1 model, © PERRINN, the open-access engineering community founded by Nicolas Perrin. Used with thanks; the simulations and analysis are my own.

Formula Student, full vehicle

Formula Student aero package

Full Formula Student car: surface pressure, drag and lift components, and total-pressure losses along the car.

Where the drag and downforce come from

Streamwise pressure coefficient component, rear view Vertical pressure coefficient component, rear view Drag, Cp,xLift, Cp,z

Total-pressure losses along the car

Total pressure slice at the front wing

Front wing

Writing

Notes on CFD practice and motorsport aerodynamics.

Coming soon.

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