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aerohead · 02-28-2011, 06:24 PM

If you wanted to do some noodling,consider that a Mazda Miata-sized car will displace 93,456 cubic feet of air/mile.
At your design urban velocity you could figure your CFM.
The CRC Manual of Tables would have the albido for different colors.
An ASHRAE Manual would have the solar insolation/per square foot falling on the car.
The ASRAE manual will also have a psychrometric chart with which you could compare enthalpies/densities/etc. to see what air density differentials could be generated for a given heat flux generated per color on the car.
With that you could plug into the aero drag equation and look at your differences.

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aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,335 Thanks: 24,453 Thanked 7,394 Times in 4,789 Posts	noodling If you wanted to do some noodling,consider that a Mazda Miata-sized car will displace 93,456 cubic feet of air/mile. At your design urban velocity you could figure your CFM. The CRC Manual of Tables would have the albido for different colors. An ASHRAE Manual would have the solar insolation/per square foot falling on the car. The ASRAE manual will also have a psychrometric chart with which you could compare enthalpies/densities/etc. to see what air density differentials could be generated for a given heat flux generated per color on the car. With that you could plug into the aero drag equation and look at your differences.