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Old 09-01-2011, 04:11 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Nice links, in another forum a guy was using Corvin and explained a little about what I was looking at.

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Originally Posted by Idesign View Post
In response to George, there is in fact airflow calculated over the entire car, we plant "seeds" so we can pinpoint the effect of specific areas of the car, the flow lines you see are a result of that, it is user defined what you see. If we want to know where the flow goes after it hits the mirror for example, we plant a seed on the mirror and it traces back. Conversely, if we want to know where the air is coming from that is entering the intercooler we plant a seed back there and trace it forward. The body is also broken into discrete panels so that force measurements can be taken and a contribution of down force and drag for each component, doors, hood, Mickey Mouse antenna ball, etc. can be assessed.
The second video in this link shows what's going on outside of the slipstream. It actually looks alarming to me for some reason.

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Here is what I'm used to seeing: Click link to see Chevy Volt.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...s-11183-4.html
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