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Old 07-30-2013, 06:48 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
FoilSim works fine but you can't change the shapes.
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FoilSim III Student Version 1.4d beta
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Someone here was previously modeling a semi with solid works/ flow but hasn't chimed in yet. This sim I am asking for would be a piece of cake in the same vein. Not a big deal.
Ground proximity 3-D Wake flow cannot be predicted with CFD.
A model of the vehicle must first be built and tested to ascertain the wakes achitecture.
Then the wake is panel-ized along with the vehicle body surface vectors as an aerodynamic singularity and input-ed into the program.
If you've gone to the trouble to build the model you'll get 'real' results with that in a wind tunnel.And watch your Reynolds number.
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