I found this thread through Google Images!
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This innovative aerodynamic feature consists of openings in the outer section of the lower front fascia that route high-pressure air through ducts at each front corner. The ducts are approximately 10 x 3 centimeters wide and are designed to channel air to openings at the front of each wheel arch, where it is discharged through a very narrow opening at high speed. The escaping air stream covers the side of the front wheels like a curtain, thereby reducing aerodynamically unfavorable turbulence around the rotating wheels.
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I think this should be
high-velocity. Otherwise a good summation of the concept, a variation on the Coanda nozzle.
kach22i -- Your link gets 403:Forbidden. I think I found it at
Access forbidden!
To move things along, here's an interesting article that ties BMW's research to a museum about the Graf Zepplin:
BMW EfficientDynamics
