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Originally Posted by aerohead
' To know and not tell makes cowards of men.' Abraham Lincoln
Okay, so what does it say specifically. Otherwise you're just name-dropping. I'm not impressed by book covers.
Perusing SAE International's website, and the PREVIEW feature for recent SAE Papers hasn't lead to any revelations in modern road vehicle aerodynamics that I can discern. Quite the contrary.
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Out of interest, I had a look in this book to see its coverage of 'basic low drag shapes'.
There are just
two pages on this topic - in a book of a little under 1300 pages!
As far as I can see, these shapes are never mentioned again -
and certainly are not used for any of the following purposes:
- Show where there is separated and attached flow on existing cars
- Guide the shape of rear extensions
- Show how rear spoilers on sedans should be positioned and shaped
- Allow the assessment of the ‘aerodynamic purity’ of cars
In the real world of road cars, basic shapes like the template are pretty well irrelevant.