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Originally Posted by freebeard
I thought one of the best parts is Figure 1.2, relative contributions. 45% above the stagnation point, 25% below and 30% to the wheelweels.
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What was also interesting was that covering both wheel wells is actually not the most effective way to lower drag
I found a few other new studies and cfd analysis papers on a host site, but they all are behind a paywall and require like a 40 dollar payment to read. Ridiculous. Stuff like that shoukd be public knowledge
I skimmed over one that just had the conclusion posted, said I’d have to pay to read the whole study, but it said in SHORTER diffuser, that a curved diffuser that goes steep actually has less drag that a straight and mild angle diffuser. Would explain why the back of teslas have the end of the diffuser curve up, versus extending out like the eqxx