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Old 12-10-2008, 04:48 PM   #167 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by wyatt View Post
Should your ground plane be extended more to the front and back of the car, or is that just a representation of where the ground would be? I am just seeing what appears to be pressure crossing the ground plane.
Sorry, should have explained that For each configuration, I run two solutions. One as seen and another with the mirrored body ground plane. The one you're looking at has no ground (I probably should have turned off that plane before grabbing that image). For all intents and purposes - there is no "ground" surface - just a plane that shows where the ground would be so I can mirror the body over it.

Once I have both solutions, I go back and compare the difference (dividing applicable forces in half for the mirrored version).

I should try adding a moving ground - with the new computing horsepower I have
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