Flow Illustrator Stand Alone Version (Windows Only)

[onefstek]

After messing with the race car aero I decided to look at the truck and trailer. Here are a few flow illustrations.


F150 with enclosed trailer. I towed that this year from Seattle WA, to Sacramento Ca and I got 7mpg. LOL




F350 crew cab, my current truck with canopy


F350 with wing on canopy and trailer rear cap and lower front bumper

[AndrzejM]

Great piece of software... Thanks all for this. Michael and Sergei guys you're great!

ChazInMT thanks for sharing!

[ChazInMT]

Prosze bardzo, Glad I could bring this to light.

[Sven7]

Just one question- I don't think it's been covered. What do the red and green mean? Are they high and low pressure?

[Ardent]

Neat!

Any suggestions for under-hood approximating?

[CigaR007]

Originally Posted by Sven7

Just one question- I don't think it's been covered. What do the red and green mean? Are they high and low pressure?

I have also been wondering about that.

[Sven7]

Originally Posted by Ardent

Neat!

Any suggestions for under-hood approximating?

Probably not worth it unless you plan on replicating all the radiator ribs, spark plug wires, tubes, linkages, etc etc. It's just a mess.

[Ardent]

I'm not so much interested in the actual under-hood flow, but rather the effect (if any) on the flow around the vehicle. The difference indicated seems minor between an open and blocked grille.

[Sven7]

Chevy C/K? I think it would make more of a difference in 3D where the effect of the firewall and axles, etc. is multiplied.

I did a Suburban. It worked at 1300x800px on a 4 year old machine running 4GB RAM.



Also Volt.



Also

[Ardent]

Originally Posted by Sven7

Chevy C/K?

Yea, good eye despite the low resolution. I'll try at a higher resolution and see how it performs. My initial testing was done at the 600x300 recommended in this thread.