Numerical analysis of an automatic deployment to enhance the downforce of the vehicle

Abstract

ABSTRACT Aerodynamic force plays a major role in motorsport since it is independent of the forced system. The efficient aerodynamic car has the capability of consuming less energy and better vehicle handling. This paper is about how to enhance the downforce aerodynamics to achieve better handling of the vehicle even at corners. The vehicle undergoes deceleration at corners to get more grips on road. During cornering the vehicle loses its downforce due to the aerodynamic effects. To compensate that loss, the vehicle decelerates at the corners. Due to this deceleration, the energy is wasted and the velocity of the car decreases drastically. In order to compensate that the latest high speed cars and other cars use the tail wing and spoilers to achieve great downforce. However, the downforce created is not much enough to hold the vehicle in the track during cornering and mostly under braking issues leads to the delamination of tyres. Furthermore, the variable is added on the device at the bottom of chassis to increase the downforce of the vehicle.