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Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed (Engineering and Performance)
Joseph Katz
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- Publisher: Bentley Publishers
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- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 Stars
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Product Description: "Race Car Aerodynamics" is the first book to summarize the secrets of the rapidly developing field of high-speed vehicle design. Author Joseph Katz provides clear explanations for both the engineer who wants to improve his or her design skills and enthusiasts who simply want to understand how their favorite race cars go fast.
-How aerodynamics win races. Why downforce is more important than
streamlining and drag reduction
-Wind tunnel designs, methods and results-what you can and can't believe
-Special overview section reviews the fundamentals of aerodynamics
-Full definitions of terms, with equations and examples provided for
determining key aerodynamic parameters like Drag, Lift and Side-force
coefficients, fluid viscosity, or wind-tunnel corrections
-Designing wings and venturis-what works and what doesn't
-Numerous examples using specific race cars: passenger-based, prototypes,
and open-wheel designs Drawing upon his extensive research and experience in the field of aerodynamics, the author has produced a comprehensive data base that will become a standard in its field. Whether you are a designer, instructor, or enthusiast, "Race Car Aerodynamics" will give you the essential information on what makes race cars fast.
- Paperback: 270 pages
- Publisher: Bentley Publishers
- ISBN: 0837601428
- Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
- Weight: 1.7 pounds
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Customer Reviews
- interesting but dated
- Avg. Customer Rating: 3 Stars
- It is perhaps a mistake to title a book New Developments in Race Car Aerodynamics because the time will come when the book is no longer new. In 15 years the nature of aerodynamics has not changed but racing rules and regulations have and the tool of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has greatly matured. The effect of the CFD revolution, if I can call it that, is that flow vizualization and flow calculation based on 3D mathematical models of cars has become so good and so cheap, relatively speacking, that wind tunnels are now a verification tool to make sure the models are correct. All this means that a rewrite of this book would look entirely different. In additon, I am still unclear as to who the audience was for this. It was not for a practicing automotive aerodymanicist, not being technical enough. But somehow it doesn't seem to me correctly structured for the car sports enthusiast who wants to know a bit more about aerodynamics and auto racing.
Still, there are good things here. The brief discussion of wind tunnels is quite interesting and in a sense explains the demand side of the CFD development since clearly the capital intensity of really accurate autosports wind tunnels is high. The basic explanations of fluid dynamic behavior are clear enough. The references at the end of the chapters are quite helpful and would enable anyone seeking more in depth understanding to find a path, though again, they are all 15 years old.
This is not a bad book, but more a starting point than an ending point. - Good compilation of formulas, theory and practical examples
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- An excellent review of race car aero. It is one of the few books that accurately discusses current trends. Answers a lot of "How does that work" type questions regarding undertrays, splitters, spoilers, wings and vortex generating devices. With the Milliken and Milliken book, Gillespie's vehicle dynamics manual and this book, a competition car engineer has all of the tools necessary for design and analysis.
- Very nice book!
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
Very nice book!
Many diagrams and pictures, very interesting for a reader..- Excellent compilation of Basics on Aeordynamics
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars
- As a reader without a formal engineering background, I found this book to be a good primer in aerodynamics. Although challenging, the theory is accessible and the mathematics practical. I have found no other material that serves as well as an introduction to the theory and practice of race car aero concepts.
- From Basics to advanced aerodynamics concepts
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- This is a very well written and designed book on cars aerodynamics. It starts from the Bernoulli law, passing through the definition of drag, lift, coefficient of pressure,...(always recalling to the objective of the book: understanding cars aerodynamics), ending with lot of examples on real-world race cars. There's no need to start reading this book with an advanced knowledge in engineering, because in here you can find all the recalls or new knowledge that you need in the subsequent chapters: so I recommend it for all kind of knowledge that you have. Lot of graphs, formulas, and very well described examples. So: not only theory but lot of practical examples and observations. Very good book!
