Bernoulli Principle and Downforce in F1 Racing, Slides of Engineering

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BERNOULLI PRINCIPL

E AND DOWNFORCE

Kerem Süha BAL

OUTLINE

• (^) What is the Bernoulli Principle?
• (^) What is the Downforce?
• (^) Importance of Bernoulli Principle and downforce in F

• (^) extremely limited,

great starting point

• (^) fluid must be inco

mpressible and invi

scid

DOWNFORCE

• (^) combination of air resi stance and gravity
• pressing it down towa rds the ground
• (^) Optimizing traction
• (^) Very similar effect to fi lling a car with bricks
• (^) increases the weight of the car without increas ing its overall mass.

• (^) have two primary con

cerns

• (^) It flows at different sp

eeds on both sides of

the wing and this ma

kes a difference in pre

ssure, a physical rule

known as the Bernoul

li Principle

As this pressure tries to

stabilize, the wing tries t

o move in the direction

of low pressure. Planes

use wings to create liftin

g, race cars use their ow

n tools to create better

known and negative lifts

known as downforce.

In the mid-1970s the 'groun d effect' downforce was disc overed. Lotus engineers des igned the bottom of the car wisely, discovering that the entire chassis could act as a giant wing that connects th e car to the car.

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