marwood82 schrieb:
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> Locke Cole Wrote:
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> > Quote from the article:
> > Speculation is, that the “dead zone” is an
> > aerodynamic area, yet uncharted, where
> > Bernoulli’s principals no longer apply and
> where
> > the dynamic pressure is zero. Thus the name
> dead
> > zone.
> >
> > Oh. My.
> >
> > My brain is close to imploding just thinking
> about
> > the number of severe theoretical oversights
> that
> > this sweeping, unsubstantiated statement makes.
>
> lol,
>
> the article does make it sound like mclaren have
> somehow found a way to 'switch off' the laws of
> physics.
>
> that being the case you do wonder why they're
> wasting their time with F1. surely a joint venture
> with virgin to fit spaceship 2 with warp drive
> would be a better use of their apparent
> extraordinary talents.
i think you're taking it a bit too literally. the article was obviously written by layman when it comes to physics. i guess the whole point is the follwing: if you redirect the flow of air around a wing by an aerodynamically more efficient surface so that there's only static air (relative to the wing) or a minimal flow of air around the wing the wing creates none or very little drag (and no downforce obviously). while bernoulli's priciple still holds true it's of little use in that case as it just tells you that the overall pressure on the wing is the static pressure (as the name says dynamic pressure is zero with no flow relative to the wing). he probably wrote "no longer applies" to emphasize that bernoulli's principle get's unimportant when looking at the impact of the wing on the car's performance.
used to be GPGSL's Nick Heidfeld