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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

AERODYNAMICS
2nd classwork
2024-20

1. Formula-E Gran Turismo is a new kind of racecar, which uses electric speed
racers in different types of circuits worldwide. You are hired to work as an
engineer with expertise in aerodynamics as part of the Tesla Inc. car team. So
far, the team has designed all the car frames and the front and rear inverted
wings (both attached to the car frame at c/4 of each surface) to get stability. The
concept car is shown in the following figures (measured in meters):
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

The rear and front wings have both end plates at each wingtip as a way to obtain the
most efficiency from these surfaces as possible and make them behave as infinite wings.
Some of the cars’ specifications are:

• Total car-frame weight: 550 kg (including the battery)


• Average pilot weight: 82 kg
• Engine power: 891 bhp, 17500 rpm
• Max. torque: 40 kgf*m / 15500 rpm

Both the front and the back-stabilization wings use a NACA 2308 with different
positions in height, distance, and angle of attack. It is also known that the rear wing
has an AoA value of -5.0 [deg]. The rear wing airfoil total drag coefficient is given by the
following function:

c d = 0,0006 (c l ) + 0,0035 (c l ) − 0,0003 (c l ) + 0,0051


3 2

The front cd value is 5% less than the rear one.

Neglecting the car-frame aerodynamics effects, you are asked to find the angle of attack
of the front wing in order to obtain enough downforce for its stability and balance for a
top speed of 450 [km/h] and standard sea level conditions (∞ = 1.225 [kg/m3], ∞ = 1.79
x 10-5 [kg/(m*seg)])
front_wing = _______ [deg]

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