boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) What's been done. what works. what doesn't. What's not known. What's unproven. Interesting youtubes: engineering explained: kyle.drives: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kyleengineers graysgarage series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDCMUCHqgnBEbgkljvHQUg9MQfKA&feature=share&playnext=1 Interesting books: Joseph Katz - Racecar Aerodynamics: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Car-Aerodynamics-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601428 Simon McBeath - Competition Car Aerodynamics: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Car-Aerodynamics-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601428 Julian Edgar - Modifying the aerodynamics of your road car: https://www.amazon.com/Modifying-Aerodynamics-Your-Road-SpeedPro/dp/1787112837 Interesting posts/threads: from wdydtyfgt thread: https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5965986&postcount=2845 Wool tufted wagon: https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5640078&postcount=306 wagon roof at various speeds (expand thread as several more posts occur on this test session): https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5640123&postcount=771 People with useful skills: awfulwaffle - does cfd work: https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5944879&postcount=2059 3d models: $0 lgt - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/subaru-legacy-25-gt-af6ca49f8e244b78a1c26781d4e82a5d $96 lgt jdm facelift - https://hum3d.com/3d-models/subaru-legacy-station-wagon-2008/ $100 outback - https://www.3dcadbrowser.com/3d-model/subaru-outback-wagon-2005 catalog: https://3dmdb.com/en/3d-models/subaru%20legacy/ software: solidworks - https://www.solidworks.com/how-to-buy proE/creo (student) - https://www.ptc.com/en/academic-program/academic-products/free-software/creo-college-download onshape - https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/exporting-files.htm file formats needed step iges 3d scanning: photogrammetry- https://all3dp.com/1/best-photogrammetry-software/ Gold plated bling: Edited May 16, 2020 by boxkita added software notes Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) Component to model : modeler : file format : file location. 2005 usdm lgt 2d body @ centerline : awfulwaffle 2005 usdm lgt wagon. : awfulwaffle 2005 usdm lgt hood with scoop opening 2005 usdm na hood with no scoop opening 2005 usdm lgt scoop only 2005 usdm lgt front bumper 2005 usdm lgt grill 2005 usdm left headlight 2005 usdm right headlight 2005 udsm lgt undertray 2095 usdm lgt radiator support structure 2005 usdm lgt front structure 2005 usdm lgt wagon tailgate 2005 usdm lgt sedan trunk lid 2005 usdm lgt sedan spoiler 2005 usdm lgt wagon spoiler 2005 usdm lgt rear bumper 2005 usdm lgt underbody jdm: pre-facelift front components pre-facelift rear components post-facelift front components post-facelift rear components s204 body parts aftermarket: ebay lip jdm sport front bumper skin madrig's wagon wing madrig's front fenders madrig's rear wagon fenders Edited May 16, 2020 by boxkita add components Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Enlight Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I'm taking credit for all the wisdom Boxkita is going to expound. muFreight.co A JDM Container Sharing Service from Japan to NYC Website | Instagram | Email Bessie II's Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Why don't we start with a baseline CFD run of the chassis, before detailing out underbody and engine bay etc? I'll take a peek back at available CAD models tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Why don't we start with a baseline CFD run of the chassis, before detailing out underbody and engine bay etc? I'll take a peek back at available CAD models tomorrow the manuals have a body.pdf that list all the dimensions if needed. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I'll have to take a look. I'm no good with freeform CAD modeling, and getting all the surfaces right in an engineering CAD package will be tedious. Kind of why I was hoping Nonamedude would find the time to tweak whatever models - I can get into it if I have to though. An alternative - what are the odds someone on the forum owns or has access to a handheld 3D scanner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 i posted a link to a model I found. What formats can you use? I talked with a local company a few years ago about doing a full scan of my wagon. They quoted about 2700$. Ultimately passed as they were flakey to deal with. I didn't have suitable space for the scan and they wouldn't commit their space. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 whats the goal here? drag reduction or downforce, and under what circumstances? track, autox, DD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 NX or ProeE/Creo .prt files would be preferable since that's what I use natively at the day job and we own the interface licenses to get them straight into the CFD mesher. Otherwise, I have access to Solidworks at home so .sldprt/.sldasm would be fine, would just have to be converted to IGES or STEP before meshing. At the end of the day IGES or STEP would be fine to start with, would just be clunkier to modify than a nice parametric model in one of the above formats (if we can even find one). On the 3D scanning side - I've been thinking about getting one of these on and off for a while now: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/3d-systems-sense-scanner/sk/MZ9TC0LX?rcode=GAT9HR&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTFYzdPWg6qHYDH1RnAgFwUyFhx-C03kNI5NSrbwUt36MjWFbtOt2BIaAmBPEALw_wcB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 whats the goal here? drag reduction or downforce, and under what circumstances? track, autox, DD? My goal is better traction in corners at track. If I got lower mpg , win. However, until you can model effectively, figuring out the goal is frustrating. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 NX or ProeE/Creo .prt files would be preferable since that's what I use natively at the day job and we own the interface licenses to get them straight into the CFD mesher. Otherwise, I have access to Solidworks at home so .sldprt/.sldasm would be fine, would just have to be converted to IGES or STEP before meshing. At the end of the day IGES or STEP would be fine to start with, would just be clunkier to modify than a nice parametric model in one of the above formats (if we can even find one). On the 3D scanning side - I've been thinking about getting one of these on and off for a while now: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/3d-systems-sense-scanner/sk/MZ9TC0LX?rcode=GAT9HR&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_j1BRDkARIsAJcfmTFYzdPWg6qHYDH1RnAgFwUyFhx-C03kNI5NSrbwUt36MjWFbtOt2BIaAmBPEALw_wcB Randy of Hkcspeed used to have a cf shop and was looking at scanning parts. They bought one of these and found the resolution too low to be useful. Quote from listing "We found that this scanner works particularly well for capturing scans of people’s faces". ymmv. From my research, you needed 1mm accuracy in order for the cfd to be meaningful. However not an expert. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 To me it sounds like we could build up a useful dataset for folks to use when setting up their cars in the future. I'm just getting into running on the track, but one of the co-owners of my shop space has been at it for a while. Talking to him on the subject a while back, it really seems to me like it'd be useful to understand (at least in a broad sense) the impact certain choices in setup will have on the flowfield around the car, and implications on drag, downforce, stability, etc. It should put us all one step above guess-and-check when it comes to getting things set up, or at the very least provide a starting point for fine tuning in the real world. Also, it's fun to nerd out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Randy of Hkcspeed used to have a cf shop and was looking at scanning parts. They bought one of these and found the resolution too low to be useful. Quote from listing "We found that this scanner works particularly well for capturing scans of people’s faces". ymmv. From my research, you needed 1mm accuracy in order for the cfd to be meaningful. However not an expert. Dang, that's a shame. Good to know though. At the end of the day, the accuracy you'd need really depends on the conditions you're running and what exactly you're after. IMO, if we were able to get a smooth model that's pretty close to the net shape of the actual car within a few mm, we'd be OK. Unless you're willing to shoulder the computational expense, you're going to be making a bunch of simplifications and approximations (both physically and numerically), and CFD becomes less of a tool that gives you a dead-nuts answer and more of one that gets you pretty close and allows you to have confidence in the trends you uncover as you make incremental changes in what you're analyzing. FWIW, I don't think the boundary layer thickness on one of our cars will stay thinner than 1mm for very long anyways, at the speeds in question. I'll do a quick calc over lunch : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 finding a model in 3dmax or something similar seems pretty easy. Converting to the formats you listed requires Solid Works, although I thought there is a solidworks interface to 3dmax? I looked at photogrammetry instead of the expensive 3d scanners. Never got far because clunky computer. No excuses anymore. Don't have solid works tho. Hopefully student license can be obtained during quarantine. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 FWIW, I don't think the boundary layer thickness on one of our cars will stay thinner than 1mm for very long anyways, at the speeds in question. I'll do a quick calc over lunch : D for the roof, its pretty good. Testing an inch above the roof at 100mph showed laminar flow. Even at low speeds it's really good Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 That's pretty surprising (not that I don't believe you, data is king). A Reynolds number calculation along a 3m plate at standard conditions and 100 mph shows that the the laminar/turbulent flow threshold should be crossed within a few centimeters. Corresponding turbulent boundary layer thickness calc shows a thickness ranging from a few mm to a few cm by the end of the plate. The acceleration of the air over the roof of the car will suppress the BL growth versus the flat plate, but I didn't think it'd be that much. Guess I need to recalibrate my intuition Either way, the entire BL doesn't need to be resolved for CFD to give us reasonable results. I really think what matters is that the contour is close and relatively smooth - ie, no sudden jumps or slopes that are far in excess of the actual body of the car. Wonder how the folks who put together the CAD models you linked took all their measurements... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Here's a thought - could start with a simple 2D run along the centerplane of the car. Could derive the contour from a photo - we'd just need a pretty squared-up picture of one of our cars in profile, which would be pretty simple to spline out in CAD. I could do the wagon if someone wanted to do a sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 this : https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4737198&postcount=91 in the body.pdf has an exact side view this : https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/subaru-legacy-25-gt-af6ca49f8e244b78a1c26781d4e82a5d is free and has a pretty good number of triangles. Not sure the format but should be convertible thru blender to something importable. Not trying to dodge the work, just haven't any idea how any of this works. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 the body.pdf has all the measurements to the millimeter, including data points on the frame and body. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 That's pretty surprising (not that I don't believe you, data is king). A Reynolds number calculation along a 3m plate at standard conditions and 100 mph shows that the the laminar/turbulent flow threshold should be crossed within a few centimeters. Corresponding turbulent boundary layer thickness calc shows a thickness ranging from a few mm to a few cm by the end of the plate. The acceleration of the air over the roof of the car will suppress the BL growth versus the flat plate, but I didn't think it'd be that much. Guess I need to recalibrate my intuition Either way, the entire BL doesn't need to be resolved for CFD to give us reasonable results. I really think what matters is that the contour is close and relatively smooth - ie, no sudden jumps or slopes that are far in excess of the actual body of the car. Wonder how the folks who put together the CAD models you linked took all their measurements... this post shows roofline flow at speeds every 15 mph or so to 100 https://legacygt.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5640123&postcount=771 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utc_pyro Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/study-hood-scoop-effectiveness-and-intercooler-airflow-262041.html?t=262041 Let me plug my IC airflow test thread. It has some real data on flow in the scoop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Rad, that's great to have. Starting with a scoopless wagon over my lunch break here. With utc_pyro's data above, I can add in a 2D representation of a scoop and pipe off some air there to explore the effect on the flow in 2D. Hopefully the 2D runs give us some ideas that we can explore further in 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfulwaffle Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Alright LGT nerds, quick first run I managed to get set up and fired off over lunch and in the background over the last hour or so. Some static pressures, velocity, and turbulent kinetic energy of a wagon scooting at 100 mph. Oh, and a plot showing convergence trend. To Boxkita's point - I set the mesh height to 1 mm along the surface of the wagon, and analysis shows that this edit: [DID NOT] result in the boundary layer being resolved down to the viscous sublayer (the thin laminar sheet at the very bottom of the boundary layer). If you take a look at the turbulent kinetic energy distribution, the flow along the roof has some turbulent dissipation but juuuust barely. I had to zoom and change the colormap to see it. I think this is in agreement with the results in the linked thread above. I'll noodle on things that would be useful to explore in 2D later when I get home. Let me know if you guys can think of anything! We can post-process pretty much anything that can be expressed in terms of temperatures, pressures, velocities, etc. Downforce and drag come to mind. Edited May 16, 2020 by awfulwaffle Updated images and text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utc_pyro Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Drool So, um, can you run variables like ride height diffreances, lips, ect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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