My research is pretty much
through the wind tunnel. What I'm trying
to do is
understand boundary layers of objects and
how that affects the drag force
on objects. Ultimately what I'm trying to
do is apply
dimples to cars, different spots on the
cars,
to see what happens with the drag force.
If it reduces it
or if it increases it. I've looked at
three different spots
on the cars and what I found was my original
readings for the roof, which is my first
test
came back fairly favorable. What happened
was a 25 percent reduction in drag.
So I thought, you now, it's not the most
practical spot on a car to put it on the
roof so why don't I just try and put it on
sides. What I found was it made no
difference really where I put it on the
car,
at least up until this point. It could
change for the back and the front.
It still reduces drag by right around
that 25 percent
range. Once I get all the data then I'll
start applying it
to equations and seeing, you know,
how much gas mileage am I going to save
with this reduction in drag.
Ultimately it would be really cool if I started
seeing dimples on cars
just because from what I found it looks
practical.
I'm curious to wonder why it hasn't
been done
or maybe it has been done and I just can't
find anything online about it,
but I would like to start
seeing it based on the results that I
have. At least try
it in a real-life situation. I think that would be
really neat to see if it
does apply just does transfer over from
wind tunnel to
real-world application.
