Mechanical grip and aerodynamics.

[19000rpmF-2004]

I just want to know more how mechanical grip works and how you produce it.
Also how important is the floor on this topic. I have an idea how arodynamics works at some points, but it will be nice if some can explain better. Thanks

[jgonzalesm6]

I just want to know more how mechanical grip works and how you produce it.
Also how important is the floor on this topic. I have an idea how arodynamics works at some points, but it will be nice if some can explain better. Thanks

google: aerodynamics f1 car youtube

I would recommend watching all of the videos. That should give you some idea of how low pressure and high pressure on certain areas of the car create downforce and why front wings

, bargeboards, t-trays, floor, shark-fins, rear-wing, and diffuser affect the air flow and how aerodynamacists move that airlfow to certain areas of the car. Thats one of many variables

mechanical grip which also include suspension and tyre setup.

[mardyrt]

I just want to know more how mechanical grip works and how you produce it.
Also how important is the floor on this topic. I have an idea how arodynamics works at some points, but it will be nice if some can explain better. Thanks

Mechanical grip is how much grip or traction you have from the car with weight, center of gravity, weight distribution, suspension geometry, camber and canter angles of the wheels and the tire grip you get from softer compounds. Maybe I am forgetting to add something but essentially, mechanical grip is how much grip you get from mechancal side of the car.
Aerodynamic grip is the grip created by downforce. Mostly from front wing and rear wing and diffuser. All those little bits and things on the car is to just get the rear wing to work and to optimise and to get the maximum air flowing to the wing and creating downforce. Anyone want to add anything?

[19000rpmF-2004]

Mechanical grip is how much grip or traction you have from the car with weight, center of gravity, weight distribution, suspension geometry, camber and canter angles of the wheels and the tire grip you get from softer compounds. Maybe I am forgetting to add something but essentially, mechanical grip is how much grip you get from mechancal side of the car.
Aerodynamic grip is the grip created by downforce. Mostly from front wing and rear wing and diffuser. All those little bits and things on the car is to just get the rear wing to work and to optimise and to get the maximum air flowing to the wing and creating downforce. Anyone want to add anything?

Thanks!!!

[19000rpmF-2004]

google: aerodynamics f1 car youtube

I would recommend watching all of the videos. That should give you some idea of how low pressure and high pressure on certain areas of the car create downforce and why front wings

, bargeboards, t-trays, floor, shark-fins, rear-wing, and diffuser affect the air flow and how aerodynamacists move that airlfow to certain areas of the car. Thats one of many variables

mechanical grip which also include suspension and tyre setup.

Thanks.

[abbottcostello]

The floor is the primary generator of downforce, some articles I've read say it accounts for roughly ½ of a cars total downforce, with the other ½ coming from front & rear wings. The front wing also acts to direct air where the engineers want it to go, for example away from the front wheels, to the sidepod intakes, etc. The rear wing also gets all this air to release from the car in a way that creates the least drag (parasitic drag is the phrase used).
Now you know almost just as much as I do (after almost 50 years of following F1).

Can't say for certain the % haven't changed radically for this new for 2017 aero specs, but I think the relationship probably has not strayed too much from the 75%/25%/25%.

I hope someone can either back this up or correct me if I've got it wrong. Either way is good & I like continuing to learn too!

[SilverSpeed]

abbottcostello,

I think you're wrong with the 75/25/25. Shouldn't this be 50/25/25?

[Fireblade]

All grip is "mechanical grip". The term simply means the adhesion between tyres and track. The degree of "mechanical grip" is influenced by many different things, ranging from the composition of the tyres to the composition of the track, to the temperature of track and tyres, to the weight of the car. It's also influenced by the degree of downforce, or what some people call "aerodynamic grip". The more downforce, the greater the grip levels. Obviously this grip is greater when the car is going faster and drops off dramatically when the car is going slowly.

[mardyrt]

The floor is the primary generator of downforce, some articles I've read say it accounts for roughly ½ of a cars total downforce, with the other ½ coming from front & rear wings. The front wing also acts to direct air where the engineers want it to go, for example away from the front wheels, to the sidepod intakes, etc. The rear wing also gets all this air to release from the car in a way that creates the least drag (parasitic drag is the phrase used).
Now you know almost just as much as I do (after almost 50 years of following F1).

Can't say for certain the % haven't changed radically for this new for 2017 aero specs, but I think the relationship probably has not strayed too much from the 75%/25%/25%.

I hope someone can either back this up or correct me if I've got it wrong. Either way is good & I like continuing to learn too!

I think some of the things you said is right.
The floor itself does not create most of downforce, the diffuser does and help floor create some downforce, the floor feeds the diffuser. When it was in the early 90 and late 80s when they had skirts on the side of the car, then, the whole floor helped to create downforce because they made almost like a vacuum under the floor, so it would suck the car to the ground.
The diffuser is to accelerate the air, when air is accelerated, the pressure drops. The diffuser does this by increasing the flow area for the same air mass. When area increased, the air speeds up to fill the space, when air speeds up, pressure drops, so, higher pressure above the diffuser, low pressure below, increase downforce. The floor does help increase downforce by kind of elongating the diffuser effect by accelerating the air. The floor is not sealed with skirts, but the leading edges of the floor has pieces that help create vortecies to go along the edge of the floor bottom to seal, but its not like having a solid skirt.

You are right about the front wing, it does help to feed the air to the right places and also move the air out of the way of the tyers.
The monkey seat in the rear is to help the rear wing flow to reattach, which help to reduce drag. I think it also has that little bit of blown diffuser thing, but not so much, but every little bit helps.

I hope it makes it little more clear, but still maybe muddy! If someone wants to add, please do!

[19000rpmF-2004]

Thank
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[jgonzalesm6]

Might want to read up on this....all 12 pages.

Tech F1i - Canadian GP Analysis

http://en.f1i.com/magazine/270777-te...-montreal.html